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Going to the Source, Volume II: Since 1865

by Victoria Bissell Brown; Timothy J. Shannon

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Going to the Source, Volume II: Since 1865

The Bedford Reader in American History

Third Edition ©2012

ISBN-10: 0-312-65279-8
ISBN-13: 978-0-312-65279-1
Paper Text, 416 pages

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Inside Front Cover: Guide to Using the Book

 

1. Political Terrorism during Reconstruction: Congressional Hearings and Reports on the Ku Klux Klan

Using the Source: Congressional Hearings and Reports

     What Can Congressional Hearings and Reports Tell Us?

     CHECKLIST: Interrogating Congressional Hearings and Reports

     Source Analysis Table

The Source: Testimony and Reports from the Joint Select Committee to Inquire into the Condition of Affairs in the Late Insurrectionary States

Analyzing Congressional Hearings and Reports

The Rest of the Story

To Find Out More

 

2. Picturing a Western Myth: Photography and the Blackfeet Indians

Using the Source: Photographs

     What Can Photographs Tell Us?

     CHECKLIST: Interrogating Photographs

     Source Analysis Table

The Source: Photographs of the Blackfeet at Glacier National Park and on the Reservation, 1890-1930

Analyzing Photographs

The Rest of the Story

To Find Out More

 

3. Reading the 1894 Pullman Strike: Chicago's Daily Papers Report the News

Using the Source: Newspaper Articles

     What Can Newspaper Articles Tell Us?

     CHECKLIST: Interrogating Newspaper Articles

     Source Analysis Table

The Source: Chicago Newspaper Articles on the Pullman Strike, May 12, 1894-July 15, 1894

Analyzing Newspaper Articles

The Rest of the Story

To Find Out More

 

4. Immigrant to the Promised Land: Memory and Autobiography

Using the Source: Autobiographies

     What Can Autobiographies Tell Us?

     CHECKLIST: Interrogating Autobiographies

     Source Analysis Table

The Source: I Came a Stranger: The Story of a Hull-House Girl by Hilda Satt Polacheck

Analyzing Autobiographies

The Rest of the Story

To Find Out More

 

5. Selling Respectability: Advertisements in the African-American Press, 1910-1913

Using the Source: Magazine Advertisements

     What Can Magazine Advertisements Tell Us?

     CHECKLIST: Interrogating Advertisements

     Source Analysis Table

The Source: Advertisements from The Crisis, November 1910-March 1913

Analyzing Magazine Advertisements

The Rest of the Story

To Find Out More

 

6. Living under Fire: World War I Soldiers' Diaries

Using the Source: Wartime Diaries

     What Can Wartime Diaries Tell Us?

     CHECKLIST: Interrogating Diaries

     Source Analysis Table

The Source: World War I Diaries from the St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne Battles, September 17, 1918-November 11, 1918

Analyzing Wartime Diaries

The Rest of the Story

To Find Out More

 

*7. Singing of Struggle: Mexican Workers' Folk Songs from the American Southwest

Using the Source: Folk Music

     What Can Folk Music Tell Us?

     CHECKLIST: Interrogating Song Lyrics

     Source Analysis Table

The Source: Mexican Corridos, 1910-1930

Analyzing Folk Songs

The Rest of the Story

To Find Out More

 

8. Painting a New Deal: U.S. Post Office Murals from the Great Depression

Using the Source: Public Art

     What Can Public Art Tell Us?

     CHECKLIST: Interrogating Public Art

     Source Analysis Table

The Source: Post Office Murals Depicting "Work" in Local Communities, 1936-1942

Analyzing Public Art

The Rest of the Story

To Find Out More

 

9. Challenging Wartime Internment: Supreme Court Records from Korematsu v. United States

Using the Source: Supreme Court Records

     What Can Supreme Court Records Tell Us?

     CHECKLIST: Interrogating Supreme Court Records

     Source Analysis Table

The Source: Briefs and Supreme Court Opinions in Korematsu v. United States, October Term, 1944

Analyzing Supreme Court Records

The Rest of the Story

To Find Out More

 

10. The Cold War Heats Up: Presidential Recordings from the Cuban Missile Crisis

Using the Source: Presidential Tapes

     What Can Presidential Tapes Tell Us?

     CHECKLIST: Interrogating Presidential Tapes

     Source Analysis Table

The Source: Presidential Tape Recordings from the Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962

Analyzing Presidential Tapes

The Rest of the Story

To Find Out More

 

11. Speaking of Equality: The Senate Debate on the Civil Rights Act of 1964

Using the Source: Senate Speeches

What Can Sentate Speeches Tell Us?

CHECKLIST: Interrogating Congressional Speeches

Source Analysis Table

The Source: Speeches from the Senate Debate on the Civil Rights Act of 1964

Analyzing Senate Speeches

The Rest of the Story

To Find Out More

 

*12. Writing on the Ivy Walls: A Popular History of the 1968 Columbia University Rebellion

Using the Source: Popular History

What Can Popular History Tell Us?

CHECKLIST: Interrogating Popular History

Source Analysis Table

The Source: 1968 in America by Charles Kaiser

Analyzing Popular History

The Rest of the Story

To Find Out More

 

13. Drawn to Summits: Political Cartoons on President Reagan and the Arms Race

Using the Source: Political Cartoons

     What Can Political Cartoons Tell Us?

     CHECKLIST: Interrogating Political Cartoons

     Source Analysis Table

The Source: Political Cartoons from the Reagan Era, 1981-1988

Analyzing Political Cartoons

The Rest of the Story

To Find Out More

 

*CAPSTONE: Organizing Their Lives: Women, Work, and Family, 1950-2000

Using Multiple Sources on Women, Work, and Family, 1950-2000

     What Can Multiple Source Types Tell Us?

     Source Analysis Table

The Sources: Documents on Women, Work, and Family, 1950-2000

Analyzing Sources on Women, Work, and Family

The Rest of the Story

To Find Out More

 

Appendix I: Avoiding Plagiarism: Acknowledging the Source

Appendix II: Documenting the Source

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