The Contours Of American History
by Williams, William Appleman
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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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… Read more about this item Item Price
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