July 5, 2002
Portraying an 'Unexceptional' American History
The practical technicalities of bookmaking being what they are, Rethinking American History in a Global Age went to press before September 11, but we read it necessarily in a post-September 11 perspective. Readers may no longer need persuading that the United States cannot be well understood unless it is placed in an international context, but there is still a pressing need for this book. Like The Social Sciences in Historical Study, the Social Science Research Council's 1954 publication that
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