The Contours of American History
Williams, William Appleman
From Bookworks [MWABA, IOBA], Beloit, WI, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since November 23, 1999
From Bookworks [MWABA, IOBA], Beloit, WI, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since November 23, 1999
About this Item
Influential revisionist history and reinterpretation of the American idea of itself and its economic & foreign policy, from the British colonial era to the Cold War. Williams was a popular lecturer and leading exponent of the 'Wisconsin School' of historical interpretation, positing that economic motives were foremost in America's foreign policy and imperialism. Though associated with the New Left and anti-Vietnam War movements, Williams left the UW partly because of concerns about increasing student militancy. Hardcover in jacket, as pictured; stated first edition (first printing). Light wear to book, corners a little bumped & rubbed; jacket shows light rubbing, some chips, $7.50 price intact, light fading to spine; bookplate, initials & date inside front cover; light tanning to endsheets; minor pencil marginalia noted & erased, but some may remain. Text probably clean; 513 pages + note on the author; index. Laid in is a photocopy of a New York Times notice printing Williams' letter regarding their account of his views on the anti-war movement and campus protests. Size: Octavo. Seller Inventory # v0140
Bibliographic Details
Title: The Contours of American History
Publisher: World Publishing Company, Cleveland/New York
Publication Date: 1961
Binding: Hard Cover
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Good
Edition: First Edition.
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