America: A Narrative History

by David Emory Shi

The best-selling narrative history that students love to read America is the leading narrative history because students love to read it. Additional coverage of immigration enhances the timeliness of the narrative. New Chapter Opener videos, History Skills Tutorials, and Norton’s adaptive learning tool, InQuizitive, help students develop history skills, engage with the reading, and come to class prepared. What hasn’t changed? Our unmatched affordability. Choose from Full, Brief (15% shorter), or The Essential Learning Edition--featuring fewer chapters and additional pedagogy.

Genres: History, Nonfiction, Read For School, College

912 pages, Paperback

Published July 1, 2019

Reviews

[Daniel Ryan]

A fair survey of American history from pre-Colonial times to Reconstruction (1877). As many American history texts can be agenda-driven, I was pleased to see they did a fair job presenting both sides of controversial matters. Full review on my blog:
http://notesfromthefallen.blogspot.co...

[Paul]

As with any textbook, it prioritizes saying a little about a lot, and that means inevitably there will be gaps, but even so, Shi's work is remarkable for how few gaps there are and how accessible such a large and heavy book can be.

[Kayley Spears]

its a history book I dont really have a review but i did read it

[Louise Novea]

this is a good textbook with about 3-5 chapters for each era, each chapter has a focus point. There are focus questions at the beginning of a chapter which are then answered in the summary of the chapter. Throughout the chapters are maps and relevant questions as well.

[Becky]

Pretty Good

This is a survey textbook covering the first "half" of American History. I was impressed and engaged by the flowing narrative, and how easy it made to read chapters that averaged 45 pages.

[roxy cline]

I read this for a college class. I feel the author did a great job at laying down the facts and not adding in fluff, making it fairly easy to understand what has happened. I’m glad I read this book and took this class, I got a very good understanding of our country up to 1877. Looking forward to reading volume 2 and taking the second history class from 1877 to present.

[Zack Hudson]

(read for class) pretty good for a history textbook

[Kelly]

I read this whole textbook so you bet it’s going on here.

[Kat]

Read every page of this and I quite enjoyed it. The material was presented in a very engaging way. Props to Mr. Shi.