Interpretations of American History Vol. I: Patterns and Perspectives [Vol. I Through Reconstruction], Seventh Edition: 001 (Interpretations of American History; Patterns and Perspectives) - Tapa blanda

 
9780684867731: Interpretations of American History Vol. I: Patterns and Perspectives [Vol. I Through Reconstruction], Seventh Edition: 001 (Interpretations of American History; Patterns and Perspectives)
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ISBN 10: 0684867737 ISBN 13: 9780684867731
Editorial: Free Pr, 2000

Sinopsis

Contrary to conventional wisdom, no area of study is outdated more quickly than history, and no time has been more turbulent for the discipline than our own. This classic point/counterpoint reader in American history, now in a completely revised and updated seventh edition, takes note of history's impermanence, giving voice to the new without disposing of the old.

In ten lively chapters, essays by the editors introduce dialectical readings by distin-guished historians on topics from the Puritans through Reconstruction. The essays and readings address history's timeless questions: "The American Revolution: Social or Ideological?," "The Constitution: Conflict or Consensus?," and "Slave Culture: African or American?" New readings are included on African Americans, women, and immigrants. In the fray of debate, eminent historians from Perry Miller and Allan Nevins to Eric Foner, Gordon Wood, and Carol Sheriff struggle to interpret the past.

The editors' essays moderate these passionate arguments and offer a clear, distanced vision of the changing character of history. They explain how history has usually been viewed through the lens of the present and demonstrate with sparkling historiography that the discipline is as contemporary as the headlines of today, as vital as the problems of tomorrow.

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Acerca del autor

Francis G. Couvares, Professor of History and American Studies at Amherst College, where he is Dean of New Students, is the author of The Remaking of Pittsburgh and editor of Movie Censorship and American Culture. Martha Saxton has written biographies of Louisa May Alcott and Jayne Mansfield and, more recently, essays on women in early America. She teaches history and women's studies at Amherst College. Founding editors of Interpretations of American History Gerald N. Grob and George Athan Billias are Sigerist Professor of History of Medicine at Rutgers University and Hyatt Professor of History Emeritus at Clark University, respectively.

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Editorial
Free Pr
Año de publicación
2000
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0684867737
ISBN 13 
9780684867731
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
448
Editor
Couvares Francis G.
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