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Why should we care about the american yawp reader

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Here are some reasons to care about The American Yawp reader:

It's an open educational resource that's available immediately and costs nothing

It's an open-source textbook that's available in both digital and print formats

It's a peer-reviewed edition that's designed for the U.S. history survey

It incorporates transnational perspectives, diverse voices, and narratives of resistance

It avoids a triumphalist tone and includes material on inequality

It explores the complex process of cultural creation

It looks for America in crowded slave cabins, bustling markets, congested tenements, and marbled halls

It has plenty about the founders and the origins of the U.S.

It includes a chapter on Colonial Society, which summarizes how 18th century American culture moved in competing directions

It includes a "Manifest Destiny" reader, which articulates the long-standing American belief in the God-given mission of the United States to lead the world in the transition to democracy

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