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Going to the Source, Volume I: To 1877

by Victoria Bissell Brown; Timothy J. Shannon

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Going to the Source, Volume I: To 1877

The Bedford Reader in American History

Third Edition ©2012

ISBN-10: 0-312-65278-X
ISBN-13: 978-0-312-65278-4
Paper Text, 400 pages

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Inside Front Cover: Guide to Using the Book


1. Monsters and Marvels: Images of Animals from the New World

Using the Source: Images of Animals 

     What Can Images of Animals Tell Us?

     CHECKLIST: Interrogating Images

     Source Analysis Table

The Source: Images of Animals from the New World

Analyzing Images of Animals

The Rest of the Story

To Find Out More

 

2. Tales of Captivity and Redemption: North American Captivity Narratives

Using the Source: Captivity Narratives

     What Can Captivity Narratives Tell Us?

     CHECKLIST: Interrogating Captivity Narratives

     Source Analysis Table

The Source: North American Captivity Narratives

Analyzing Captivity Narratives

The Rest of the Story

To Find Out More

 

3. Colonial America's Most Wanted: Runaway Advertisements in Colonial Newspapers

Using the Source: Runaway Advertisements

     What Can Runaway Advertisements Tell Us?

     CHECKLIST: Interrogating Print Advertisements

     Source Analysis Table

The Source: Runaway Advertisements in Colonial Newspapers, 1747-1770

Analyzing Runaway Advertisements

The Rest of the Story

To Find Out More

 

4. Germ Warfare on the Colonial Frontier: An Article from the Journal of American History

Using the Source: Journal Articles

     What Can Journal Articles Tell Us?

     CHECKLIST: Interrogating Journal Articles

     Source Analysis Table

The Source: An Article from the Journal of American History, March 2000

Analyzing Journal Articles

The Rest of the Story

To Find Out More

 

5. Toasting Rebellion: Toasts and Songs in Revolutionary America

Using the Source: Toasts and Songs

     What Can Toasts and Songs Tell Us?

     CHECKLIST: Interrogating Songs and Toasts

     Source Analysis Table

The Source: Toasts and Songs of the Patriot Movement, 1765-1788

Analyzing Toasts and Songs

The Rest of the Story

To Find Out More

 

6. Debating the Constitution: Speeches from the New York Ratification Convention

Using the Source: The Ratification Debates

     What Can the Ratification Debates Tell Us?

     CHECKLIST: Interrogating Political Debates

     Source Analysis Table

The Source: Speeches Debating the Constitution from the New York Ratification Convention, June 21-28, 1788

Analyzing the Ratification Debates

The Rest of the Story

To Find Out More

 

7. The Question of Female Citizenship: Court Records from the New Nation

Using the Source: Court Records

     What Can Court Records Tell Us?

     CHECKLIST: Interrogating Court Records

     Source Analysis Table

The Source: James Martin (Plaintiff in Error) v. The Commonwealth and William Bosson and Other Ter-tenants, 1805

Analyzing Court Records

The Rest of the Story

To Find Out More

 

8. Family Values: Advice Literature for Parents and Children in the Early Republic

Using the Source: Advice Literature for Parents and Children

     What Can Advice Literature Tell Us?

     CHECKLIST: Interrogating Advice Literature

     Source Analysis Table

The Source: Advice Literature on Child Rearing and Children's Literature, 1807-1833

Analyzing Advice Literature

The Rest of the Story

To Find Out More

 

*9. The Meaning of Cherokee Civilization: Newspaper Editorials about Indian Removal 

Using the Source: Newspaper Editorials

     What Can Newspaper Editorials Tell Us?

     CHECKLIST: Interrogating Newspaper Editorials

     Source Analysis Table

The Source: Newspaper Editorials about Indian Removal

Analyzing Newspaper Editorials about Indian Removal

The Rest of the Story

To Find Out More

 

*10. Challenging the "Peculiar Institution": Slave Narratives from the Antebellum South 

Using the Source: Slave Narratives

     What Can Slave Narratives Tell Us?

     CHECKLIST: Interrogating Slave Narratives

     Source Analysis Table

The Source: Antebellum Slave Narratives

Analyzing Slave Narratives

The Rest of the Story

To Find Out More

 

11. Martyr or Madman? Biographies of John Brown

Using the Source: Biographies of John Brown

     What Can Biographies Tell Us?

     CHECKLIST: Interrogating Biographies

     Source Analysis Table

The Source: Biographies of John Brown

Analyzing Biographies

The Rest of the Story

To Find Out More

 

12. The Illustrated Civil War: Photography on the Battlefield

Using the Source: Civil War Photographs

     What Can Civil War Photographs Tell Us?

     CHECKLIST: Interrogating Photographs

     Source Analysis Table

The Source: Photographs of Civil War Battlefields and Military Life, 1861-1866

Analyzing Civil War Photographs

The Rest of the Story

To Find Out More

 

13. 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

 

*CAPSTONE: Coming Together and Pulling Apart: Nineteenth-Century Fourth of July Observations 

Using Multiple Source Types on Fourth of July Observations

     What Can Multiple Source Types Tell Us?

     Source Analysis Table

The Sources: Documents and Images Portraying Fourth of July Observations, 1819-1903

Analyzing Sources on Fourth of July Observations

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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