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Interpretations of American History, Volume 2: from Reconstruction Patterns and Perspectives

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ISBN-10: 0312480504

ISBN-13: 9780312480509

Edition: 8th 2009

Authors: Francis G. Couvares, Martha Saxton, Gerald N. Grob, George Athan Billias

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Now in a new edition from Bedford/St. Martin's,Interpretations of American Historyoffers an essential collection of essays and readings on American historiography. Each chapter opens with an extended essay that explores the historiography specific to that chapter's topic, followed by two readings by preeminent historians that highlight different although not always diametrically opposed historical approaches. Fully updated for the next generation of scholars, the most respected historiographical reader now comes with all the care and quality that you expect from Bedford/St. Martin's.
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Book details

List price: $64.99
Edition: 8th
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Bedford/Saint Martin's
Publication date: 9/5/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 448
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.91" tall
Weight: 1.430
Language: English

Gerald N. Grob is the Henry E. Sigerist Professor of the History of Medicine Emeritus at Rutgers University.

Preface
Introduction to U.S. Historiography
The Reconstruction Era: How Large Its Scope?
Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863-1877 [1988]
Reconstructing Race [2003]
The Triumph of Capitalism: Efficiency or Class War?
The Role of Business in the United States: A Historical Survey [1969]
Industrializing America [1995]
American Imperialism: Economic Expansion or Ideological Crusade?
That "Splendid Little War" in Historical Perspective [1968]
The Image of Enemy and Ally [1974]
Immigration: American Assimilation or Transnational Race-Making?
Becoming Mexican American: Ethnicity, Culture, and Identity in Chicano Los Angeles, 1900-1945 [1995]
Transnational Ties [2000]
The Progressive Movement: Elitist or Democratic?
The Historical Foundations of Women's Power in the Creation of the American Welfare State, 1880-1920 [1993]
Atlantic Crossings: Social Politics in a Progressive Age [1998]
The New Deal: Revolution or Restoration?
The Achievement of the New Deal [1985]
Struggles for Justice [1991]
The Cold War and Beyond: Stability, Hegemony, Chaos?
We Now Know: Rethinking Cold War History [1997]
The New International History of the Cold War: Three (Possible) Paradigms [2000]
The Civil Rights Movement: New Directions
Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Spirit of Leadership [1987]
We Gotta Make This Our Mississippi [2003]
Second Wave Feminism: How Inclusive?
The Road to Equality, 1962-Today [2000]
Re-Visioning the Women's Liberation Movement's Narrative [2001]
The New Right: Rise . . . and Fall?
The Silent Majority: Suburban Politics in the Sunbelt South [2006]
Intimate Matters: A History of Sexuality in America [1988]
Index