Offering balanced and up-to-date coverage of America's social, political,and diplomatic past, this two-volume anthology of articles by nationallyrenowned scholars and journalists introduces readers to the excitement anddiversity of American history. With fifteen new selections, the seventh editionhas been substantially revised to examine such topics as the Salem witch trials,early American religious freedom, slavery, the Civil War, and ethnic violence inthe West, as well as such prominent personalities as Theodore Roosevelt, HenryFord, Harry Truman, and Walmart's Sam Walton.