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Of the People Vol. 1

A History of the United States

Of the People( )
Author: Oakes, James
Boydston, Jeanne
Cullather, Nick
Lewis, Jan Ellen
McGerr, Michael
Summers, Mark
Townsend, Camilla
ISBN:978-0-19-992473-8
Publication Date:Jul 2013
Publisher:Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Book Format:Paperback
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Book Description:

Of the People: A History of the United States not only tells the history of America--of its people and places, of its dealings and ideals--but it also unfolds the story of American democracy, carefully marking how this country's evolution has been anything but certain, from its complex beginnings to its modern challenges. This comprehensive survey focuses on the social and political lives of people--some famous, some ordinary--revealing the compelling story of America's...
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Book Details
Pages:1232
Detailed Subjects: History / United States / General
Political Science / Political Ideologies / Democracy
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):11.5 x 9 x 1.75 Inches
Book Weight:5.544 Pounds
Author Biography
Oakes, James (Author)
Jan Ellen Lewis was born in St. Louis, Missouri on July 10, 1949. She received a bachelor's degree in history from Bryn Mawr College and master's degrees in American culture and history and a Ph.D. in early American history from the University of Michigan. She started teaching at Rutgers University, Newark in 1977. She became the first woman to chair its history department and had served as dean of the school of arts and sciences since 2014.

Her book, The Pursuit of Happiness: Family and Values in Jefferson's Virginia, was published in 1983. She co-wrote the textbook Of the People: A History of the United States, co-edited with Peter Stearns An Emotional History of the United States, and co-edited with Peter S. Onuf and James Horn The Revolution of 1800: Democracy, Race and the New Republic. In 1999, she and Onuf organized the Hemings-Jefferson conference, which reassessed Thomas Jefferson's legacy after DNA testing showed that he had fathered children with his slave Sally Hemings. Lewis died from complications of a bone-marrow transplant on August 28, 2018 at the age of 69.

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