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Blee, Lisa, et al., “Enagaging with Public Engagment: Public History and Graduate Pedagogy,” Radical History Review (no. 102, Fall 2008), 73–89.

Garcia, David G., “Transformations through Teatro: Culture Clash in a Chicana/o History Classroom,” Radical History Review (no. 102, Fall 2008), 111–30.

Moyar, Mark, “Vietnam: Historians at War,” Academic Questions, 21 (March 2008), 37–51.

Plotkin, Wendy, Stephanie Stegman, and Christopher Miller, “Americans on the Move: Geography and Society in the Post-World War II Period, 1950–2000,” Journal of the Association for History and Computing, 11 (Aug. 2008), http://mcel.pacificu.edu/jahc/.

Sipress, Joel, and David J. Voelker, “From Learning History to Doing History: Beyond the Coverage Model,” in Exploring Signature Pedagogies: Approaches to Teaching Disciplinary Habits of Mind, ed. Regan A. R. Gurung, Nancy L. Chick, and Aeron Haynie, 19–35. (Sterling: Stylus, 2008. 304 pp. Paper, $29.95, isbn 978-1-57922-307-6.)

 

Colby, Sherri Rae, “Students as Historians: The Historical Narrative Inquiry Model’s Impact on Historical Thinking and Historical Empathy” (University of North Texas, 2007). Order No. DA3300937.

 

Breidlid, Anders, et al., eds., American Culture: An Anthology. (New York: Routledge, 2008. xxiv, 434 pp. Cloth, $140.00, isbn 978-0-415-36092-0. Paper, $34.95, isbn 978-0-415-36093-7.) Second edition with new chapters.

Brophy, Jere, Janet Alleman, and Barbara Knighton, Inside the Social Studies Classroom. (New York: Routledge, 2009. xii, 301 pp. Cloth, $135.00, isbn 978-0-8058-5571-5. Paper, $41.95, isbn 978-0-8058-5572-2.)

Campbell, Ballard C., American Disasters: 201 Calamities That Shook the Nation. (New York: Checkmark, 2008. xviii, 461 pp. Paper, $24.95, isbn 978-0-8160-7735-9.)

Clements, Peter, Access to History: Prosperity, Depression, and the New Deal. (London: Hodder Education, 2008. viii, 247 pp. Paper, $17.95, isbn 978-0-34-096588-7.) Fourth edition.

Coontz, Stephanie, Maya Parson, and Gabrielle Raley, eds., American Families: A Multicultural Reader. (New York: Routledge, 2008. viii, 475 pp. Cloth, $125.00, isbn 978-0-415-95820-2. Paper, $45.00, isbn 978-0-415-95821-9.) Second edition; revised and expanded.

Farmer, Alan, Access to History: The American Civil War; Causes, Course, and Consequences, 1803–77. (London: Hodder Education, 2008. vi, 250 pp. Paper, $17.95, isbn 978-0-34-096587-0.) Fourth edition.

Guarneri, Carl, and James Davis, eds., Teaching American History in a Global Context. (Armonk: Sharpe, 2008. xvi, 334 pp. Cloth, $78.95, isbn 978-0-7656-2079-8. Paper, $34.95, isbn 978-0-7656-2080-4.)

Kennedy, Frances H., ed., American Indian Places: A Historical Guidebook. (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2008. xxvi, 335 pp. $29.95, isbn 978-0-395-63336-6.) Heavily illustrated.

Monteith, Sharon, American Culture in the 1960s. (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2008. xxx, 242 pp. Cloth, £55.00, isbn 978-0-7486-1946-7. Paper, £17.99, isbn 978-0-7486-1947-4.)

Peterson, Amy T., et al., The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Clothing through American History: 1900 to the Present. (Westport: Greenwood, 2008. Vol. 1, 1900–1949: xx, 392 pp. Vol. 2, 1950–Present: xx, 428 pp. $199.95/set, isbn 978-0-313-35855-5/set.)

Sanders, Vivienne, Access to History: Civil Rights in the usa, 1945–68. (London: Hodder Education, 2008. vi, 178 pp. Paper, $17.95, isbn 978-0-34-096583-2.)

Tobin, Gary A., and Dennis R. Ybarra, The Trouble with Textbooks: Distorting History and Religion. (Lanham: Lexington, 2008. viii, 209 pp. Cloth, $50.00, isbn 978-0-7391-3093-3. Paper, $21.95, isbn 978-0-7391-3094-0.)

 

Best, Antony, et al., eds., International History of the Twentieth Century and Beyond. (New York: Routledge, 2008. xxiv, 613 pp. Cloth, $140.00, isbn 978-0-415-43895-7. Paper, $37.95, isbn 978-0-415-43896-4.) Second edition; revised and expanded.

Malsberger, John W., and James N. Marshall, eds., The American Economic History Reader: Documents and Readings. (New York: Routledge, 2009. xiv, 556 pp. Cloth, $125.00, isbn 978-0-415-96266-7. Paper, $54.95, isbn 978-0-415-96267-4.)

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