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For more than twenty-five years, After the Fact has guided students through American history and the methods used to study it. In dramatic episodes that move chronologically through American history, this best-selling book examines a broad variety of topics including oral evidence, photographs, ecological data, films and television programs, church and town records, census data, and novels. Whether for an introductory survey or for a historical methods course, After the Fact is the ideal text to introduce readers, step by step, to the detective work and analytical approaches historians use when they are actually doing history.

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Chapter 8. The View from the Bottom RailChapter 9. The Mirror with a MemoryChapter 10. USDA Government InspectedChapter 11. Sacco and VanzettiChapter 12. Dust Bowl Odyssey Chapter 13. The Decision to Drop the Bomb Chapter 14. From Rosie to Lucy Chapter 15. Sitting In Chapter 16. Breaking Into WaterGate Chapter 17. Where Trouble Comes

After the Fact The Art of Historical Detection

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    A Paperback / softback by James West Davidson, Mark Lytle

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      Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 16/10/2009
      ISBN13: 9780077292690, 978-0077292690
      ISBN10: 0077292693

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      For more than twenty-five years, After the Fact has guided students through American history and the methods used to study it. In dramatic episodes that move chronologically through American history, this best-selling book examines a broad variety of topics including oral evidence, photographs, ecological data, films and television programs, church and town records, census data, and novels. Whether for an introductory survey or for a historical methods course, After the Fact is the ideal text to introduce readers, step by step, to the detective work and analytical approaches historians use when they are actually doing history.

      Table of Contents
      Chapter 8. The View from the Bottom RailChapter 9. The Mirror with a MemoryChapter 10. USDA Government InspectedChapter 11. Sacco and VanzettiChapter 12. Dust Bowl Odyssey Chapter 13. The Decision to Drop the Bomb Chapter 14. From Rosie to Lucy Chapter 15. Sitting In Chapter 16. Breaking Into WaterGate Chapter 17. Where Trouble Comes

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