{"product_id":"great-issues-in-american-history-vol-i-from-settlement-to-revolution-1584-1776","title":"Great Issues in American History, Vol. I: From Settlement to Revolution, 1584-1776","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hofstadter, Richard\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrand:\u003c\/b\u003e VINTAGE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eColor:\u003c\/b\u003e Black\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Deckle Edge\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber Of Pages:\u003c\/b\u003e 512\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 12-12-1969\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Number:\u003c\/b\u003e 0394705408_used\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetails:\u003c\/b\u003e Product Description\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThis first volume of Great Issues in American History -- three volumes of documents that cover the history of America from its settlement to the present -- gives us a generous sampling from the major political controversies in the Colonial period. Included are such documents as Richard Hakluyt's \"Discourse of Western Planting\" (1584), \"Letter from Christopher Columbus to the King and Queen of Spain\" (undated, probably 1694), \"The Third Virginia Charter\" (1612), Thomas Paine's \"Common Sense\" (1776) and \"The Declaration of independence\" (July 4, 1776). Each has an explanatory headnote, and there are brief general introductions that set the selections in their historical context.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nIn order to fit both Colonial and Early National courses, documents covering 1765-1776 appear at the end of this volume and again at the beginning of Volume II.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nVolume II From the Revolution to the Civil War, 1765-1865 Edited by Richard Hofstadter\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nVolume III From Reconstruction to the Present Day, 1864-1981\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nEdited by Richard Hofstadter and Beatrice K. Hofstadter\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nFrom the Inside Flap\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThis first volume of Great Issues in American History -- three volumes of documents that cover the history of America from its settlement to the present -- gives us a generous sampling from the major political controversies in the Colonial period. Included are such documents as Richard Hakluyt's \"Discourse of Western Planting\" (1584), \"Letter from Christopher Columbus to the King and Queen of Spain\" (undated, probably 1694), \"The Third Virginia Charter\" (1612), Thomas Paine's \"Common Sense\" (1776) and \"The Declaration of independence\" (July 4, 1776). Each has an explanatory headnote, and there are brief general introductions that set the selections in their historical context.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nIn order to fit both Colonial and Early National courses, documents covering 1765-1776 appear at the end of this volume and again at the beginning of Volume II.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nVolume II From the Revolution to the Civil War, 1765-1865 Edited by Richard Hofstadter\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nVolume III From Reconstruction to the Present Day, 1864-1981\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nEdited by Richard Hofstadter and Beatrice K. Hofstadter\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nFrom the Back Cover\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThis first volume of Great Issues in American History -- three volumes of documents that cover the history of America from its settlement to the present -- gives us a generous sampling from the major political controversies in the Colonial period. Included are such documents as Richard Hakluyt's \"Discourse of Western Planting\" (1584), \"Letter from Christopher Columbus to the King and Queen of Spain\" (undated, probably 1694), \"The Third Virginia Charter\" (1612), Thomas Paine's \"Common Sense\" (1776) and \"The Declaration of independence\" (July 4, 1776). Each has an explanatory headnote, and there are brief general introductions that set the selections in their historical context.\u003cbr\u003e\nIn order to fit both Colonial and Early National courses, documents covering 1765-1776 appear at the end of this volume and again at the beginning of Volume II.\u003cbr\u003e\nVolume II From the Revolution to the Civil War, 1765-1865 Edited by Richard Hofstadter\u003cbr\u003e\nVolume III From Reconstruction to the Present Day, 1864-1981\u003cbr\u003e\nEdited by Richard Hofstadter and Beatrice K. Hofstadter\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nAbout the Author\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nRichard Hofstadter (1916–1970) was one of the leading American historians and intellectuals of the twentieth century. Throughout his career, he worked at many universities, most recently as the DeWitt Clinton Professor of History at Columbia University. His works include the Pulitzer Prize–winning\u003cbr\u003e\nThe Age of Reform and \u003cbr\u003e\nAnti-intellectualism in American Life.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nClarence L. Ver Steeg was a distinguished historian and scholar. He taught history at Northwestern University for decades and served as the dean of the graduate school for 11 years. Northwestern recognized his contributions by establishing the Clarence L. Ver Steeg Professorship in the Arts and Sciences. 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