American Nation, The A History of the United States, Volume 2 15th Edition Mark C. Carnes

AuthorMark C. Carnes attained his degree from Harvard and achieved his PhD in history from Columbia University. He has led both the historical and American studies departments at Barnard College, Columbia University. Carnes and Garraty were General Editors of the 26-volume American National Biography, for which they received the Waldo Leland Prize of the American Historical Association. Carnes has penned 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 Americas Past (2001) and Invisible Giants: 50 Americans That Shaped the Nation but Missed the History Books (2002). Carnes also initiated the Reacting to the Past teaching method, recipient of the Theodore Hesburgh Award, sponsored by TIAA-CREF, as the distinguished pedagogical innovation in the nation (2004). In Reacting to the Past, college students participate in elaborate historical reenactments informed by classic texts. In 2005 the American Historical Association named Carnes the recipient of the William Gilbert Prize for the best article on teaching history.

The late John A. Garraty, formerly Gouverneur Morris Professor Emeritus of History at Columbia University, earned his PhD from Columbia University and an LHD from Michigan State University. He authored and edited numerous books, including biographies of Silas Wright, Henry Cabot Lodge, Woodrow Wilson, George W. Perkins and Theodore Roosevelt. Garraty’s The New Commonwealth, featured in the new American Nation series, challenged earlier dismissals of what was commonly known as the Gilded Age. His The Great Depression asserted that political leaders throughout the world utilized solutions similar to those proposed by Franklin D. Roosevelt. Garraty was co-General Editor with Mark Carnes of the American National Biography.