For more than twenty-five years; After the Fact has guided students through American history and the methods used to study it. In dramatic episodes that move chronologically through American history; this best-selling book examines a broad variety of topics including oral evidence; photographs; ecological data; films and television programs; church and town records; census data; and novels. Whether for an introductory survey or for a historical methods course; After the Fact is the ideal text to introduce readers; step by step; to the detective work and analytical approaches historians use when they are actually doing history.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Perfect for our school needsBy Rebs33Perfect for our school needs. Price was good for not having to run all over the major metro finding everything we needed.32 of 32 people found the following review helpful. This is THE text of Modern European HistoryBy James PetersenIt is difficult to add to what reviewers have already provided. I used this text when I was a classroom AP teacher for a number of reasons. Among those reasons was that while most K-12 textbooks are the product of a committee; (committee- a terrestrial life form having at least six legs and no brain.) this book is largely the work of the late Dr. Robert Roswell Palmer. It was written as if the author felt that the history of Modern Europe was not a collection of chapters but rather a story; a narrative to be read the way one reads a novel. There is a continuity to the writing and an elegance of prose that can only be achieved by a text like this. Dr. Palmer was a wonderful historian and a marvellously accessable teacher who took the time to answer letters personally on his old manual typewriter. His passing is lamented.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy manxin.luogreat
