The Comparative Approach to American History

Oxford is very pleased to be reissuing this classic collection. In the mid 1960s, C. Vann Woodward was asked to organize a program of broadcast lectures on US history for the Voice of America as part of a longer series designed to acquaint foreign audiences with leaders in American arts and sciences. Woodward reasoned that a comparative approach "was peculiarly adapted to the interests and needs of foreign audiences", and he commissioned twenty-two noted scholars to cover classic topics in American history by relating them to developments elsewhere in the world, an approach that has found new popularity among contemporary historians. This reissue includes a new introduction by Woodward.