Created Equal: A Social and Political History of the United States

ISBN-10: 032105296X
ISBN-13: 9780321052964
Series: Created Equal
Pages: 1033
Language: English
Published: 2003
Publisher: Longman
Author: Jacqueline Jones

Description

American history consists of many stories - the story of territorial growth and expansion, the story of the rise of the middle class, the story of technological innovation and economic development, and the story of U.S. engagement with the wider world. [This book] incorporates these traditional narratives into a new ... interpretation of American history, one that includes the stories of diverse groups of people and explores expanding notions of American identity. The book's basic framework focuses on the political events and economic structures discussed in most American history textbooks. [This book] aims not to overturn the familiar chronology of American history, but to incorporate into it a variety of groups and individuals whose stories help us to provide an accurate, comprehensive, and compelling view of the past.-Pref.