American Stories: A History of the United States, Combined Volume - Softcover

Brands, H. W.; Breen, T. H.; Williams, R. Hal; Gross, Ariela J.

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9780321510884: American Stories: A History of the United States, Combined Volume

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ISBN 10: 0321510887 ISBN 13: 9780321510884

Publisher: Pearson, 2008

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Based on the idea that you can’t cover (and don't want to) everything in a survey course, H.W. Brands and a team of award-winning historians present the story of American history in a refreshing new way.

American Stories: A History of the United States concentrates on the topics most commonly taught in an American history survey course, with a focus on the major themes and the connections between them. A unique pedagogical program developed and implemented by instructional designers provides a consistent structure for students as the story of American history unfolds.

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About the Author:

H. W. Brands is the Dickson Allen Anderson Centennial Professor of History at the University of Texas at Austinn. He is the author of numerous works of history and international affairs, including The Devil We Knew: Americans and the Cold War (1993), Into the Labyrinth: The United States and the Middle East (1994), The Recklass Decade: America in the 1890s (1995), TR: The Last Romantic (a biography of Theodore Roosevelet) (1997), What America Owes the World: The Struggle for the Soul of Foreign Policy (1998), The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin (2000), The Strange Death of American Liberalism (2001), The Age of Gold: The California Gold Rus and the New American Dream (2002), Woodrow Wilson (2003), and Andrew Jackson (2005). His writing has redceived critical and popular acclaim; The First American was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and a national bestseller. He lectures frequently across North America and in Europe. His essays and reviews have appeared in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, and Atlantic Monthly. He is a regular guest on radio and television, and has participated in several historical documentary films.

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