Hewitt, Ed., Women, Families, And Communities - Readings In American History

Abstract

Nancy A. Hewitt of the University of South Florida has compiled this anthology with the purpose of drawing "a new portrait of our national past," one that examines "how ordinary people both shaped and were shaped by the persons and events traditionally considered central to the nation's development." In other words, this is social history at its best, focusing on the ways that commoners--black, red, white, workers, immigrants, and women--shaped their world and our history. Designed for use in the traditional two-semester survey of American history, these volumes would also be suitable--perhaps even more so--for single term family or women's history courses.