History of the United States, Vol. I
by Charles Austin Beard, Mary Ritter Beard
Chapter 1 of 14 Preface
- Running time
- 2 h 44 min
- Language
- English
- Readers
- Chris Chapman, JohnL, Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023), Leon Mire, ML Cohen and 4 others
Chapters
About this recording
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…
Other recordings of this book
History of the United States, Vol. II: Conflict & Independence
History of the United States, Vol. III
History of the United States, Vol. IV: The West and Jacksonian Democracy
History of the United States, Vol. V: Sectional Conflict & Reconstruction
History of the United States, Vol. VI
