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The American Story

The American Story( )
Author: Divine, Robert A.
Breen, T. H. H.
Fredrickson, George M.
Williams, R. Hal
Gross, Ariela J.
Brands, H. W.
ISBN:978-0-205-90736-6
Publication Date:Aug 2012
Publisher:Prentice Hall PTR
Imprint:Prentice Hall
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $60.20
Book Description:

Focuses students on the story of American history.

The American Story integrates the social and political dimensions of American history into one chronological narrative, providing students with a full picture of the scope and complexity of the American past. This text is the concise version of America: Past and Present 10th edition. It includes the complete narrative from the comprehensive title with fewer in-text features, so students get the...
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Book Details
Pages:656
Detailed Subjects: History / United States / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6.318 x 9.165 x 0.312 Inches
Book Weight:2.2 Pounds
Author Biography
Divine, Robert A. (Author)
Historian George M. Fredrickson was born in Bristol, Connecticut on July 16, 1934. He graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University in 1956 and then studied in Norway on a Fulbright scholarship. After serving in the Navy for three years, he earned a doctorate from Harvard University in 1964. He taught at numerous universities including Harvard University, Northwestern University and Stanford University. He retired from teaching in 2002.

During his career, he wrote eight books and edited four more. His book White Supremacy: A Comparative Study in American and South African History was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Some of his other works include The Inner Civil War: Northern Intellectuals and the Crises of the Union, Racism: A Short History and Big Enough to Be Inconsistent: Abraham Lincoln Confronts Slavery and Race. He died from heart failure on February 25, 2008.

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