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The Comparative Approach to American History

The Comparative Approach to American History

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Publisher's Synopsis

In the mid-1960s, C. Vann Woodward was asked to organize a programme of broadcast lectures on US history for the Voice of America as part of a longer series designed to acquaint foreign audiences with leaders in American arts and sciences. Reasoning that a comparative approach "was peculiarly adapted to the interests and needs of foreign audiences", Woodward commissioned twenty-two noted scholars to cover classic topics in American history--the Civil War, the World Wars, slavery, immigration, and many others--but to add a comparative dimension by relating these topics to developments elsewhere in the world. The result was the 1968 Basic Books edition of The Comparative Approach to American History. Now, three decades later, Oxford is very pleased to be reissuing this classic collection of historical essays in a paperback edition, with a new introduction by Woodward that discusses the decline and resurgence of comparative history since the 1960s.

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Book information

ISBN: 9780195112603
Publisher: OUP USA
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 973
DEWEY edition: 21
Language: English
Number of pages: 370
Weight: 431g
Height: 206mm
Width: 137mm
Spine width: 31mm