American struggle : democracy, dissent, and the pursuit of a more perfect union : an anthology

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American struggle : democracy, dissent, and the pursuit of a more perfect union : an anthology / John Meacham.

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This "collection covers a wide spectrum of history, from 1619 to the twenty-first century, with primary-source documents that take usback to critical moments in which Americans fought over the meaningand the direction of the national experiment. From the founders to Lincoln to Obama, from Andrew Jackson to Theodore Roosevelt to Ronald Reagan, from Seneca Falls to the March on Washington, this chorus ... tells the story of the country and of its people. As clashes over liberty and slavery, inclusion and exclusion, play out, these voices, ... framed by Meacham's singular commentary, remind us that contentious citizenship and fair-minded observations are essential to bringing about the more perfect union envisioned in the Preamble to the Constitution, which Frederick Douglass called a 'glorious liberty document'"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9780593597552
ISBN: 0593597559
Physical Description: xxvi, 509 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York, NY : Random House, an imprint of Penguin Random House, LLC, 2026.