Known for its interpretive voice; balanced analysis; and brief-yet-comprehensive narrative; America: A Concise History helps students to make sense of it all while modeling the kind of thinking and writing they need to be successful. Offering more value than other brief books; America is competitively priced to save your students money; and features built-in primary sources and new ways of mastering the content so your students can get the most out of lecture and come to class prepared. The sixth edition rolls out Bedford/St. Martin’s new digital history tools; including LearningCurve; an adaptive quizzing engine that garners over a 90% student satisfaction rate; and LaunchPad; the all new interactive e-book and course space that puts high quality easy-to-use assessment at your fingertips. Easy to integrate into your campus LMS; and featuring video; additional primary sources; a wealth of adaptive and summative quizzing; and more; LaunchPad cements student understanding of the text while helping them make progress toward learning outcomes. It’s the best content joined up with the best technology. What's in the LaunchPad
#504860 in Books Open Road Media 2010-10-19 2010-10-19Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 8.50 x .84 x 5.51l; 1.05 #File Name: 1453206337374 pages
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Insightful; melds history with personal participation in the making of it.By KarenHistory can be dry and leave one untouched encountering it. And then there are books like this that draw you in; making it more real; almost tangible. Ruth takes the reader on a journey that begins with the 1000 war refugees; or displaced persons; America allowed into America during WWII. With the expertise of a seasoned reporter; Ruth recounts her involvement in the project; the pathos; passion; and persistence involved in obtaining the freedom desired by each of those escaping Hitler's death grip; crossing the Atlantic with such high hopes; only to experience months in a camp encircled by fencing that emotionally echoed many of the very camps in Europe from which they had been "rescued." As always; politics pushes history into a form sometimes attractive; sometimes sordid; sometimes with twists unforseen by those who create it--all reflected in Ruth's account. It's history; it's personalized; it's fascinating reading. In the end; Ruth is endeared to the reader for her impact for good--blessing many; including the reader with her warm; big-hearted embrace of those in need of need--need of home; need of significance; need for hope. I loved the book!0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. FascinatingBy jo a. olsonFascinating story of a part of the US' response to the Holocaust; a story probably unknown to most Americans.2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. History we need to knowBy J. AronsonWritten by an extraordinary author whose career positively impacted on the lives of so many individuals; this book tells the largely unknown story of the only group of Jews and other displaced persons allowed into the US during WWII. While hundreds of thousands of German soldiers captured during the war were brought to the US and provided sanctuary as well as work and ultimately an opportunity for citizenship; less than 1;000 Jews were allowed into the US by President Roosevelt and the Congress. Read their personal stories and the contributions that these individuals made to our country. Think about whether US and world behavior was correct! Well written. Easy Read.
