This comprehensive history of the United States spans from the pre-Columbian world of the American Indians to the Reagan administration

America: A Narrative History

History

Shi, David Emory

TINDALL, George Brown

Americas

W.W. Norton & Co., Inc.

America

W.W.Norton& Company, Inc.

With nearly a million copies sold over five editions, America: A Narrative History is distinguished by its clear, colorful narrative and balanced incorporation of political history with social, cultural, and economic events. Retaining these classic strengths, the Sixth Edition introduces a new themethe role of work in American lifeand explores its social, political, and cultural dimensions. With an updated ancillary package that includes the new Norton Map Workbook in American History, America remains a superb choice for the US history survey.

America a Narrative History Brief

America a Narrative History

Tindall, George B.

W.W.Norton&Company

A chronological, narrative history of America, with a blend of political, social, cultural and economic history. This fourth edition devotes more attention to the theme of the frontier in American history.

America; A Narrative History Volume 1 (Study Guide)

R.S. Means Company

Since colonial days Americans have greatly admired, variously defined, and occasionally practiced the simple life. This anthology illuminates the rich heritage of the simple life by presenting journal entries, correspondence, essays, sermonds, poems, prints, paintings, and photographs dealing with the subject, woven together with David Shi's insightful commentary.

In Search of the Simple Life: American Voices, Past and Present

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Gibbs Smith Publishers

Noted historian-cum-university president genially shares his discoveries; When David Emory Shi, a leading historian and writer, left the classrooms of Davidson College for the president's office of Furman University in 1994, he took with him his interest in the past, in people, and in the process of becoming educated. Determined to elude the academic ivory tower and the swamp of administration, Shi continued his study of the connections between past and present, self and society. He also became a popular speaker on topics of public interest as well as a newspaper columnist and radio commentator with a loyal following throughout the country. Shi's miscellany of speeches and columns, collected in this volume, display both his desire to link academe to the real world and his infectious enthusiasm for liberal learning. Shi's meditations reflect his ever-widening circle of interests - from Martin Luther King Jr., the Marquis de Lafayette, and the artist Cecilia Beaux to Transcendentalism and nineteenth-century reform. Shi offers innovative interpretations on topics ranging from the fate of books in the digital age to America's conflicted fascination with the simple life, from George Was

The Bell Tower and Beyond: Reflections on Learning and Living

Reference

University of South Carolina Press

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