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American Passages

A History of the United States to 1877

American Passages( )
Author: Ayers, Edward L.
Gould, Lewis L.
Oshinsky, David M.
Soderlund, Jean R.
ISBN:978-0-495-00134-8
Publication Date:Feb 2005
Publisher:Wadsworth
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:AUD $39.95
Book Description:

PASSAGES: PREHISTORY TO 1763. 1. Contact, Conflict, and Exchange in the Atlantic World to 1590. 2. Colonization of North America, 15901675. 3. Crisis and Change, 1675-1720. 4. The Expansion of Colonial British America, 17201763. PASSAGES: 1764 TO 1814. 5. Wars for Independence, 17641783. 6. Toward a More Perfect Union, 17831788. 7. The Federalist Republic. 8. The New Republic Faces a New Century, 18001814. PASSAGES: 1815 TO 1855. 9. Exploded Boundaries, 18151826. 10. The Years of...
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Book Details
Pages:432
Detailed Subjects: History / United States / General
Book Weight:0.88 Kilograms
Author Biography
Ayers, Edward L. (Author)
He is also an associate editor of the American National Biography.

Oshinsky writes about the brutality of penitentiary life in his book, Worse Than Slavery: Parchman Farm and the Ordeal of Jim Crow Justice. He earned a Senior Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities and an appointment as Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Texas, Austin for his work on the penitentiary project. Oshinsky also received the 17th Annual Robert F. Kennedy Book Award for his novel.

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