The American Pageant
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| The American Pageant | |
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 The American Pageant, Thirteenth Edition |
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| Author | David Kennedy Lizabeth Cohen Thomas Bailey |
| Original title | English |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Subject(s) | United States |
| Genre(s) | History |
| Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
| Publication date | February 2005 |
| Published in English |
February 2005 |
| Pages | 1034 |
| ISBN | 0618479406 |
| OCLC Number | 67933936 |
The American Pageant, written by Thomas A. Bailey, is an American high school history textbook often used for AP United States History as well as IB History of the Americas courses. Since Bailey's death in 1983, the book has been updated by historians David M. Kennedy and Lizabeth Cohen, and it is now in its fourteenth edition.
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[edit] Structure
[edit] Twelfth Edition
Four different versions of the Twelfth Edition were printed. All are divided into six parts, from "Founding the New Nation" (with an initial chapter on prehistory, natives, and European exploration) through "Making Modern America." The six parts are subdivided into a total of 42 chapters spanning 1034 pages. The book's chronology officially ends in the year 2001, though later printings include an additional three paragraphs detailing the 2004 US election as well as September 11.
The four versions of the Twelfth Edition are the Complete Edition (ISBN 0-618-10349-X), the version "For Advanced High School Courses" (pictured at right), published by Houghton Mifflin (ISBN 0-618-24732-7). There are also two editions that split the textbook into two volumes; Volume I (ISBN 0-618-10353-8) covers until 1877 and Volume II (ISBN 0-618-10354-6) covers the time period since 1865.
[edit] Thirteenth Edition (complete edition)
In the new thirteenth edition released in 2006, the book contains 42 chapters each divided into six sections. The books chronology is somewhat extended, briefly covering the United States invasion of Afghanistan, the 2003 invasion of Iraq, and USA PATRIOT Act.
[edit] See Also
[edit] References
- Bailey, Thomas. The American Pageant, A History of the Republic. Vol.1, 4th Edition. Lexington, Massachusetts: D.C. Heath and Company, 1971.
[edit] External links
- Textbook site for The American Pageant, Bailey and Kennedy (11 ed.) , by Houghton Mifflin, college division
- apstudynotes.org (vocabulary terms, chapter outlines, practice tests)
- apclassnotes.com (visual study aids, chapter notes and review materials)
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