The Unfinished Nation: A Concise History of the American People, Combined by Alan Brinkley

The Unfinished Nation: A Concise History of the American People, Combined by Alan Brinkley

This concise, trade-like survey text is known for Alan Brinkley's clear narrative voice, impeccable scholarship, and reliability at a low price. It includes a careful examination of American political and diplomatic history, and is equally committed to exploring the other areas of the American past of interest to scholars and students alike. Unfinished Nation presents a broad account of a diverse American past, one in which no single approach dominates. Rather, a balanced picture of the American past emerges that connects the newer histories of society and culture with the more traditional stories of politics, diplomacy, and great public events.This fourth edition features a completely new four-color design and expanded illustration and mapping program, providing students with a more visually appealing text. Chief among content additions are new America in the World features that place America in a more global context and demonstrate the importance of the many international influences and other national histories in the American story.

Alan Brinkley (19492019) was the Allan Nevins Professor of History at Columbia University. He served as university provost at Columbia from 2003 to 2009. He authored works such as Voices of Protest: Huey Long, Father Coughlin, and the Great Depression, which won the 1983 National Book Award; American History: Connecting with the Past; The End of Reform: New Deal Liberalism in Recession and War; Liberalism and Its Discontents; Franklin D. Roosevelt; and The Publisher: Henry Luce and His American Century. He served as board chair of the National Humanities Center, board chair of the Century Foundation, and a trustee of Oxford University Press. He was also a member of the Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 19981999 he was the Harmsworth Professor of History at Oxford University, and in 20112012 the Pitt Professor at the University of Cambridge. He won the Joseph R. Levenson Memorial Teaching Award at Harvard and the Great Teacher Award at Columbia. He was educated at Princeton and Harvard.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9780072565546
ISBN 10	0072565543
Title	The Unfinished Nation: A Concise History of the American People, Combined
Author	Alan Brinkley
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Year published	2004-01-01
Number of pages	1184
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.