America on the World Stage

A Global Approach to U.S. History

Organization of American Historians, Gary Reichard, Ted Dickson

• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Year: 2024
• Print ISBN: 9780252075520, 9780252033452
• eBook ISBN: 9780252056192
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: Teaching History
• Index: History

Recognizing the urgent need for students to understand the emergence of the United States' power and prestige in relation to world events, Gary W. Reichard and Ted Dickson reframe the teaching of American history in a global context. Each essay covers a specific chronological period and approaches fundamental topics and events in United States history from an international perspective, emphasizing how the development of the United States has always depended on its transactions with other nations for commodities, cultural values, and populations. For each historical period, the authors also provide practical guidance on bringing this international approach to the classroom, with suggested lesson plans and activities. Ranging from the colonial period to the civil rights era and everywhere in between, this collection will help prepare Americans for success in an era of global competition and collaboration.

Contributors are David Armitage, Stephen Aron, Edward L. Ayers, Thomas Bender, Stuart M. Blumin, J. D. Bowers, Orville Vernon Burton, Lawrence Charap, Jonathan Chu, Kathleen Dalton, Betty A. Dessants, Ted Dickson, Kevin Gaines, Fred Jordan, Melvyn P. Leffler, Louisa Bond Moffitt, Philip D. Morgan, Mark A. Noll, Gary W. Reichard, Daniel T. Rodgers, Leila J. Rupp, Brenda Santos, Gloria Sesso, Carole Shammas, Suzanne M. Sinke, Omar Valerio-Jimenez, Penny M. Von Eschen, Patrick Wolfe, and Pingchao Zhu.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Preface
• Introduction
• Chapter 1: America, the Atlantic, and Global Consumer Demand, 1500–1800
• Imagining a World without Tea and Sugar: Teaching Strategies for America, the Atlantic, and Global Consumer Demand, 1500–1800
• Chapter 2: The Declaration of Independence in World Context
• Strategies for Teaching the Declaration of Independence in a Global Context
• Chapter 3: Origins of American Slavery
• Reflections on “Origins of American Slavery”
• Chapter 4: Nineteenth-Century Religion in World Context
• Teaching Nineteenth-Century American Religion in a Global Context
• Chapter 5: Returning The West to the World
• Strategies for Teaching the American West in a Global Context
• Chapter 6: Driven to the City: Urbanization and Industrialization in the Nineteenth Century
• American Industrialization, 1870–1920: Teaching from Local, National, and International Perspectives
• Chapter 7: The American Civil War, Emancipation, and Reconstruction on the World Stage
• Teaching the Civil War from a Global Perspective
• Chapter 8: Worlds of Reform
• Teaching American Reform in a World Context
• Chapter 9: Crossing National Borders: Locating the United States in Migration History
• Strategies for Teaching the History of Migration to the United States in a Global Context
• Chapter 10: The Civil Rights Movement in World Perspective
• The Civil Rights Movement and the Cold War Culture in Perspective
• Chapter 11: Race and Citizenship
• Teaching Citizenship and Race
• Chapter 12: Globalizing Popular Culture in the “American Century” and Beyond
• Teaching the Globalization of American Popular Culture in the Twentieth Century
• Chapter 13: From Rosie the Riveter to the Global Assembly Line: American Women on the World Stage
• American Women in a Global Context
• Chapter 14: Cold War and Global Hegemony, 1945–1991
• Teaching the Cold War
• Contributors
• Index