From These Beginnings, Volume 1 (8th Edition)

From These Beginnings, Volume 1 (8th Edition)

<P style="MARGIN: 0px"> <B> <I>From These Beginnings</I> </B> <B> looks at history through engaging biographical portraits of well-known men and women whose contributions helped to create the nation and society.</B> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">Each biography offers a uniquely personal and provocative glimpse into the lives of these Americans and shows how their experiences are linked to historical events, covering everything from the environment to popular culture. <I>From These Beginnings</I> can be used as a stand-alone core text, or as a wonderful supplement to any U.S. History survey course, inviting students to see history not as a collection of names and dates, but as an evolving tale about people like themselves. </P>