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America on the world stage : a global approach to U.S. history

A collection of essays that cover the social, economic, cultural, and political aspects of the American experience; and describes how America has always depended upon other nations
Print Book, English, ©2008
University of Illinois Press, Urbana, ©2008
History
xxv, 322 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
9780252033452, 9780252075520, 0252033450, 0252075528
187417703
Introduction : the revolt against enclosure : U.S. history opens out to the world / Thomas Bender
America, the Atlantic, and global consumer demand, 1500-1800 / Carole Shammas
Imagining a world without tea and sugar : teaching strategies for America, the Atlantic, and global consumer demand, 1500-1800 / Jonathan Chu
The Declaration of Independence in world context / David Armitage
Strategies for teaching the Declaration of Independence in a global context / Ted Dickson
Origins of American slavery / Philip D. Morgan
Reflections on "Origins of American slavery" / Gloria Sesso
Nineteenth-century religion in world context / Mark A. Noll
Teaching nineteenth-century American religion in a global context / J.D. Bowers
Returning the West to the world / Stephen Aron
Strategies for teaching the American West in a global context / Omar Valerio-Jimenez
Driven to the city : urbanization and industrialization in the nineteenth century / Stuart M. Blumin
American industrialization, 1870-1920 : teaching from local, national, and international perspectives / Betty A. Dessants
The American Civil War, emancipation, and reconstruction on the world stage / Edward L. Ayers
Teaching the Civil War from a global perspective / Ted Dickson
Worlds of reform / Daniel T. Rodgers
Teaching American reform in a world context / Kathleen Dalton
Crossing national borders : locating the United States in migration history / Suzanne M. Sinke
Strategies for teaching the history of migration to the United States in a global context / Louisa Bond Moffitt and Ted Dickson
The Civil Rights Movement in world perspective / Kevin Gaines
The Civil Rights Movement and the Cold War culture in perspective / Pingchau Zhu
Race and citizenship / Patrick Wolfe
Teaching citizenship and race / Orville Vernon Burton
Globalizing popular culture in the "American century" and beyond / Penny M. Von Eschen
Teaching the globalization of American popular culture in the twentieth century / Lawrence Charap
From Rosie the Riveter to the global assembly line : American women on the world stage / Leila J. Rupp
American women in a global context / Brenda Santos
Cold War and global hegemony, 1945-1991 / Melvyn P. Leffler
Teaching the Cold War / Frederick W. Jordan
"Organization of American Historians."