History Of The United States, Vol. V: Sectional Conflict & Reconstruction

History of the United States, Vol. V: Sectional Conflict & Reconstruction

by Charles Austin Beard

Charles Beard was the most influential American historian of the early 20th century. He published hundreds of monographs, textbooks and interpretive studies in both history and political science. He graduated from DePauw University in 1898, where he met and eventually married Mary Ritter Beard, one of the founders of the first Greek-letter society for women, Kappa Alpha Theta. Many of his books were written in collaboration with his wife, whose own interests lay in feminism and the labor union movement. In 1921, Charles and Mary Beard published their textbook: History of the United States. A contemporaneous review stated: The authors… assume enough maturity in…students to justify a topical rather than a chronological treatment. They have dealt with movements, have sketched large backgrounds, have traced causes, and have discussed the interrelation of social and economic forces and politics. All this has been directed to the large purpose of helping the student to understand American today in all its national characteristics and as part of world civilization as well…The literary style is exceptionally clear and crisp, and the whole approach…is thought producing. As a textbook or handbook for the average citizen it ranks with very best. (Summary from Wikipedia, Journal of History, and M.L. Cohen) The book is divided into 7 parts: The Colonial Period, Conflict and Independence, Foundations of the Union and National Politics, The West and Jacksonian Democracy, Sectional Conflict and Reconstruction, National Growth and World Politics, and Progressive Democracy and the World War.

Listen/Download Audiobook

Read by:
00:00
Playback Speed 1.0
00:00
  • Select Speed

Related books

Pioneers of France in the New World Cover image

Pioneers of France in the New World by Francis Parkman

Parkman's biases, particularly his attitudes about nationality, race, and especially Native Americans, has generated criticism. The Canadian historian...

Fígaro. Colección de artículos dramáticos, literarios, políticos y de costumbres. Cover image

Fígaro. Colección de artículos dramáticos, literarios, políticos y de costumbres. by Mariano José de Larra

This collection of articles by Mariano José de Larra, a prominent Spanish journalist and writer of the 19th century, offers a sharp and witty critique...

De l'Allemagne Cover image

De l'Allemagne by Madame Germaine de Staël

‘De l’Allemagne’ by Germaine de Staël is a seminal work of comparative literature and cultural analysis. The book, written in 1810 during a time of po...

Village Life in America Cover image

Village Life in America by Caroline Cowles Richards Clarke

This diary offers a glimpse into the everyday experiences of a young school girl in Canandaigua, New York, during the American Civil War. The book pro...

Henry VI, Part 3 Cover image

Henry VI, Part 3 by William Shakespeare

'Henry VI, Part 3' is a historical play by William Shakespeare that chronicles the brutal realities of the Wars of the Roses in England. The play foll...

Surprising Adventures of Bampfylde Moore Carew, King of the Beggars Cover image

Surprising Adventures of Bampfylde Moore Carew, King of the Beggars by Bampfylde Moore Carew

This autobiography details the life of Bampfylde Moore Carew, a renowned 18th-century English beggar, whose extensive travels and ingenious methods of...

Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither Cover image

Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither by Isabella L. Bird

Isabella L. Bird's "The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither" recounts her adventurous journey through the Malay Peninsula in the late 19th century....

Little Journeys to the Homes of English Authors Cover image

Little Journeys to the Homes of English Authors by Elbert Hubbard

Elbert Hubbard's 'Little Journeys to the Homes of English Authors' offers a unique glimpse into the lives and surroundings of prominent English writer...

Popular History of Ireland, Book 03 Cover image

Popular History of Ireland, Book 03 by Thomas D'Arcy McGee

Thomas D'Arcy McGee was an Irish refugee and a father of the Canadian confederation. His work on Irish history is comprehensive, encompassing twelve b...

Sexes in Science and History Cover image

Sexes in Science and History by Eliza Burt Gamble

Eliza Burt Gamble's 'Sexes in Science and History' (originally published as 'The Evolution of Woman' in 1894) examines the historical and scientific p...

Reviews for History of the United States, Vol. V: Sectional Conflict & Reconstruction

No reviews posted or approved, yet...