Best American History Essays 2006

Palgrave is proud to announce a new annual publication from the prestigious group Organization of American Historians, Best Essays in American History. This exciting new series will showcase pieces selected by the OAH as the "best of the best" in intellectual significance and writing style from the previous year. The essays, from a broad range of academic and retail publications, will be chosen by a new, prominent American historian each year. The collection is a must-have for all armchair historians, historical scholars, and academic and public libraries. In this debut volume, former OAH and American Historical Association president Joyce Appleby has gathered ten of the best American history essays and articles from over three hundred learned and popular journals published in the last year. Written by such eminent historians as Joseph Ellis, Ralph E. Luker, and Thomas J. Sugrue, the book's essays cover all aspects of American history, from the early days of the republic through the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.Appleby, Joyce is the author of 'Best American History Essays 2006 ', published 2006 under ISBN 9781403968524 and ISBN 1403968527.