The Comparative Approach to American History

by C. Vann Woodward

Book Overview

In the mid 1960s, C. Vann Woodward was asked to organize a program of broadcast lectures on US history for the Voice of America as part of a longer series designed to acquaint foreign audiences with leaders in American arts and sciences. Reasoning that a comparative approach "was peculiarly adapted to the interests and needs of foreign audiences," Woodward commissioned twenty-two noted scholars to cover classic topics in American history--the Civil...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195112601
• ISBN13: 9780195112603
• Release Date: November 1997
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.2"