Aspects of American History examines major themes, personalities and issues across American history, using topic focused essays. Each chapter focuses on key events and time periods within a broad framework looking at liberty and equality, the role of government and national identity. The volume engages with its central themes through a broad ranging examination of aspects of the American past, including discussions of political history, foreign policy, presidential leadership and the construction of national memory. In each essay, Simon Henderson:
- introduces fresh angles to traditional topics
- consolidates recent research in themed essays
- analyzes views of different historians
- offers an interpretive rather than narrative approach
- gives concise treatment to complex issues.
Including an introduction which places key themes in context, this book enables readers to make comparisons and trace major thematic developments across American history.
- ISBN10 0415423414
- ISBN13 9780415423410
- Publish Date 26 January 2009 (first published 1 January 2009)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Imprint Routledge
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 246
- Language English