America and Its Peoples, Volume II - From 1865: A Mosaic in the Making

by James Kirby Martin, Randy W. Roberts, Steven Mintz

America and Its Peoples, Fourth Edition presents American history in an exciting way, with a spirited narrative, vivid character sketches, and colorful anecdotes. The book highlights the rich ethnic diversity of the American people. Social history-with an emphasis on sports, leisure, and popular culture-is integrated with more traditional coverage of military history, politics, and diplomacy. MARKET Appropriate for anyone with an interest in American history. scount code K Previous 0-673-98075-8

88 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 1996

About the author

James Kirby Martin is the author of several highly-regarded books, many of them focused on Revolutionary America. He has taught U. S. history at Rutgers University, the University of Houston, The Citadel, and the United States Mlitary Academy at West Point. Martin has served as an advisory editor on book series sponsored by New York University Press, Oxford Universisty Press, and Westholme Publishesrs. He writes occasional book reviews for the on line New York Journal of Books. He has appeared in television programs on the History Channel, the Fox News Network, the Amerian Heroes Network, and Fox Nation. His latest book, co-authored with Robert Burris, is titled Surviving Dresden: A Novel about Life, Death, and Redemption in World War II. Among his professional activities, he is on the Board of Trustees of the Fort Ticonderoga Association and serves as a historian consultant to the Oneida Indian Nation of New York.

Reviews

[Al Gritten · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is the second volume of the text for the U.S. History class that I've been teaching. Like the first volume, it is fairly well written and gives a good overview of the U.S. History. I struggle a bit with the way the authors cover some areas (Stalin's Soviet Union, for example), but overall it is one of the better survey texts on U.S. History that I have read or used.