Nation of Nations Concise Volume II with After the Fact Interactive USDA; MP: A Concise Narrative History of the American Republic

by James West Davidson, William E. Gienapp, Christine Leigh Heyrman

Nation of Nations Concise stands apart from the crowd as a brief American Survey Text that has not sacrificed the strength of its narrative to achieve brevity. The Nation of Nations concise version strikes unique balances for a brief text: providing enough contextual detail for the reader to grasp the story and maintaining a balance between narrative and thematic structure. Clear and lively prose, numerous vivid stories, and concrete historical examples all illustrate points of and themes in history. As a result, the original Nation of Nations author team retains the detail of story in a brief package.

Genres: History, Nonfiction, Textbooks, School

671 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1990

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.

Reviews

[Nicole Abiad · Rating 4 out of 5]

A decent overview of the surface of US history. No, it does not go into the deep details of events, but that cannot be expected in such a broad ranging account.

[John Devlin · Rating 3 out of 5]

A well done compilation of U.S. history, filled with balanced analysis, and surprisingly a little humor.

[Soren · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was my textbook for apush, and i have to say that while it was an easy read, it functioned well for that class. So easy i couldnt believe ot was used in an AP class.