Great Issues in American History Author:Richard Hofstadter The second volume of GREAT ISSUES IN AMERICAN HISTORY-three volumes that cover the history of America from its settlement to the present-gathers significant documents from a hundred years of fervent debate, from the period of the Revolution through the period of the Federalist and Republicans, The Jacksonian era, up to the Civil War and the ema... more »ncipation of the slaves.« less