Primary sources are original records or firsthand accounts—such as research data, historical documents, or personal narratives—that provide direct evidence about a subject, without interpretation or analysis.
Quaker writings : an anthology, 1650-1920
Hamm, Thomas D., 2010
Publisher description: Covering nearly three centuries of religious development, this comprehensive anthology brings together writings from prominent Friends that illustrate the development of Quakerism, show the nature of Quaker spiritual life, discuss Quaker contributions to European and American civilization, and introduce the diverse community of Friends, some of whom are little remembered even among Quakers today. It gives a balanced overview of Quaker history, spanning the globe from its origins to missionary work, and explores daily life, beliefs, perspectives, movements within the community, and activism throughout the world. It is an exceptional contribution to contemporary understanding of religious thought.
Documents that changed the way we live
Janes, Joseph, 2017
Documents are milestones and markers of human activity, part of who and what we are. Our story can be told through the objects, profound and trivial, famous and forgotten, by which we remember and are remembered. Documents That Changed the Way We Live examines dozens of compelling stories that describe these documents; their creation, motivation, influence, importance, historical and social context, provenance; and their connections to contemporary information objects, technologies, and trends.
Fagan, Brian M., 1998
Eyewitness to discovery : first-person accounts of more than fifty of the world’s greatest archaeological discoveries
What primary sources teach : lessons for every classroom
Hoyer, Jen, author.; Holt, Kaitlin H., author.; Pelaez, Julia, author.; Guy-Clement, Natiba, writer of foreword., 2022
“What Primary Sources Teach provides practical and transferable lesson plans focused on skill-based instruction, including step-by-step instructions; ideas for differentiation; corresponding teaching tools, such as worksheets and activity templates; and suggestions for assessment. The reader will build confidence delivering primary source-based instruction as they work their way through the lesson plans, tools, and resources offered in this book. Eventually, they will feel comfortable designing lesson plans of their own for primary source-based instruction”– Provided by publisher.
Primary sources for ancient history
Forsythe, Gary author., 2018
Despite being condensed into neat identities of the Near East and Greece, these two titles cover a wide-ranging period of time, peoples, lands, and philosophies. Indeed, at first glance these peoples might have nothing in common except for their profound impact on our own world. In these comprehensive readings, however, we understand how all people struggled to define their relationship with their rulers, their gods, and their neighbors.
Documents of Japanese American internment
Ivey, Linda L., compiler, editor.; Kaatz, Kevin W., compiler, editor., 2021
“This document collection sheds light on Japanese American internment through the voices and perspectives of those who directly experienced this event as well as those who created the policy behind it.”– Provided by publisher.
America and the Holocaust : a documentary history
Medoff, Rafael, 1959- author., 2022
“The first comprehensive volume to teach about America’s response to the Holocaust through visual media, America and the Holocaust: A Documentary History explores the complex subject through the lens of 100 important documents that help illuminate and amplify key episodes and issues”– Provided by publisher.
The Cold War a history in documents and eyewitness accounts
Hanhimäki, Jussi M., 1965-; Westad, Odd Arne.
The Cold War: a history in documents and eyewitness accounts.
The French Revolution : a history in documents
Alpaugh, Micah, editor., 2021
“This book explores the rapidly evolving political culture of the French Revolution through first-hand accounts of the revolutionary (and counterrevolutionary) actors. As well as providing an invaluable general introduction and vital contextual notes on every source included, Micah Alpaugh selects a varied range of pieces, drawing on Parisian, provincial and even international voices, and classic texts in addition to lesser-known sources. This unique collection of 13 visual sources and 88 documents, many of which have been translated into English here for the first time, provide perspectives into the debates, pronouncements and proposals that spawned modern politics”– Provided by publisher.
Behind Valkyrie: German Resistance to Hitler, Documents
Hoffmann, Peter, 2011
While the “Valkyrie” plot by Nazi officers to kill Adolf Hitler is the best known instance of German opposition to his dictatorship, there were many other significant acts of resistance. Behind Valkyrie collects documents, letters, and testimonies of Germans who fought Hitler from within, making many of them available in their entirety and in English for the first time. Peter Hoffmann assembles the words of citizens protesting the National Socialists’ dismantling of the first democratic German republic, socialists and conservatives arguing for civil liberties, and dissatisfied senior military officials.
