The American Century: A History of the United States Since the 1890s

by Walter F. LaFeber, Richard D. Polenberg, Nancy Woloch

THE AMERICAN CENTURY is a succinct, well-written history of the United States in the modern (post-1890�s) era. It is valuable for either the second half of U.S. survey courses or for 20th Century U.S. courses for upperclass students. The text places special emphasis on economic and urban growth, social and political change, civil rights and liberties, and the growth of the U.S. into a global superpower. The specialization of each author contributes to an unusually strong balance of coverage. The authors handle both domestic and foreign policy issues and demonstrate the ways in which domestic and foreign policies are linked.

Genres: History, Nonfiction

656 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1975

About the author

One of the foremost scholars of American foreign policy, Walter Fredrick LaFeber was the Andrew H. and James S. Tisch Distinguished University Professor in the Department of History at Cornell University. Previous to that he served as the Marie Underhill Noll Professor of History and a Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellow at Cornell.