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The Oxford History of the United States book series originated in the 1950s with a plan laid out by historians C. Vann Woodward and Richard Hofstadter for a multivolume history of the United States published by Oxford University Press, modeled on the Oxford History of England, that would provide a summary of the political, social, and cultural history of the United States for a general ...
In the 1950s, historians C. Vann Woodward and Richard Hofstadter envisioned a multivolume history of the United States, the Oxford History of the United States, modeled on the Oxford History of England. [1] They began their co-editorship with Oxford University Press in earnest in 1961 and reached out to historians to request manuscripts.
Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789–1815 is a nonfiction book written by the American historian Gordon S. Wood.Published as a clothbound hardcover in 2009 as part of the Oxford History of the United States series, the book narrates the history of the United States in the first twenty-six years following the ratification of the U. S. Constitution.
The Limits of Liberty: American History 1607-1980 is a book by historian Maldwyn Jones, first published in 1983 in the Short Oxford History of the Modern World series.. It covers 373 years of American history and is the most comprehensive single-authored book on this topic, [1] taking nearly 20 years for the author to complete.
A History of US is a ten-volume (and one sourcebook) historical book series for children, written by Joy Hakim and first published in its entirety in 1995. The series is published by the US branch of Oxford University Press and is currently in its third edition. Originally conceived as a trade children's series, the books quickly found fans ...
Oxford University Press published Freedom from Fear as part of the Oxford History of the United States in May 1999. [13] The book is 954 pages long, [14] and it weighs approximately six pounds. [15] There are 24 maps of battles, [16] 48 halftone images, [17] a bibliographic essay, [18] and a 59-page index. [19]
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Before writing for the Oxford History of the United States, Middlekauff had been known as a specialist in colonial American history. [14] He was the author of the 1963 Ancients and Axioms: Secondary Education in Eighteenth-Century New England and the 1971 The Mathers: Three Generations of Puritan Intellectuals, 1596–1728. [15]