Henderson Simon - Aspects Of American History - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: Aspects of American History examines major themes personalities and issues across American history using topic focused essays. Each chapter focuses on key events and time periods within a broad framework looking at liberty and equality the role of government and national identity. The volume engages with its central themes through a broad ranging examination of aspects of the American past including discussions of political history foreign policy presidential leadership and the construction of national memory. In each essay Simon Henderson: introduces fresh angles to traditional topics consolidates recent research in themed essays analyzes views of different historians offers an interpretive rather than narrative approach gives concise treatment to complex issues. Including an introduction which places key themes in context this book enables readers to make comparisons and trace major thematic developments across American history.
Title: Aspects Of American History
Author(s): Henderson Simon
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Barcode: 9780415423427
Pages: 260 Pages
Publication Date: 1/26/2009
Category: 20th Century History: C 1900 To C 2000