Offers students insight into how diverse communities and different regions have shaped America's past . For the two-semester U.S. history survey course. Out of Many, brief edition, reveals the ethnic, geographical and economic diversity of the United States by examining the individual, the community and the state and placing a special focus on the country's regions, particularly the West. Each chapter helps students understand the textured and varied history that has produced the increasing complexity of America. This book is the abridged version of Out of Many, seventh edition. Teaching and Learning Experience Personalize Learning -The new MyHistoryLab delivers proven results in helping students succeed, provides engaging experiences that personalize learning and comes from a trusted partner with educational expertise and a deep commitment to helping students and instructors achieve their goals. Improve Critical Thinking - Seeing History images and critical thinking questions help students use visual culture to make sense of the past. Engage Students - Each chapter begins with an American Communities feature that shows how the events discussed in the chapter affected particular communities for a well-rounded understanding of American history. Support Instructors - MyHistoryLab, ClassPrep, an Instructor’s Manual, MyTest and PowerPoints. Note: MyHistoryLab does not come automatically packaged with this text. To purchase MyHistoryLab at no extra charge, please visit www.MyHistoryLab.com or use the following (VP ISBN-10: 020513453X, VP ISBN-13: 9780205134533) The use of documents and images are the most compelling features of Out of Many, TLC … The use of these also reflects current pedagogical trends emphasizing visual learning or tools and uses of primary sources. -Jeff Crane, Sam Houston State University The book has a nice, easy-to-read narrative style that is supplemented well with images and useful “extra” features such as American Communities. It is a very good text. -Julie Courtwright, Texas A&M University …visually appealing and engaging to the students. -Robert B. Bruce, Sam Houston State University The broad-ranging, multicultural, multiethnic focus is this book’s greatest strength. This is what sets it apart from most other textbooks. -Brian D. Behnken, Texas A&M University The single most compelling attribute of Out of Many, TLC is its smooth comprehensiveness. It is thorough without being overly simplified. Out of Many, TLC is user-friendly and very approachable for students. -Michael K. Ward, California State University-Northridge More than 4 million students are now using Pearson MyLab products! Here are just a few ways MyHistoryLab can help you save time and improve results: Pearson eText — Just like the printed text, students can highlight and add their own notes. Students save time and improve results by having access to their book online. Gradebook — Students can monitor their progress and instructors can monitor the progress of their entire class. Automated grading of quizzes and assignments helps both instructors and students save time and monitor their results throughout the course. History Bookshelf — This compendium of resources includes up to 100 most commonly assigned history works like Thomas Paine’s Common Sense , Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle , and Machiavelli’s The Prince . To order this book with MyHistoryLab access at no extra charge, use ISBN 9780205108718. www.myhistorylab.com John Mack Faragher John Mack Faragher is an Arthur Unobskey professor of American history and the director of the Howard R. Lamar Center for the Study of Frontiers and Borders at Yale University. Born in Arizona and raised in southern California, he received his B.A. at the University of California, Riverside, and his Ph.D. at Yale University. He is the author of Women and Men on the Overland Trail (1979), Sugar Creek: Life on the Illinois Prairie (1986), Daniel Boone: The Life and Legend of an American Pioneer (1992), The American West: A New Interpretive History (2000) and A Great and Noble Scheme: The Tragic Story of the Expulsion of the French Acadians from their American Homeland (2005). Mari Jo Buhle Mari Jo Buhle is a William R. Kenan, Jr. University professor emerita of American civilization and history at Brown University specializing in American women’s history. She received her B.A. from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and her Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. She is the author of Women and American Socialism, 1870-1920 (1981) and Feminism and Its Discontents: A Century of Struggle with Psychoanalysis (1998). She is also the co-editor of the Encyclopedia of the American Left (second edition, 1998). Buhle held a fellowship (1991-1996) from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. She is currently an honorary fellow of the history department at the University of Wisc