[PEN-L:4832] Re: intro econ history text

[Eric Glynn <eglynn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>
> I would appreciate it if folks would post their suggestions about
> good US history books to the list. This is always of interest.
>
> in pen-l solidarity,
>
> Jim Devine
> jndf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx or jdevine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Econ. Dept., Loyola Marymount Univ., Los Angeles, CA 90045-2699 USA
> 310/338-2948 (daytime, during workweek); FAX: 310/338-1950
> "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way
> and let people talk.) -- K. Marx, paraphrasing Dante A.
>

I highly recommend the two volume WHO BUILT AMERICA, authored by
historians associated with the American Social History Project, an
organization convened some years ago by the late Herb Gutman.