Edité par Scribner, 1996
ISBN 10 : 0684807238 ISBN 13 : 9780684807232
Vendeur : Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, Etats-Unis
Etat : Good. Revised. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
Edité par Scribner, 1996
ISBN 10 : 0684807238 ISBN 13 : 9780684807232
Vendeur : Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, Etats-Unis
Etat : Good. Revised. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
Edité par Scribner, 1996
ISBN 10 : 0684807238 ISBN 13 : 9780684807232
Vendeur : Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, Etats-Unis
Etat : Very Good. Revised. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.
Edité par Scribner Book Company, 1996
ISBN 10 : 0684807238 ISBN 13 : 9780684807232
Vendeur : ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, Etats-Unis
Hardcover. Etat : Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 4.45.
Edité par Scribner Book Company, 1996
ISBN 10 : 0684807238 ISBN 13 : 9780684807232
Vendeur : ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, Etats-Unis
Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 4.45.
Edité par Scribner Book Company, 1996
ISBN 10 : 0684807238 ISBN 13 : 9780684807232
Vendeur : ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, Etats-Unis
Hardcover. Etat : Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 4.45.
Edité par Scribner (Simon & Schuster), New York, 1996
ISBN 10 : 0684807238 ISBN 13 : 9780684807232
Vendeur : Mnemosyne, New Haven, CT, Etats-Unis
Edition originale
Hardcover. Etat : As New. Etat de la jaquette : As New. 1st Edition. CLASSIC: COLLECTIBLE: RICH: AS-NEW hardcover, First Edition, First Printing of this revised & skillfully abridged edition of a monumental classic of American history, EXCELLENT mylar-protected jacket showing orig. $45.00 price w/ inside flap corners uniformly diagonally clipped 0.25", AS-NEW cover w/ navy-blue linen wrapping spine & extending 1.50" onto front & back panels covered in dark purple paper w/ sharp AS-NEW edges & corners & titles gilt-stamped on spine, IMMACULATE smooth-cut text-block exterior, IMPECCABLE white card-stock end-papers, AS-NEW sewn binding w/ tight signatures & blue cloth bands at spine-caps, PRISTINE interior handsomely printed on EXCELLENT paper * Notes, pp.1211-1368 * Index, pp. 1369-1433 * 6.36" x 9.50" x 2.96", 1.96 kg, 1433 pp. * "In my writing & teaching I have done all I could to disseminate the idea that history should be as inclusive as life itself." - Arthur M. Schlesinger, Sr. * It is hard to imagine the time when this idea seemed radical, even threatening --a shot across the traditional historian's bow. Now we accept as given that the story of how men & women lived & worked & played --what sort of houses they built, what books they wrote & read, how they earned a living, what sort of culture they created for themselves-- has as much to do w/ the study of the American past as the stories of the wars we have fought & the presidents we have elected. We owe a great debt to the publication of the life work Arthur M. Schlesinger, Sr. life in the first comprehensive social history of the United States ever undertaken, "A History of American Life." * Originally published in twelve volumes from 1927 to 1944, "A History of American Life" in its wake pushed the study of American history into places it had never before explored & legitimized a new discipline: social history. Few series before or since have boasted more notable contributors, among them Pulitzer Prize winners James Truslow Adams, Allan Nevins & Schlesinger himself, one of the most influential historians of the 20th century. When "A History of American Life" was first proposed, traditional historians scorned it, but by 1944 no less a luminary than Bernard DeVoto declared it "not only the best history of America ever published but so far superior to all other general histories that, with them, American history is acceptably written for the first time." * To this day, "A History of American Life" remains one of the most magnificent attempts ever made to comprehend the American experience in its totality, from the coming of the explorers to the Great Depression. A work of astonishing narrative power, richly enjoyable in the broadest of its strokes & the most minute of its particulars, it offers a definitive answer to the question "What is American civilization?" Its republication in a single volume is endurably a great service to the reading public & to all students of American history. This excellent edition, sensitively abridged by Professor Mark C. Carnes, includes a lengthy introduction by Arthur M. Schlesinger, Sr.'s son, Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. w/ an extended historiographical essay by Professor Carnes. * "(This) pioneering social history is a treasure chest of insight & anecdote for anyone interested in American history." - John A. Garraty, author of 'The American Nation' * "'The History of American Life' was the great collective achievement of the first generation of professional historians in the United States. In rescuing this enormous work from oblivion, Mark C. Carnes has discerned its inner coherence & its stunning relevance to what historians today are doing. " - John Higham, Johns Hopkins University * SHIPPING: MNEMOSYNE carefully wraps, labels & custom-packages this excellent book for FREE domestic shipment via USPS MEDIA MAIL or via USPS PRIORITY MAIL (for a nominal additional fee) & to all international destinations at our posted rates via efficient USPS FIRST CLASS INTERNATIONAL AIRMAIL.
Edité par Scribner, 1996
ISBN 10 : 0684807238 ISBN 13 : 9780684807232
Vendeur : A Good Read, Toronto, ON, Canada
Edition originale
Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Fine. First Edition; First Printing. A Good Read ships from Toronto and Niagara Falls, NY - customers outside of North America please allow two to three weeks for delivery. Heavy/oversize item - additional shipping charges may be required depending on speed/destination requested. ; 9.30 X 6.40 X 2.90 inches; 1440 pages.