America

The beloved and best-selling America: A Narrative History family of books has been used by millions of students because of its enthralling storytelling that brings history to life. Award-winning teachers and scholars Daina Ramey Berry (University of California, Santa Barbara), Joseph Crespino (Emory University), and Amy Murrell Taylor (University of Kentucky) join lead author David Shi (Furman University) to enhance the balanced narrative with a focus on the diverse experiences of women in American history. Seamlessly integrated into the reading experience, new tools help students to read at the college level and engage with the building blocks of history: primary sources.

David Emory Shi?is president emeritus and professor emeritus at Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina. After receiving his PhD from the University of Virginia, he taught for seventeen years at Davidson College, where he won the Distinguished Teaching Award and served as History Department Chair. In addition to authoring the best-selling America: A Narrative History family of books, he is the author of several books focusing on American cultural history, including the award-winning?The Simple Life: Plain Living and High Thinking in American Culture?and?Facing Facts: Realism in American Thought and Culture, 1850-1920. While serving as a Trustee at several colleges, he remains highly engaged with students and instructors around the country with his many annual "author-in-residence" campus visits.