Discovering the American Past

William Bruce Wheeler received his Ph.D. from the University of Virginia in 1967. He is co-author of DISCOVERING THE GLOBAL PAST (2012), DISCOVERING THE AMERICAN PAST (2012), and DISCOVERING THE WESTERN PAST (2008). He has also written books on Tennessee history and the Tellico Dam. Lorri Glover received her Ph.D. from the University of Kentucky in 1996 and is the John Francis Bannon, S.J., Professor of History at Saint Louis University. She is the author of several books, most recently FOUNDERS AS FATHERS: THE PRIVATE LIVES AND POLITICS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARIES (Yale University Press, 2014) and is the newest co-author of DISCOVERING THE AMERICAN PAST, 8th Edition (Cengage Learning, 2016).

• 1. The Road to True Freedom: African American Alternatives in the New South.2. Rose Cohen Comes to America: Living and Remembering the Immigrant Experience.3. John Muir, Gifford Pinchot, and the Future of American Public Lands.4. Homogenizing a Pluralistic Nation: Propaganda During World War I.5. The “New” Woman: Debating Women’s Roles in the 1920s.6. Understanding Rural Poverty in the Great Depression.7. The American Judicial System and Japanese Internment During World War II: Korematsu v. United States.8. The 1960 Student Campaign for Civil Rights.9. A Generation in War and Turmoil: The Agony of Vietnam.10. The Religious Revolution in Post-World War II America: The Pivotal Role of Southern California.11. The War on Drugs and the Rise of the Prison State.12. History Skills in Action: Designing Your Own Project.