America: A Narrative History (Brief Seventh Edition) (Vol. 1) - Softcover

Tindall, George Brown; Shi, David E.

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9780393927351: America: A Narrative History (Brief Seventh Edition) (Vol. 1)

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ISBN 10: 0393927350 ISBN 13: 9780393927351

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 2007

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Used by over one million students, America: A Narrative History is one of the most successful American history textbooks ever published.

The Brief Seventh Edition offers the attractive features of the full-length text―lively and accessible narrative style, a keen balance of political with social and cultural history, a full-color layout, and exceptional value―in a more concise format. The Brief Seventh Edition also introduces the carefully integrated new theme of environmental history, adding illuminating perspectives on how Americans have shaped―and been shaped by―the natural world.

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About the Author:

George Brown Tindall spent many years on the faculty of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He was an award-winning historian of the South with a number of major books to his credit, including The Emergence of the New South.

David Emory Shi is a professor of history and the president emeritus of Furman University. He is the author of several books on American cultural history, including the award-winning The Simple Life: Plain Living and High Thinking in American Culture and Facing Facts: Realism in American Thought and Culture, 1850–1920.

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