Primary Sources

Explores the daily lives of American people from colonial times to the present through primary documents that include diaries, letters, memoirs, speeches, sermons, pamphlets, and all manner of public and private writings.

Cross-disciplinary source spanning the 20th century. Each volume in the set includes full or excerpted primary sources representing the seminal issues, themes, movements and events from a decade. Includes oral histories, songs, speeches, advertisements, TV, play and movie scripts, letters, laws, legal decisions, newspaper articles, cartoons, recipes, and more.

This volume covers the first decade of the twenty-first century from monumental events and groundbreaking individuals to the details of Americans' daily lives. Topics include world events, the arts, business and the economy, education, fashion, government and politics, law and justice, lifestyles and social trends, media, medicine and health, religion, science and technology, and sports.

Primary source documents focusing on crime and punishment issues of the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries.

Primary source documents focusing on environmental issues of the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries.

Primary source documents focusing on family in society in the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries. International in scope.

Primary source documents focusing on gender and sexuality issues of the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries.

Primary source documents focusing on government, politics, and protest issues of the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries. International in scope.

Primary source documents focusing on human and civil rights issues of the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries. International in scope.

Primary source documents focusing on immigration and multiculturalism in the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries. International in scope.

Primary source documents focusing on social policy issues of the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries. International in scope.

Primary source documents focusing on terrorism issues of the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries. International in scope.