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by: James Oakes; Michael McGerr; Jan Ellen Lewis; Nick Cullather; Jeanne Boydston

ISBN: 9780195371031 | 0195371038

People, Places, and Power - the Story of American Democracy.Of the People: A History of the United States not only tells the history of America-of its people and places, of its dealings and ideals-but it also unfolds the story of American democracy, carefully marking how this country's evolution has been anything but certain, from its complex beginnings toits modern challenges.The book incorporates three unique features into each chapter: DT American Portraits are biographical vignettes that open every chapter and focus on one person (ordinary ... MOREor not) whose individual experiences helped to shape our common history.DT American Landscapes are brief essays that focus on one essential space, building, locale, town, encampment, community, or region in time, examining the dynamic of people and power.DT America and the World vignettes also appear in every chapter, setting America's history within a global context.The authors see American history as a story "of the people," of their struggles to shape their lives and their land. This comprehensive survey focuses on the social and political lives of people-some famous, some ordinary-revealing the compelling story of America's democracy first from anindividual perspective, then also from within their communities, and ultimately within the larger context of the world.

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Of the People: A History of the United States not only tells the history of America--of its people and places, of its dealings and ideals--but it also unfolds the story of American democracy, carefully marking how this country's evolution has been anythin

JO: He is a Professor of History at CUNY, The Graduate Center (Ph. D. at the University of California, Berkeley); specializes in the 19th Century U.S. history. Books include: The Ruling Race: A History of American Slaveholders (Norton, 1998), Slavery and Freedom (Knopf, 1990), and The Radical and the Republican: Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln, and the Triumph of Antislavery Politics (Norton, 2007). MM: He is the Paul V. McNutt Professor of History at Indiana University (Ph. D. at Yale University); specializes 20th Century U.S. history. Books include: The Decline of Popular Politics (OUP, 1986) and Fierce Discontent (OUP, 2005). JL: She is a Professor of History at Rutgers University, Newark (Ph. D. at the University of Michigan); specializes in 18th and 19th century U.S. history and the history of U.S. women. Books include: The Pursuit of Happiness (Cambridge, 1983), Sal ly Hemings and Thomas Jefferson (University of Virgnia Press, 1999), The Revolution of 1800 (University of Virginia Press, 2002). NC: He is an Associate Professor of History at Indiana University (Ph. D. at the University of Virginia); specializes in 20th Century U.S. history and U.S. diplomatic history. Books include: Managing Nationalism (New Day Press, 1992), Illusions of Influence (Stanford U Press, 1994), and Secret History: CIA's Classified Account of its Operations in Guatemala, 1952-1954 (Stanford U Press, 1999). JB: [Descesed] Jeanne was Robinson-Edwards Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin (Ph. D. at the Yale University); she specialized in Early U.S. women's history and history of the early U.S. republic. Books include: Home and Work (OUP, 1990), Root of Bitterness: Documents in the Social History of American Women, 2e (Northeastern UP, 1996).