{"product_id":"essential-documents-of-american-history-volume-ii-from-reconstruction-to-the-twenty-first-century-paperback","title":"Essential Documents of American History, Volume II: From Reconstruction to the Twenty-First Century - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBob Blaisdell\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis compact volume offers a broad selection of the most important documents in American history: the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution, which ratified women's right to vote; the Supreme Court's decision on Brown v. Board of Education; and the Heroism and Horror portion of the 9\/11 Commission Report; as well as presidential speeches, Acts and Declarations of Congress, essays, letters, and much more.\u003cbr\u003eThe compilation of more than 70 documents opens with nineteenth-century speeches by Red Cloud (The Great Spirit Made Us Both) and Chief Joseph (I Will Fight No More Forever) and concludes with the election night speech by Senator Barack Obama on November 4, 2008. Many of the selections recapture the voices of great Americans, from Martin Luther King's I Have a Dream speech to Franklin D. Roosevelt's 1941 The Four Freedoms State of the Union Message, the Apollo 11 astronaut narratives from the moon, and addresses by Susan B. Anthony, John Muir, Margaret Sanger, William Jennings Bryan, and many others. Brief introductions to each document place the works in historical context.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis compact volume offers a broad selection of the most important documents in American history: the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution, which ratified women's right to vote; the Supreme Court's decision on Brown v. Board of Education; and the Heroism and Horror portion of the 9\/11 Commission Report; as well as presidential speeches, Acts and Declarations of Congress, essays, letters, and much more.\u003cbr\u003eThe compilation of more than 70 documents opens with nineteenth-century speeches by Red Cloud (The Great Spirit Made Us Both) and Chief Joseph (I Will Fight No More Forever) and concludes with the election night speech by Senator Barack Obama on November 4, 2008. Many of the selections recapture the voices of great Americans, from Martin Luther King's I Have a Dream speech to Franklin D. Roosevelt's 1941 The Four Freedoms State of the Union Message, the Apollo 11 astronaut narratives from the moon, and addresses by Susan B. Anthony, John Muir, Margaret Sanger, William Jennings Bryan, and many others. Brief introductions to each document place the works in historical context. \u003cbr\u003eSee every Dover book in print at\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ewww.doverpublications.com\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBob Blaisdell is Professor of English at the City University of New York's Kingsborough Community College and the editor of more than 20 Dover Thrift Editions and many other books. He has published essays about his own experiences as a teacher and regularly reviews books for the \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle \u003c\/i\u003eand the \u003ci\u003eChristian Science Monitor.\u003c\/i\u003e He is also the editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Dover Anthology of American Literature.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 464\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 7.9 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 21, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51756301418784,"sku":"9780486809083","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/8379aaaf27f0e335deb6b3b3263fe9d1.webp?v=1780078374","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/essential-documents-of-american-history-volume-ii-from-reconstruction-to-the-twenty-first-century-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}