Globalizing American History: The AHA Guide to Re-Imagining the U.S. Survey Course

Designed to contribute to the discussion of repositioning the American history survey course in light of the nations global context, Globalizing American History serves as an overview to the issues involved in internationalizing this staple of the school and college history curriculum in light of earlier, exploratory inquires.

Peter N. Stearns is provost and professor of history at George Mason University. He has written extensively on topics in world history and American cultural and social history, often within the framework of comparative analysis.

Noralee Frankel is AHA assistant director for women, minorities, and teaching. She is senior executive staff to the AHA's Teaching Division and the author of Freedom's Women: Black Women and Families in Civil War Era Mississippi.