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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 lets you select chapters from best-selling Pearson textbooks and 100 topical reading units written or commissioned by the History Department of the Ohio State University to create your perfect book.
 
Each topical reading unit 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 book can be your own writing, course notes, or syllabi, or copyrighted material from other publishers.  We handle all permissions.
 
 
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.
 
Occupied America, 7/e NEW!
Acuna
 
American Stories: A History of the United States
Brands, Breen, Williams, and Gross

Women and the Making of America
Buhle, Murphy, and Gerhard
America Past and Present, 9/e
Divine, Breen, Fredrickson, Williams, Gross, and Brands
 
America Past and Present, Brief, 8/e NEW!
Divine, Breen, Fredrickson, Williams, Gross, Brands, and Roberts
 
The American Story, 4/e, Penguin Academics Series
Divine, Breen, Fredrickson, Williams, Gross, and Brands

Out of Many, 5/e, TLC Edition
Faragher, Buhle, Czitrom, and Armitage

Out of Many, 6/e
Faragher, Buhle, Czitrom, and Armitage

The American Journey, TLC, 5/e
Goldfield, Abbott, Anderson, Argersinger, Argersinger, Barney, and Weir
The American Journey, 5/e
Goldfield, Abbott, Anderson, Argersinger, Argersinger, Barney, and Weir

The African-American Odyssey, 4/e
Hine, Hine, and Harrold
Created Equal, 3/e
Jones, Wood, Borstelmann, May, and Ruiz
 
Visions of America: A History of the United States, 1/e
Keene, Cornell, and O'Donnell
 
The American People: Creating a Nation and a Society (Vango)
Nash, Jeffrey et al.
 

 
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.
Retrieving the American Past is edited by the History Department of The Ohio State University.