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Retrieving the American Past

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Book
Price:
$8.00 base charge/book
plus $.09/page for b/w. $.14/page for 4c. (80pp min.)

Outside material is $.10/page
(plus any applicable permission fees)

Pricing applies to US market only
Discipline:
History
Courses:
U.S. History

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Retrieving the American Past, a U.S. history custom reader, lets you select from 91 chapters written or commissioned by the History Department of the Ohio State University. Each chapter focuses on a specific topic in American history, and includes standalone sections of primary and secondary source readings that you can choose individually, or together, to create a reader that matches your course objectives exactly!

In addition, up to 20% of your custom RTAP reader can be your own writing, course notes, or syllabi, or copyrighted material from other publishers.  We handle all permissions.
 
Select U.S. HISTORY Textbook Chapters Now Available! 
 
 
For more information, please contact the Custom Library group.
 
  • 91 selectable chapters let you choose the topics you wish to teach in depth, in the sequence you want, at the price you want your students to pay. Your students pay online for the material you choose to include.
  • Each chapter includes a scholar's introduction, a secondary sources essay section, a primary document section, follow-up questions, and recommendations for further reading
  • Informative headnotes place each reading in historical context
  • The primary and secondary source sections are self-contained, so readers can be built around either approach or both
  • RTAP topic chapters include more than 100 images to further illuminate readings
  • The RTAP Documents Library also lets you select from more than 340 stand-alone documents
  • Free evaluation copy! When you build and confirm your reader online using our Custom BookBuild system, you can request an evaluation copy (delivered in 7-10 business days) to examine before you place your bookstore order.
  • NEW! Each student reader is supplied with a password that provides 24/7 access to a special new Companion Website with links to Pearson Education’s Resource Navigator (for conducting online research projects), and style tips for writing research reports. The instructor’s version of this website contains all of the above, plus teaching tips and more!

This custom solution is appropriate for the following course(s):

  • U.S. History
The following textbooks are available for customization in the RTAP program.  Now you can customize your book using just the text chapters, and/or add additional readings or documents to complete your book.  Download the complete list of available selections for Retrieving The American Past.
 
American Stories: A History of the United States
H. W. Brands, T. W. Breen, R. Hal Williams, and Ariela J. Gross
ISBN: 0-321-51088-7

Women and the Making of America
Mari Jo Buhle, Teresa Murphy, Jane Gerhard
ISBN: 0-131-83916-0

Out of Many, 5/e, TLC Edition
John Mack Faragher, Mari Jo Buhle, Daniel Czitrom, Susan H. Armitage
ISBN: 0-136-01565-4

Out of Many, 6/e
John Mack Faragher, Mari Jo Buhle, Daniel Czitrom, Susan H. Armitage
ISBN: 0-136-14955-3

The American Journey, TLC, 5/e
David Goldfield, Carl Abbott et al.
ISBN: 0-136-03257-5

The American Journey, 5/e
David Goldfield, Carl Abbott, Virginia DeJohn Anderson, Jo Ann E. Argersinger, Peter H. Argersinger, William L. Barney, Robert M. Weir
ISBN: 0-136-03281-8

The African-American Odyssey, 4/e
Darlene Clark Hine, William C. Hine, Stanley Harrold
ISBN: 0-136-15012-8

Created Equal, 3/e
Jacqueline Jones, Peter H. Wood, Thomas Borstelmann, Elaine Tyler May, Vicki L. Ruiz
ISBN: 0-205-58581-7
 
The American People: Creating a Nation and a Society (Vango)
Gary B. Nash, Julie Roy Jeffrey et al.
ISBN: 0-205-64279-9 
 
Instructor resources are available for adopters. To preview these resources, please contact us.
Student resources are avialable for adopters. To preview these resources, please contact us.
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Retrieving the American Past is edited by the History Department of The Ohio State University.