Competing voices from the Russian Revolution
Hickey, Michael C., 2011
Publisher description: How better to understand history than through the words of those who lived it? This text presents documents that underscore the extraordinary richness of public discussion about key events and issues during the 1917 Russian Revolution, one of the pivotal events in modern history. Carefully edited and annotated, the documents help clarify the issues while revealing the broad range of ways in which Russians understood the events unfolding around them.
Pogroms : a documentary history
Avrutin, Eugene M., editor.; Bemporad, Elissa, editor., 2021
Pogroms: A Documentary History explores the remarkable long history of anti-Jewish violence in the East European borderlands beginning with the pogroms of 1881-1882 in the Russian Empire and concluding in Poland on the eve of World War II. This volume begins with a comprehensive introductory essay on pogroms followed by nine case studies. Organized chronologically, each chapter includes a unique array of archival and published sources, selected and introduced by a scholar expert in the period under investigation.
Chinese propaganda on Tibet : a documentary history
Smith, Warren W., author, editor., 2023
“This volume is a collection of Chinese propaganda articles and documents justifying the invasion and occupation of Tibet. The content, which includes extensive commentary by the editor, reveals much about Chinese social, cultural, and political psychology regarding Tibet”– Provided by publisher.
The Great Depression : an eyewitness history
Burg, David F., 1996
Compiles a history of the Great Depression, including the events that led up to it and the New Deal that followed, with chronologies, personal narratives, and documents.
The great famine in China, 1958-1962 : a documentary history
Zhou, Xun, 2012
Publisher description: This is the first documentary history of the devastating famine that struck China soon after implementation of the policies of the Great Leap Forward. The drive toward industrialization and collectivization undermined the livelihood of the vast majority of the Chinese people and led to mass starvation on a hitherto unknown scale. This collection presents the most comprehensive account of the tragic events available in any language and reveals the extent to which the officials in China knew of and tolerated the famine and the attendant deaths. The famine in China was the worst in human history, claiming more than 45 million lives in three years
Lamoreaux, Naomi R.; Shapiro, Ian, 2019
The two world wars brought an end to a long-standing system of international commerce based on the gold standard. After the First World War, the weaknesses in the gold standard contributed to hyperinflation, the Great Depression, the rise of fascism, and ultimately World War II. The Bretton Woods Conference of 1944 arose out of the Allies’ desire to design a postwar international economic system that would provide a basis for prosperity, trade, and worldwide economic development.
Landmark speeches of the American conservative movement
Schweizer, Peter; Hall, Wynton C., 2007
Iconic speeches from American conservative leaders, from William F. Buckley Jr. (1950) to George W. Bush (2001).
Water rights and the environment in the United States : a documentary and reference guide
Burch, John R., 2015
“This work broadly surveys the development of water politics and policy in the United States from the early nineteenth century to the present day. It is a story told through documents that is wrought with conflict as competing legal rulings and legislation at the state, federal, and international levels have created a morass that pits interest groups against each other. … Through these documents, readers learn how our water politics evolved, see how previous generations address the challenges that faced them, and have present issues identified with various points of view so that they can consider possible solutions for the future.” –pg.ix
Documents of Native American political development : 1933 to present
Wilkins, David E. (David Eugene), 1954- editor.
“The Indian Reorganization Act (IRA) of 1934, intended to reverse federal Indian policy from coercive assimilation of Native peoples to a policy that emphasized a strong measure of self-rule, ushered in a period of political, legal, and economic revitalization of Native peoples that continues to this day. Until very recently, little attention has been paid to the political dynamics operating within Indian Country and the nearly 570 federally-recognized Native nations living throughout the US. From 1934 to the present, this volume brings together a great many of these hard to find or previously unavailable primary source documents.”–Provided by publisher.
Bigart, Robert; McDonald, Joseph, 2020
“This book reproduces primary historical documents of Salish, Pend d’Oreille, and Kootenai Indian history on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana from 1890 to 1899”– Provided by publisher.