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Building the American Republic #2
Building the American Republic, Volume 2: A Narrative History from 1877
Building the American Republic combines centuries of perspectives and voices into a fluid narrative of the United States. Throughout their respective volumes, Harry L. Watson and Jane Dailey take care to integrate varied scholarly perspectives and work to engage a diverse readership by addressing what we all membership in a democratic republic, with joint claims on its self-governing tradition. It will be one of the first peer-reviewed American history textbooks to be offered completely free in digital form. Visit buildingtheamericanrepublic.org for more information.
The American nation came apart in a violent civil war less than a century after ratification of the Constitution. When it was reborn five years later, both the republic and its Constitution were transformed. Volume 2 opens as America struggles to regain its footing, reeling from a presidential assassination and facing massive economic growth, rapid demographic change, and combustive politics.
The next century and a half saw the United States enter and then dominate the world stage, even as the country struggled to live up to its own principles of liberty, justice, and equality. Volume 2 of Building the American Republic takes the reader from the Gilded Age to the present, as the nation becomes an imperial power, rethinks the Constitution, witnesses the rise of powerful new technologies, and navigates an always-shifting cultural landscape shaped by an increasingly diverse population. Ending with the 2016 election, this volume provides a needed reminder that the future of the American republic depends on a citizenry that understands—and can learn from—its history.
The American nation came apart in a violent civil war less than a century after ratification of the Constitution. When it was reborn five years later, both the republic and its Constitution were transformed. Volume 2 opens as America struggles to regain its footing, reeling from a presidential assassination and facing massive economic growth, rapid demographic change, and combustive politics.
The next century and a half saw the United States enter and then dominate the world stage, even as the country struggled to live up to its own principles of liberty, justice, and equality. Volume 2 of Building the American Republic takes the reader from the Gilded Age to the present, as the nation becomes an imperial power, rethinks the Constitution, witnesses the rise of powerful new technologies, and navigates an always-shifting cultural landscape shaped by an increasingly diverse population. Ending with the 2016 election, this volume provides a needed reminder that the future of the American republic depends on a citizenry that understands—and can learn from—its history.
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472 pages, Paperback
Published January 18, 2018
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December 30, 2023
Modern times
As economics and finance take a primary role in societal changes, a whole volume dedicated mostly on the XXth century American history is necessary. Starting exactly where Volume 1 left, the author gives a fair and objective account of modern events and their political implication. Much more than in the first volume, the “historical narrative” formula shows its limits while achieving the still valuable effort to expose all important facts. Sometimes, however, paragraphs were too short to give sufficient treatment and commentary to subjects far more complex than the space they were allowed. Still, a good and informative “first read” on USA modern times.
As economics and finance take a primary role in societal changes, a whole volume dedicated mostly on the XXth century American history is necessary. Starting exactly where Volume 1 left, the author gives a fair and objective account of modern events and their political implication. Much more than in the first volume, the “historical narrative” formula shows its limits while achieving the still valuable effort to expose all important facts. Sometimes, however, paragraphs were too short to give sufficient treatment and commentary to subjects far more complex than the space they were allowed. Still, a good and informative “first read” on USA modern times.
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