Author Description

This superb brief book, written by one of the preeminent young historians, is a careful balance of political, diplomatic, social, cultural, economic and legal history. While based on the best selling American A Survey, by Brinkley, Current, Friedel, and Williams, this book is completely rewritten at the sentence level for clarity and coherence. Eleven of the popular Where Historian Disagree essays are included/appear in this book. This book features intriguing autobiographical essays, written by Alan Brinkley, on notable American figures. Although an inexpensive book, an extensive illustration program is also featured. American A Survey, Brief Edition is the first book with the McGraw-Hill Humanities imprint.