Highly respected for its impeccable scholarship and elegant writing style, Alan Brinkley�s.American Historyprovides students and instructors with a broad, comprehensive approach.to the American past. It offers not only a scrupulous account of American political and.diplomatic history, but also a deep exploration of the many other fields that are central to.a critical understanding of the nation�s past: social, cultural, economic, and urban history,.histories of the South and the West, the environment, science and technology, race,.ethnicity, gender, and the global context of the American experience.