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A Companion to 19th-Century America presents the most up-to-date interpretations of the wide range of historical experience in nineteenth-century America. Twenty-seven scholars - all specialists in their own thematic areas - demonstrate how nineteenth-century American historiography has evolved, summarize current historical research, and assess the future direction of scholarship. Coverage of topics encompasses not only the traditional areas of political, economic, and diplomatic history but also more recent fields of academic enquiry such as the social construction of race, ethnicity, gender,…mehr

Produktbeschreibung
A Companion to 19th-Century America presents the most up-to-date interpretations of the wide range of historical experience in nineteenth-century America. Twenty-seven scholars - all specialists in their own thematic areas - demonstrate how nineteenth-century American historiography has evolved, summarize current historical research, and assess the future direction of scholarship. Coverage of topics encompasses not only the traditional areas of political, economic, and diplomatic history but also more recent fields of academic enquiry such as the social construction of race, ethnicity, gender, class formations, and cultural identities. Intended for scholars, students, and general readers of modern American history, this volume stands alone in providing a historiographical overview of nineteenth-century America that is both complete in its coverage and cutting-edge in its interpretations. Each chapter includes a select bibliography which serves as a convenient reference to additional reading.
Autorenporträt
William L. Barney is Professor of American History at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He has specialized in the history of the United States in the nineteenth century, especially the Civil War period, and is the author of The Road to Secession (1972), Flawed Victory: A New Perception of the Civil War (1975), and co-edited The American Journey: A History of the United States (1997). In 1987 he was a Fulbright Professor at the University of Genoa in Italy and served as Bowman and Gordon Gray Professor at the University of North Carolina from 1990 to 1993.
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"This series marks a major milestone in historiography andhas no comparable, contemporary counterpart... The writing isjargon free, straightforward, and accessible to the scholar andsophisticated student as well as the general reader." History:Reviews of New Books

"The volume fulfils its mission admirably: teachers will gettheir students up to speed by recommending chapters...They willalso find many essays a ready means of enrichment and updating."Journal of American Studies

"William Barney has assembled a talented and diverse group ofscholars, including some of the most eminent historians in thefield and a number of the brightest young scholars working in thisperiod. Given the complexity of the period and richness ofscholarship, this book does an excellent job summarizing theexisting literature and suggesting new directions for futureresearch." Saul Cornell, Ohio State University

"Anyone who cares about the history of the United States willfind this book of great interest and value. The authors cover everyimportant facet of American history in this pivotal century and doso with grace, fairness, and confidence. The essays are as engagingas they they are sophisticated and up to date." Edward L. Ayers,University of Virginia