Published by Scribner (Simon & Schuster), New York, 1996
ISBN 10: 0684807238 ISBN 13: 9780684807232
Seller: Mnemosyne, New Haven, CT, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. CLASSIC: COLLECTIBLE: RICH: AS-NEW hardcover, First Edition, First Printing of this revised & skillfully abridged edition of a monumental classic of American history, EXCELLENT mylar-protected jacket showing orig. $45.00 price w/ inside flap corners uniformly diagonally clipped 0.25", AS-NEW cover w/ navy-blue linen wrapping spine & extending 1.50" onto front & back panels covered in dark purple paper w/ sharp AS-NEW edges & corners & titles gilt-stamped on spine, IMMACULATE smooth-cut text-block exterior, IMPECCABLE white card-stock end-papers, AS-NEW sewn binding w/ tight signatures & blue cloth bands at spine-caps, PRISTINE interior handsomely printed on EXCELLENT paper * Notes, pp.1211-1368 * Index, pp. 1369-1433 * 6.36" x 9.50" x 2.96", 1.96 kg, 1433 pp. * "In my writing & teaching I have done all I could to disseminate the idea that history should be as inclusive as life itself." - Arthur M. Schlesinger, Sr. * It is hard to imagine the time when this idea seemed radical, even threatening --a shot across the traditional historian's bow. Now we accept as given that the story of how men & women lived & worked & played --what sort of houses they built, what books they wrote & read, how they earned a living, what sort of culture they created for themselves-- has as much to do w/ the study of the American past as the stories of the wars we have fought & the presidents we have elected. We owe a great debt to the publication of the life work Arthur M. Schlesinger, Sr. life in the first comprehensive social history of the United States ever undertaken, "A History of American Life." * Originally published in twelve volumes from 1927 to 1944, "A History of American Life" in its wake pushed the study of American history into places it had never before explored & legitimized a new discipline: social history. Few series before or since have boasted more notable contributors, among them Pulitzer Prize winners James Truslow Adams, Allan Nevins & Schlesinger himself, one of the most influential historians of the 20th century. When "A History of American Life" was first proposed, traditional historians scorned it, but by 1944 no less a luminary than Bernard DeVoto declared it "not only the best history of America ever published but so far superior to all other general histories that, with them, American history is acceptably written for the first time." * To this day, "A History of American Life" remains one of the most magnificent attempts ever made to comprehend the American experience in its totality, from the coming of the explorers to the Great Depression. A work of astonishing narrative power, richly enjoyable in the broadest of its strokes & the most minute of its particulars, it offers a definitive answer to the question "What is American civilization?" Its republication in a single volume is endurably a great service to the reading public & to all students of American history. This excellent edition, sensitively abridged by Professor Mark C. Carnes, includes a lengthy introduction by Arthur M. Schlesinger, Sr.'s son, Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. w/ an extended historiographical essay by Professor Carnes. * "(This) pioneering social history is a treasure chest of insight & anecdote for anyone interested in American history." - John A. Garraty, author of 'The American Nation' * "'The History of American Life' was the great collective achievement of the first generation of professional historians in the United States. In rescuing this enormous work from oblivion, Mark C. Carnes has discerned its inner coherence & its stunning relevance to what historians today are doing. " - John Higham, Johns Hopkins University * SHIPPING: MNEMOSYNE carefully wraps, labels & custom-packages this excellent book for FREE domestic shipment via USPS MEDIA MAIL or via USPS PRIORITY MAIL (for a nominal additional fee) & to all international destinations at our posted rates via efficient USPS FIRST CLASS INTERNATIONAL AIRMAIL.
Published by The MacMillan Company, 1945
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Ex- library book with stamps/ stickers.
Published by The MacMillan Company, New York, 1927
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Volume III of this twelve volume set. Illustrated, 374 pages. Dust jacket is faded and has light edge wear. Book.
Published by The MacMillan Company, New York, 1927
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Volume VIII of this twelve volume set. Illustrated, 446 pages. Dust jacket is faded and has moderate edge wear; faint musty odor. Book.
Published by The MacMillan Company, New York, 1944
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Volume V of this twelve volume set. Illustrated, 487 pages. Dust jacket is faded and has light edge wear. Book.
Published by The MacMillan Company, New York, 1927
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Volume II of this twelve volume set. Illustrated, 358 pages. Dust jacket is faded and has light edge wear. Book.
Published by The MacMillan Company, New York, 1929
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Volume I of this twelve volume set. Illustrated, 411 pages. Dust jacket is faded, has edge wear, and is splitting along the edges; book has faint musty odor. Book.
Published by The MacMillan Company, New York, 1943
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Volume IV of this twelve volume set. Illustrated, 487 pages. Dust jacket is faded and has light edge wear. Book.
Published by The MacMillan Company, New York, 1934
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Volume VII of this twelve volume set. Illustrated, 468 pages. Dust jacket is faded and has light edge wear. Book.