Industrialization and Social Conflict in the Gilded Age (Debating American History Series) - Softcover

Sipress, Joel M.; Sipress, Series Editors: Joel M.; Voelker, David J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0190057068 ISBN 13: 9780190057060

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2019

Synopsis

Embracing an argument-based model for teaching history, the Debating American History series encourages students to participate in a contested, evidence-based discourse about the human past. Each book poses a question that historians debate--How democratic was the U.S. Constitution? or Why did civil war erupt in the United States in 1861?--and provides abundant primary sources so that students can make their own efforts at interpreting the evidence. They can then use that analysis to construct answers to the big question that frames the debate and argue in support of their position.

Industrialization and Social Conflict in the Gilded Age poses this big question: Why was industrialization in the late nineteenth century accompanied by such great social and political turmoil?

About this title

About the Author:

Joel M. Sipress received his PhD in US History from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is a Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin-Superior, where he teaches US and Latin American History. He serves as coeditor of the Debating American History series with David J. Voelker.

Review:

"The advantage that Debating American History has over other projects and texts currently available is that it brings a very clear and focused organization to the notion of classroom debate. The terms of each debate are clear. The books introduce students to historiography and primary sources. Most of all, the project re-envisions the way that US history should be taught. No other textbook or set of teaching materials does what these books do when taken together as the sum of their parts."--Ian Hartman, University of Alaska

"Debating American History repositions the discipline of history as one that is rooted in discovery, investigation, and interpretation."--Ingrid Dineen-Wimberly, University of California, Santa Barbara

"Debating American History repositions the discipline of history as one that is rooted in discovery, investigation, and interpretation."--Ingrid Dineen-Wimberly, University of California, Santa Barbara

"I am enormously impressed with the design of this book. It is an exciting setup that moves students and professors rapidly through one of the most contentious periods of modern American societal development. The breakdown is effective and clear and it helps guide students in a meaningful direction. Each layer builds on the previous to help instill knowledge and provoke thought. In this sense, this layout provides a nice structure where different angles are pursued and different voices are in conversation with each other. This is a highly impressive framework."--Michael Holm, Boston University

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 0190057068
• ISBN 13: 9780190057060
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 144