The New American HistoryEric Foner Originally released in 1990, The New American Historyedited for the American Historical Association by Eric Foner, has become an indispensable volume for teachers and students. In essays that chart the shifts in interpretation within their fields, some of our most prominent American historians survey the key works and themes in the scholarship of the last three decades. Along with substantially revised essays from the first edition, this volume presents three entirely new ones - on intellectual history, the history of the West, and the histories of the family and sexuality. The second edition of The New American Historyreflects, in Foner's words, "the continuing vitality and creativity of the study of the past, how traditional fields are being expanded and redefined even as new ones are created." Author note: Eric Foner is DeWitt Clinton Professor of History at Columbia University. He is the author of numerous books, including Reconstruction, 1863-1877which was awarded the Bancroft Prize. |
Contents
Ideology Politics and | 31 |
Society Politics and the Market Revolution 18151848 | 61 |
Contents | 85 |
Prosperity Depression and War 19201945 | 133 |
America since 1945 | 159 |
MAJOR THEMES IN THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE | 179 |
Western History | 203 |
Social History | 231 |
U S Womens History | 257 |
The History of the Family and the History of Sexuality | 285 |
AfricanAmerican History | 311 |
American Labor History | 333 |
Ethnicity and Immigration | 353 |
U S Diplomatic History 17501945 | 375 |
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References to this book
The Greenwood Dictionary of Education John William Collins,Nancy P. O'Brien No preview available - 2003 |