Steven Hahn

Forging America: Volume Two since 1863 speaks to both the complexities of historical experience and the meanings of the past for our present-day lives. Warning against the assumption of preordained outcomes, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Steven Hahn focuses the reader's attention on those moments when historical change occurs. He weaves a history that is continental and transnational, a history of the...

Covering political, social, and cultural history, Sources for Forging America Volume One offers nearly 100 selections, including thirty-three visual documents, intended to spark discussion in the classroom and give students a deeper understanding of America's history. A general introduction on how to read primary sources provides students with guidance for working with documents. Headnotes and reading questions offer context and...

Forging America: Volume One to 1877 is the proud recipient of the Textbook & Academic Authors Association's Most Promising New Textbook Award. Forging America addresses both the complexities of historical experience and the meanings of the past for our present-day lives. It warns against assuming preordained outcomes, as Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Steve Hahn directs the reader's focus to those pivotal...