Expanding the Past A Reader in Social History by Peter N. Stearns PAPERBACK

Expanding the PastA Reader in Social History\nAuthor(s): Peter N. Stearns\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: New York University Press, United States\nImprint: New York University Press\nISBN-13: 9780814778777, 978-0814778777\nSynopsis\nSince its founding twenty years ago the Journal of Social History has made substantial contributions to altering the way American historians look at and interpret their subject. It has served as a central outlet for new and exciting scholarship in social history, particularly European and American history but also Asian and Latin American as well. Under the editorship of Peter N. Stearns, the journal has published innovative work by many major American historians. Expanding the Past commemorates and highlights the achievements of the journal by republishing a selection of the most excellent articles that have appeared in the journal and that especially illustrate key features and trends in social history.\nThese important essays cover issues such as illit.