Study Guide for use with Nation of Nations Concise Volume I

by James West Davidson, Christine Leigh Heyrman, Mark H. Lytle

The latest addition to our very successful Overture Books program,Nation of Nations: A Concise Narrative History of the American Republic,is based on one of the most successful US history survey texts in recent memory. Its success is due to its well-crafted blend of political and social history. This concise edition incorporates the scholarship of the latest social historians,within the framework of a compelling narrative history. The narrative tells how this teeming Nation of Nations as Walt Whitman named it,manages to prosper and expand to become the longest live republic in the history of the world. Nation of Nations attempts to tell its story with a flair most textbooks lack. This concise edition stands apart from other brief editions of U.S. history survey texts because it does not sacrifice narrative interest by condensing it out. This text provides a steamlined narrative,yet its style remains clear and its prose lively.

232 pages, Paperback

Published October 12, 2001

About the author

James West Davidson is a historian, writer, and wilderness paddler. He received his Ph.D. in American history from Yale University and writes full time. He is also co-editor, with Michael Stoff, of New Narratives in American History, a series published by Oxford University Press, as well as the coauthor of textbooks in American history. These include "Experience History," "After the Fact: The Art of Historical Detection," and "US: A Narrative History" for the college level and "The American Nation" for the middle grades.