History of the United States, Vol. I

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 30, 2023

In Category - *Non-fiction, History

Authors: Mary Ritter Beard, Charles Austin Beard In Year : 1921

Book Language: English

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Preface
The Great Migration to America/The Agencies of American Colonization
The Colonial Peoples
The Process of Colonization
Colonial Agriculture, Industry, and Commerce/The Land and the Westward Movement
Industrial and Commercial Development
Social and Political Progress/The Leadership of the Churches
Schools and Colleges
The Colonial Press
The Evolution in Political Institutions
The Development of Colonial Nationalism/Relations with the Indians and the French
The Effects of Warfare on the Colonies
Colonial Relations with the British Government
Summary of Colonial Period

Charles Austin Beard was the most influential American historian of the early 20th century. He published hundreds of monographs, textbooks and interpretive studies in both history and political science. He graduated from DePauw University in 1898, where he met and eventually married Mary Ritter Beard, one of the founders of the first greek-letter society for women, Kappa Alpha Theta. Many of his books were written in collaboration with his wife, whose own interests lay in feminism and the labor union movement (Woman as a Force in History, 1946).

In 1921, 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.