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The American Yawp Vol. II: Since 1877
Table of Contents
- 16.Capital and Labor
- 17.Conquering the West
- 18.Life in Industrial America
- 19.American Empire
- 20.The Progressive Era
- 21.World War I and Its Aftermath
- 22.The New Era
- 23.The Great Depression
- 24.World War II
- 25.The Cold War
- 26.The Affluent Society
- 27.The Sixties
- 28.The Unraveling
- 29.The Triumph of the Right
- 30.The Recent Past
Ancillary Material
Submit ancillary resourceAbout the Book
In an increasingly digital world in which pedagogical trends are de-emphasizing rote learning and professors are increasingly turning toward active-learning exercises, scholars are fleeing traditional textbooks. Yet for those that still yearn for the safe tether of a synthetic text, as either narrative backbone or occasional reference material, The American Yawp offers a free and online, collaboratively built, open American history textbook designed for college-level history courses. Unchecked by profit motives or business models, and free from for-profit educational organizations, The American Yawp is by scholars, for scholars. All contributors—experienced college-level instructors—volunteer their expertise to help democratize the American past for twenty-first century classrooms.
About the Contributors
Editors
Josep • Joseph Locke and Ben Wright wrote the article “A Free and Open Alternative to Traditional History Textbooks” for the March issue of Perspectives on History. AHA staff Shatha Almutawa and Stephanie Kingsley talked to Joe and Ben about their open textbook project, The American Yawp. Joe is a historian of modern America, and Ben is a historian of America and the Atlantic world. How did you decide which topics would be covered in the American Yawp? Joe: We began by thinking about what we emphasize in our own American history surveys. We talked to each other and folks we know in the field. From there we started plotting out what specific topics we’d talk about. We tried to find scholars who are active in these fields, who had expertise in these eras. We laid these topics out and connected them to scholars. Ben: We wanted our first draft to come from scholars conducting active research in exactly that topic. For example, in our chapter on the Old South, we targeted authors of recent articles in the field. We looked at the JAH, AHR, Journal of Southern History, Slavery and Abolition, and more. Then we looked for authors of recent book reviews and historiographical essays, recent dissertations, and the ros Compiling an Open History Textbook
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