The History of the United States, 2nd Edition
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Narrated by:
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Allen C. Guelzo
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Gary W. Gallagher
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Patrick N. Allitt
About this listen
This comprehensive series of 84 lectures features three award-winning historians sharing their insights into this nation's past - from the European settlement and the Revolutionary War through the Civil War, 19th-century industrialization, two world wars, and the present day.
While American history spans not much more than two centuries, it is filled with a wealth of leaders, wars, movements, inventions, and ideas - each of which contributed in its own unique way to America's transformation from 13 disparate colonies on the east coast of North America into a global superpower.
These lectures give you the opportunity to grasp the different aspects of our past that combine to make us distinctly American, and to gain the knowledge so essential to recognizing not only what makes this country such a noteworthy part of world history, but the varying degrees to which it has lived up to its ideals.
The lectures chart the five predominant themes that run throughout the chronicle of U.S. history:
- The American passion for freedom-including religious, political, and economic freedom.
- The pursuit of education, which has been the quintessential way for Americans to invent (and reinvent) themselves.
- The unquestioned faith in the value of popular government.
- The willingness of Americans to experiment with and adapt to new environments and situations.
- The belief that the United States is a "city on the hill," a country the likes of which the world has never seen before.
Placing familiar historical events in the context of these overarching themes will help you see American history less as a series of separate events and more as a mosaic in which everything is interconnected.
PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your My Library section along with the audio.
©2003 The Teaching Company, LLC (P)2003 The Great CoursesWhat listeners say about The History of the United States, 2nd Edition
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- Jason Gacek
- 2021-08-14
Great overview of US History
Some typical local bias. Saying Canada ‘failed’ to assimilate its French population, when Canada never tried to assimilate them. The distinct society approach was simply a different path than how the US proceeded. For all its ‘Greatness’ the US has one the highest rates of abject poverty among the developed countries. Standard of living is also better for the ‘average’ person in most developed countries. Easily the highest murder rate among developed countries, and they barely addressed that. Truly a remarkable history, but don’t toot that horn too loud America.
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- Georgiana Stewart
- 2023-12-25
Needs updating
Four stars for the first two lecturers. Two for the third - problems include factual errors, presumptions (maybe other countries aren't actually trying to assimilate immigrants), and describing a female politician as 'shrill'.
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- Phelim Boyle
- 2024-06-19
Mostly really good
I was loving this until the last few chapters, when the rightist religious bias spoiled things for me. The only significant woman covered was Hilary Clinton, who was called “shrill “. I stopped listening then.
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