Cengage Advantage Books: American Passages: A History of the United States
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With a unique attention to time as the defining nature of history CENGAGE ADVANTAGE BOOKS: AMERICAN PASSAGES: A HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES 4e offers students a view of American history as a complete compelling narrative. AMERICAN PASSAGES emphasizes the intertwined nature of three key characteristics of time--sequence simultaneity and contingency. With clarity and purpose the authors convey how events grow from other events peoples actions and broad structural changes (sequence) how apparently disconnected events occurred in close chronological proximity to one another and were situated in larger shared contexts (simultaneity) and how history suddenly pivoted because of events personalities and unexpected outcomes (contingency). To meet the demand for a low-cost high-quality survey text CENGAGE ADVANTAGE BOOKS: AMERICAN PASSAGES: A HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES 4e offers readers the complete text in an economically priced format. All volumes feature a paperbound two-color format that appeals to those seeking a comprehensive trade-sized history text.
