America A Concise History (Volume 2: Since 1865) - Softcover

Henretta, James A.; Brody, David; Dumenil, Lynn

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1572594020 ISBN 13: 9781572594029

Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's, 1998

Synopsis

A concise history of America.

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About the Author

JAMES A. HENRETTA is Priscilla Alden Burke Professor of American History at the University of Maryland, College Park. His publications include The Evolution of American Society, 1700–1815: An Interdisciplinary Analysis; "Salutary Neglect": Colonial Administration under the Duke of Newcastle; Evolution and Revolution: American Society, 1600–1820; The Origins of American Capitalism; and an edited volume, Republicanism and Liberalism in America and the German States, 1750–1850. His most recent publication is a long article, "Charles Evans Hughes and the Strange Death of Liberal America," (Law and History Review, 2006), derived from his ongoing research on The Liberal State in New York, 1820–1975. DAVID BRODY is professor emeritus of history at the University of California, Davis. He is the author of Steelworkers in America; Workers in Industrial America: Essays on the 20th Century Struggle; and In Labor’s Cause: Main Themes on the History of the American Worker. His current research is on labor law and workplace regimes during the Great Depression.

About this edition

• Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 1572594020
• ISBN 13: 9781572594029
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 919