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Integrates the cultural, social and political dimensions of the American story with the unifying theme of innovation.

Representing a fresh approach to the teaching of American history, this textbook takes innovation as its theme. The book is a chronological survey, highlighting the ways in which the constant invention of ideas, the impulse to improve, the renewal of old practices in areas as... Read Full Overview

For the Second Edition, the authors have expanded and strengthened the innovation theme and pared some supporting detail to create a more concise and effective teaching text.

Adopted at over 250 colleges and universities in its First Edition, Inventing America broke new ground by integrating thecultural, social, and political dimensions of the American storyaround the unifying theme of innovation?the pragmaticforward-looking direction of American... Read Full Overview