A People & a Nation: A History of the United States, Vol. 2: Since 1865, 3rd Edition

by Mary Beth Norton, Paul D. Escott, David M. Katzman

This textbook history of the United States beginning in 1492 is a shortened version of the 1982 edition.

Genres: History

672 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1990

Reviews

[Matt Ely · Rating 4 out of 5]

A surprisingly readable overview of recent American history. The text manages to track multiple threads of how historical forces affected marginalized groups without ignoring the overall sequence of events. It identified many telling details that were new to me and instructive of the mindsets of the period (i.e. Did you know that President Grant tried to *buy* the Dominican Republic? And he almost got away with it too, if it weren't for that meddling representative democracy serving as a check on corruption).

While it still reads like a textbook with its biases baked in, there's more diversity of opinion to be found here than usual. It's also much more readable and engaging than many titles in this vein.

[Caroline Petithomme · Rating 3 out of 5]

The book was very well written. I enjoyed reading it as it was easy to comprehend. I read this for my Online History course, and it was a great read