Out of Many: A History of the American People, Volume I (Chapters 1-16) (5th Edition) [Paperback]

John Mack Faragher (Author), Daniel Czitrom (Author), Mari Jo Buhle (Author), Susan H. Armitage (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 23, 2005 | ISBN-10: 0131944614 | ISBN-13: 978-0131944619 | Edition: 5

This edition of a ground-breaking book weaves together the complex interaction of social, political, and historical forces that have shaped the United States and from which “the American people” have evolved. It tells stories of people and of the nation and emphasizes that American history has never been the preserve of any particular region. Traditional turning points and watershed events are integrated with the stories of the nation's many diverse communities. The book's trademark “continental” approach incorporates great hemispheric perspective, while a strong theme of community and memory analyzes the role–and the conflicts–of historical memory in shaping communities' understanding of the past. For American history buffs.

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About the Author

John Mack Faragher

John Mack Faragher is Arthur Unobskey Professor of American History and director of the Howard R. Lamar Center for the Study of Frontiers and Borders at Yale University.  Born in Arizona and raised in southern California, he received his B.A. at the University of California, Riverside, and his Ph.D. at Yale University.  He is the author of Women and Men on the Overland Trail (1979), Sugar Creek: Life on the Illinois Prairie (1986), Daniel Boone: The Life and Legend of an American Pioneer (1992), The American West:  A New Interpretive History (2000), and A Great and Noble Scheme:  The Tragic Story of the Expulsion of the French Acadians from their American Homeland (2005).

 

Mari Jo Buhle

Mari Jo Buhle is William R. Kenan Jr. University Professor and Professor of American Civilization and History at Brown University, specializing in American women’s history. She received her B.A. from the University of Illinois, Urbana—Champaign, and her Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. She is the author of Women and American Socialism, 1870—1920 (1981) and Feminism and Its Discontents: A Century of Struggle with Psychoanalysis (1998). She is also coeditor of Encyclopedia of the American Left, second edition (1998). Professor Buhle held a fellowship (1991—1996) from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.

 

Daniel Czitrom

Daniel Czitrom is Professor of History at Mount Holyoke College. Born and raised in New York City, he received his B.A. from the State University of New York at Binghamton and his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He is the author of Media and the American Mind: From Morse to McLuhan (1982), which won the First Books Award of the American Historical Association and has been translated into Spanish and Chinese. He is co-author of Rediscovering Jacob Riis: Exposure Journalism and Photography in Turn of the Century New York (2007). He has served as a historical consultant and featured on-camera commentator for several documentary film projects, including the PBS productions New York: A Documentary Film; American Photography: A Century of Images; and The Great Transatlantic Cable.

He currently serves on the Executive Board of the Organization of American Historians.

 

Susan H. Armitage

Susan H. Armitage is Claudius O. and Mary R. Johnson Distinguished Professor of History at Washington State University. She earned her Ph.D. from the London School of Economics and Political Science. Among her many publications on western women’s history are three coedited books, The Women’s West (1987), So Much To Be Done: Women on the Mining and Ranching Frontier (1991), and Writing the Range: Race, Class, and Culture in the Women’s West (1997). She currently serves as an editor of a series of books on women and American history for the University of Illinois Press.

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 640 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall; 5 edition (July 23, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0131944614
• ISBN-13: 978-0131944619
• Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 8.7 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #400,663 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

John Mack Faragher was born in Phoenix, Arizona and raised in southern California, where he attended the University of California, Riverside (B.A., 1967), and did social work, before doing graduate work at Yale University (Ph.D., 1977). After fifteen years as a professor at Mount Holyoke College he returned to Yale as the Arthur Unobskey Professof of American History in 1993. His books include Women and Men on the Overland Trail (1979); Sugar Creek: Life on the Illinois Prairie (1986); Daniel Boone: The Life and Legend of an American Pioneer (1992); The American West: A New Interpretive History (2000), with Robert V. Hine; A Great and Noble Scheme: The Tragic Story of the Expulsion of the French Acadians from their American Homeland (2005); and Frontiers: A Short History of the American West (2007), with Robert V. Hine. He teaches the history of the American West and directs the Howard R. Lamar Center for the Study of Frontiers and Borders.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Out of Many, September 30, 2010

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This review is from: Out of Many, Teaching and Learning Classroom Edition, Combined Volume (5th Edition) (Paperback)

We purchased this book for my daughter's college class. We got a decent price and the book was sent immediately. It seems to be a great book and when she finishes her class, I intend to read it just for the information.

4.0 out of 5 stars For History Lovers, August 20, 2009

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This review is from: Out of Many, Teaching and Learning Classroom Edition, Combined Volume (5th Edition) (Paperback)

This book is well organized and well written. It goes into great depth about American History; however, I do believe it be more for college students than that of high school students. This book probably would have been better had my history teacher had actually used it. She gave lectures and used the textbook for quizzes, which there were only 4 the entire semester! So I only used this book to look up a total of 20 questions! Other than that it is still a good book and what I read was pretty knowledgeable.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Well Written Liberal Propaganda, April 2, 2009

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This review is from: Out of Many: A History of the American People, Volume I (Chapters 1-16) (5th Edition) (Paperback)

This is a great book. The 10 pound hardcover version is beautifully designed and easy to read. The maps are unbeatable. It's a physical masterpiece, worth every penny of the heavy price. You'll miss a lot if you go with the paperback.

But the text is a standard neo-revisionist liberal interpretation of American history, and should be read with that in mind. The tone is staid, but the content is often an attempt as persuasion as much as an attempt at education. You should read it side by side with A Patriot's History of the United States by Schweikart and Allen if you want to be a fair and balanced student.

This is only slightly to the right of Howard Zinn, but unlike Zinn, Out of Many pretends to be telling the story objectively.

At least with Zinn you know you are reading a polemic and he owns up to his over the top bias.