![]() Both Brogan and Johnson are British, of course, but it's no surprise that some of the most perceptive historians of the United States are from abroad. A conservative alternative to it might be Paul Johnson's A History of the American People, though it's a hefty 1100 pages and the post-1960's coverage is highly polemical. Update: We have a credible nominee: Hugh Brogan, The Penguin History of the United States of America. How about it, American historians? Have the past two decades produced a popular survey of American history that is Degler's equal? We're open for your recommendations in comments. Yet, Boston's Bruce Shulman sees it as a classic, too neglected. The third edition of Out of Our Past is now 20 years old. ![]() ![]() All three of us are a little shop-worn, of course. I've used and liked Carl Degler's Out of Our Past in conjunction with Richard Hofstadter's The American Political Tradition. As I said, I wouldn't recommend Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States or Larry Schweikart's and Michael Allen's A Patriot's History of the United States. ![]() In comments below, Van Hayhow asks for recommendations of a popular history of the United States. ![]()
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