The Unfinished Nation, Combined Hardcover, MP w/PowerWeb: A Concise History of the American People [Hardcover]

Alan Brinkley (Author)

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ISBN-10: 0072935235 | ISBN-13: 978-0072935233 | Publication Date: June 4, 2003 | Edition: 4

This trade-like survey text is known for Alan Brinkley’s clear narrative voice, impeccable scholarship, and reliability, all at a low price. It offers a careful examination of American political and diplomatic history, while also exploring the other areas of the American past that are of interest to scholars and students alike. The balanced picture that emerges connects the newer histories of society and culture with the more traditional stories of politics, diplomacy, and great public events. The fourth edition features a completely new four-color design and expanded illustration and mapping program, as well as new "America in the World" features and more!

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About the Author

Alan Brinkley has been professor of American history at Columbia University in New York since 1991. He was educated at Princeton and Harvard, and he has taught previously at M.I.T., Harvard (where he received the Joseph R. Levenson Memorial Teaching Prize), the City University of New York Graduate School, and Princeton. He was Harmsworth Professor of American History at Oxford University in 1998-1999. His published works include Voices of Protest: Huey Long, Father Coughlin, and the Great Depression), which won the 1983 National Book Award; The Unfinished Nation: A Concise History of the American People; The End of Reform: New Deal Liberalism in Recession and War; and Liberalism and Its Discontents. His essays articles, and reviews have appeared in the American Historical Review, the Journal of American History the New York Review of Books, the New Yorker, the New York Times Book Review, the New York Times Magazine, the New Republic, Time, Newsweek, the Times Literary Supplement, and the London Review of Books. He has received fellowships from the American Council of Learned Societies, the Guggenheim Foundation, the Woodrow Wilson Center, the National Humanities Center, the Russell Sage Foundation, and others. He is chairman of the board of trustees of the Century Foundation, a member of the editorial board The American Prospect, and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages; 4 edition (June 4, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0072935235
• ISBN-13: 978-0072935233
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,344,243 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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The presentation in this book has kept my teenage son interested the first six weeks of school. The writing is interesting and in a good teachers hands it is an exellent classroom addition.