The American Journey: A History of the United States, Volume 1, Brief Edition

by David R. Goldfield, Carl Abbott, Virginia DeJohn Anderson

This highly visual survey of American history introduces students to the key features of American political, social, and economic history in an exciting format designed to ignite students passion to know history. "The American Journey, ""Brief Edition "provides students with the most support available in reading, thinking, and applying the material they are learning in the text and in lecture. A series of pedagogical aids, in text and out of class study companions, as well as complete instructor presentational and assessment support make this text the perfect choice for those looking to make history come alive for their students. The path that led the authors to "The American Journey "began in the classroom with their students. The goal of this text is to make American history accessible to students. The key to that goal--the core of the book--is a strong, clear narrative and a positive theme of The American "Journey." American history is a compelling story that the authors tell in an engaging, forthright way, while providing students with an abundance of tools to help them absorb that story and put it into context. This text combines political and social history, to fit the experience of particular groups into the broader perspective of the American past, to give voice to minor and major players alike, because the history of America is in the stories of its people.

465 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 1998

About the author

Dr. David Goldfield is the Robert Lee Bailey Professor of History at the University of North Carolina in Charlotte. He has written several books on American history, two of which have been nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. He holds a Ph.D from the University of Maryland.

Reviews

[Richard · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read this for my US History class at Brigham Young University. It was a well written for a text book. I wished that there could have been more specifics in certain events during American colonial times. But criticisms aside, the generalization of American history was done well.
The book covers from early Native American during pre-Columbian times and to trans-Atlantic slavery, European colonization of the Western Hemisphere, specifically North America and Caribbean regions. The books ends with the Reconstruction Period after the Civil War.
I actually enjoyed learning history from this book.