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The Contours of American History
by Williams, William Appleman
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
Cleveland/New York: World Publishing Company, 1961. 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.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Octavo.
Synopsis
A former president of the Organization of American Historians, William Appleman Williams taught for many years at the University of Wisconsin and Oregon State University. His books include The Contours of American History, The Tragedy of American Diplomacy, and Empire as a Way of Life . Greg Grandin is the author of Empire’s Workshop , The Last Colonial Massacre , Who is Rigoberta Menchú? , the award-winning The Blood of Guatemala , and the 2009 National Book Awards finalist Fordlandia . A professor of history at New York University and a Guggenheim fellow, Grandin has served on the United Nations Truth Commission investigating the Guatemalan Civil War and has written for the Los Angeles Times , Nation , New Statesman , and New York Times .
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- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- v0140
- Title
- The Contours of American History
- Author
- Williams, William Appleman
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- World Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Cleveland/New York
- Date Published
- 1961
- Keywords
- American Society, Colonialism, Empire, American Empire, Imperialism, Foreign Policy, Diplomacy, Sociology, Economics
- Size
- Octavo
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Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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Beloit, Wisconsin
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- Marginalia
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- Rubbing
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