Alan Brinkley, American History:A Survey

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Alan Brinkley (born June 2, 1949 in Washington, D.C.)^[1] is an American historian who has taught for over 20 years at Columbia University. He is currently the Allan Nevins Professor of History. From 2003 to 2009, he was University Provost.

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• 1Early life
• 2Career
• 3Textbooks
• 4Personal life
• 5Works
• 6Awards
• 7Notes
• 8References
• 9External links
  

Textbooks[edit]

Brinkley is the senior author of two best-selling, frequently updated American history textbooks, American History:A Survey and The Unfinished Nation. They are widely used in universities and in AP high school classes. He also wrote the commonly used AP US History textbook American History: Connecting With The Past.

Brinkley took over sole responsibility for the ninth edition of the American History: A Survey textbook from historians Richard N. Current, Frank Freidel, and T. Harry Williams. He had joined the team to help with the 1979 revisions.

Historian Emil Pocock, evaluating the ninth edition of 1995, said it is:

Typical of the mass market textbook....Brinkley offers a traditional narrative of American history. Built around a core of political and economic events, this attractive colored text contains a good selection of illustrations, maps, charts, and other graphics, as well as other features designed to make it stand out among the competition....This latest edition has integrated additional material on immigrants, Native Americans, African-Americans, and women into the political narrative.^[3]

Pocock notes that the concise edition closely follows the full-length edition but Sacrifices supporting details for the sake of brevity.

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