America: A Narrative History - Softcover

Shi, David E.; Tindall, George Brown

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0393265978 ISBN 13: 9780393265972

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 2016

Synopsis

The leading narrative history that students love to read, in a more concise format.

With more than two million copies sold, America remains the leading narrative history survey text because it’s a book that students enjoy reading. The Tenth Edition is both more relevant, offering increased attention to the culture of everyday life, and more accessible, featuring a reduced number of chapters and a streamlined narrative throughout. The Brief Edition is 20 percent shorter in total pages than its parent Full Edition.

About this title

About the Author:

David Emory Shi is a professor of history and the president emeritus of Furman University. He is the author of several books on American cultural history, including the award-winning The Simple Life: Plain Living and High Thinking in American Culture and Facing Facts: Realism in American Thought and Culture, 1850–1920.

George Brown Tindall spent many years on the faculty of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He was an award-winning historian of the South with a number of major books to his credit, including The Emergence of the New South.

About this edition

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0393265978
• ISBN 13: 9780393265972
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 832