The American Pageant 3144317 215845239 2008-05-29T23:21:22Z Reywas92 1233313 /* Thirteenth Edition (complete edition) */ rm duplicate {{Unreferenced|date=August 2007}} [[Image:American Pag..JPG|right|thumb|''The American Pageant, Seventh Edition (Brief)'', by [[Thomas A. Bailey|Thomas Bailey]] and [[David M. Kennedy (historian)|David Kennedy]].]] '''''The American Pageant''''', written by the late [[Thomas A. Bailey]], is an American high school history textbook often used for [[AP United States History]] courses. Since Bailey's death in 1983, the book has been updated by historians [[David M. Kennedy (historian)|David M. Kennedy]] and [[Lizabeth Cohen]], and it is now in its thirteenth edition. ==Structure== ===Twelfth Edition=== [[Image:AmericanPageant12th.jpg|right|thumb|150px|''The American Pageant, Twelfth Edition'', by [[David M. Kennedy (historian)|David Kennedy]], [[Lizabeth Cohen]], and [[Thomas A. Bailey|Thomas Bailey]].]] Four different versions of the Twelfth Edition were printed. All are divided into six parts, from "Founding the New Nation" (with an initial chapter on prehistory, natives, and European exploration) through "Making Modern America". The six parts are subdivided into a total of 42 chapters spanning 1034 pages. The book's chronology officially ends in the year 2001, though later printings include an additional three paragraphs detailing the [[United States presidential election, 2004|2004 US election]] as well as [[September 11, 2001 attacks|September 11]]. The four versions of the Twelfth Edition are the Complete Edition (ISBN 0-618-10349-X), the version "For Advanced High School Courses" (pictured at right), published by [[Houghton Mifflin]] (ISBN 0-618-24732-7). There are also two editions that split the textbook into two volumes; Volume I (ISBN 0-618-10353-8) covers until 1877 and Volume II (ISBN 0-618-10354-6) covers the time period since 1865. ===Thirteenth Edition (complete edition)=== [[Image:0618479279 md.gif|right|thumb|''The American Pageant, Thirteenth Edition'', by [[Thomas A. Bailey|Thomas Bailey]] and [[David M. Kennedy (historian)|David Kennedy]]]] In the new thirteenth edition released in [[2006]], the book contains 42 chapters each divided into six sections. ==References== *Bailey, Thomas. ''The American Pageant, A History of the Republic. Vol.1, 4th Edition''. Lexington, Massachusetts: D.C. Heath and Company, 1971. ==External links== *[http://college.hmco.com/history/us/bailey/american_pageant/11e/students/index.html Textbook site for ''The American Pageant,'' Bailey and Kennedy (11 ed.) ], by Houghton Mifflin, college division *[http://www.course-notes.org/us_history/outlines/ course-notes.org (chapter outlines and additional resources)] *[http://www.apnotes.net apnotes.net (chapter outlines)] *[http://wikinotes.wikidot.com/13th-edition Wikinotes (chapter notes and outlines)] {{DEFAULTSORT:American Pageant, The}} [[Category:Textbooks]] [[Category:United States history books]] <br><BR><Br><BR> {{hist-book-stub}}