Heather Kerrigan (EDT) Historic Documents of 2019

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Published annually since 1972, the Historic Documents series has made primary source research easy by presenting excerpts from documents on the important events of each year for the United States and the World. Each volume pairs 60 to 70 original background narratives with over 100 documents to chronicle the major events. Various records may include: official reports surveys speeches from leaders and opinion makers court cases legislation testimony and much moreHistoric Documents is renowned for the well-written and informative background, history, and context it provides for each document. Organized chronologically, each volume covers the same wide range of topics: business the economy and labor energy, environment, science, technology, and transportation government and politics health and social services international affairs national security and terrorism rights and justiceEach volume begins with an insightful essay that sets the year's events in context, and each document or group of documents include: a comprehensive introduction background information on the event full-source citations easy access to material detailed and thematic table of contents references to related coverage documents from the last ten editions of the series