After the Fact has been a popular and best-selling approach to guiding students through American History and the methods used to generate it. In fifteen dramatic episodes that move chronologically through American history, this book examines such topics as oral evidence, photographs, ecological data, films and television programs, church and town records, census data, and novels.
General Note
Includes index.
Content Note
The strange death of Silar Deane; A view from the bottom rail; The mirror with a memory; USDA government inspected; Sacco and Vanzetti; Dust bowl odyssey; The decision to drop the bomb; From Rosie to Lucy; Breaking into Watergate; Where trouble comes.