"American history is an epic composed of many events: colonists made their homes in a new world; soldiers fought for independence; capitalists built giant industries; civil rights activists struggled for equality. In such episodes we encounter the emotions, thoughts, and experiences that made up the distinct worlds of the past. In the two volumes of American Realities my goal has been to re-create some of those worlds, to capture the immediacy--the reality--of life as lived in other eras. I have not tried to reduce all these events to a single pattern, but in the aggregate the chapters trace the course of American history from the distant past to the present."
From the Preface
This web site is designed to accompany American Realities,
two volumes of
historical essays written by J. William T. Youngs.
It includes sections devoted to each of the twenty-eight
articles
in American Realities. And it also provides information about
historical writing, editing, and web authoring.
This site is under construction.
I plan to add new pages frequently, and I am eager to involve
my readers in the process of developing the site with ideas and images.
To contact me, simply use the email address listed below.
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Click here to see an overview of this web site.
Click here to go to the
the table of contents for American Realities
your "jumping off point" for journeys into the web materials
for each chapter.
Click here to see how other professors and students are using American Realities.
Click here to access special features included in this
web site
including information about web authoring and searching.
Click here to find out how you can help build this web site.
and
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phone: (509)359-7951
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