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History of the United States
Charles Austin Beard and Mary Ritter Beard
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Charles and Mary Beard published their History of the United States. A contemporaneous review stated: “The authors… assume enough maturity in high school students to justify a topical rather than a chronological treatment. They have dealt with movements, have sketched large backgrounds, have traced causes, and have discussed the interrelation of social and economic forces and politics. All this has been directed to the large purpose of helping the student to understand American today in all its national characteristics and as part of world civilization as well…The literary style is exceptionally clear and crisp, and the whole approach…is thought producing. As a textbook or handbook for the average citizen it ranks with very best.”
Charles and Mary Beard published their History of the United States. A contemporaneous review stated: “The authors… assume enough maturity in high school students to justify a topical rather than a chronological treatment. They have dealt with movements, have sketched large backgrounds, have traced causes, and have discussed the interrelation of social and economic forces and politics. All this has been directed to the large purpose of helping the student to understand American today in all its national characteristics and as part of world civilization as well…The literary style is exceptionally clear and crisp, and the whole approach…is thought producing. As a textbook or handbook for the average citizen it ranks with very best.”
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How the War Was Won.—Then how did the American army win the war? For one thing there were delays and blunders on the part of the British generals who, in 1775 and 1776, dallied in Boston and New York with large bodies of regular troops when they might have been dealing paralyzing blows at the scattered bands that constituted the American army. "Nothing but the supineness or folly of the enemy could have saved us," solemnly averred Washington in 1780. Still it is fair to say that this apparent supineness was not all due to the British generals. The ministers behind them believed that a large part of the c. . . Read More
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Community Reviews
As a classroom history teacher, I realize that I am out of my league in reviewing this book. Charles and Mary Beard are "name brand" historians. There are precious few historians that make it to that level, and for me, a classroom teacher, to deign to review the work of a historian that has an entir
In depth treatment of US history through the early 1920's, when this work was published. While the post 1900 chapters show a political preference (Wilson), it is well written with good references.
The authors (Dr & Mrs Beard) focused on subjects within a time frame so that the reader can examine mos
Probably one of the more accessible and deeper overviews of the beginning of the American government.
Written in 1921ish. Just snapshots of various themes throughout American history.
OMG. I totally didn't pay attention in school. Asked my daughter if she knew the meaning of indentured servitude. (I was well prepared to explain). But she immediately said "immigrants that traveled overseas and used their labor instead of money to travel to America" who doesn't know that she said.
When I first picked up and started to read History of the United States by Charles A. Beard and his wife Mary Ritter Beard (two of the most influential historians of their time) I thought: “Let’s see what my parents had to study in school”. This high school textbook was first published in 1921. I wa