The American Nation, Volume 2: A History of the United States: Since 1865 Tapa blanda - 2011 - 14th Edición

Mark C. Carnes Mark C. Carnes received his undergraduate degree from Harvard and his Ph.D in history from Columbia University. He has chaired both the history and American studies departments at Barnard College and Columbia University, where he serves as the Ann Whitney Olin Professor of History. Carnes and Garraty were general editors of the 26-volume "American National Biography," for which they were awarded the Waldo Leland Prize of the American Historical Association. Carnes has published numerous books on American social and cultural history, including "Secret Ritual and Manhood in Victorian" "America "(1989), "Past Imperfect: History According to" "the Movies "(1995), "Novel History: Historians and" "Novelists Confront America s Past "(2001) and "Invisible Giants: 50 Americans That Shaped the" "Nation but Missed the History Books "(2002). Carnes also pioneered the "Reacting to the Past "pedagogy, which won the Theodore Hesburgh Award as the top outstanding pedagogical innovation in the nation (2004). In "Reacting to the" "Past," college students play elaborate games, set in the past, their roles informed by classic texts. (For more on "Reacting," see: www.barnard.edu/reacting.) In 2005 the American Historical Association named Carnes the recipient of the William Gilbert Prize for the best article on teaching history."