America
A Narrative History
11th Edition
Published on 2. July 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
992 pages
978-0-393-66897-1 (ISBN)
Description
America is the leading narrative history because students love to read it. Additional coverage of immigration enhances the timeliness of the narrative. New Chapter Opener videos, History Skills Tutorials and Norton's adaptive learning tool, InQuizitive, help students develop history skills, engage with the reading and come to class prepared. What hasn't changed? Our unmatched affordability. Choose from Full, Brief (15% shorter) or The Essential Learning Edition--featuring fewer chapters and additional pedagogy.
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Edition
Brief Eleventh Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
1105 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-393-66897-1 (9780393668971)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Person
David Emory Shi?is president emeritus and professor emeritus at Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina. After receiving his PhD from the University of Virginia, he taught for seventeen years at Davidson College, where he won the Distinguished Teaching Award and served as History Department Chair. In addition to authoring the best-selling America: A Narrative History family of books, he is the author of several books focusing on American cultural history, including the award-winning?The Simple Life: Plain Living and High Thinking in American Culture?and?Facing Facts: Realism in American Thought and Culture, 1850-1920. While serving as a Trustee at several colleges, he remains highly engaged with students and instructors around the country with his many annual "author-in-residence" campus visits.