A School History of the United States by John Bach McMaster
date: label: date made
content: 1898
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content: 1897
name: label: publisher
content: American Book Company
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content: <i>A School History of the United States</i> is a thoughtful, chronological account of America from the age of European discovery and settlement, to the wars and disputes of the 18th and 19th Centuries. Later chapters are organized by themes (e.g., Growth of the Northwest, Mechanical and Industrial Progress), rather than by a list of Presidential administrations. There are many illustrations and maps, mostly in black and white.
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content: The brown front cover has a red border at the spine and a floral pattern with early American symbols of an eagle, flag-shield, and laurel wreathes. The back cover is illustrated with a floral design in a shield pattern, crowned by an American eagle; while inside it is the publisher’s insignia of a lit torch, an open book, and eagle’s wings.
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content: John Bach McMaster was a prominent historian and professor of early American history. He was born on June 29, 1852. McMaster attended public schools and graduated from the College of the City of New York with both a B.A. (1872) and an M.A. (1875), as well as a degree in Civil Engineering. He taught engineering at Princeton from 1877-1883.
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content: In 1883, McMaster became a Professor of American History at the University of Pennsylvania, where he earned his PhD. Besides authoring A School History of the United States (1898), he wrote a five-volume History of the People of the United States from the Revolution to the Civil War (1883-1890), as well as biographies of Benjamin Franklin and Daniel Webster. His historical work differed from standard practice in that it departed from an exclusively political focus to delve into social history and the lives of ordinary people, as well as in its use of newspapers as sources.
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content: The American Book Company (ABC) was an educational book publisher based in New York City. In 1890, it bought out the historically important branch of Harpers known for publishing school textbooks and library materials for schools. The ABC was later absorbed into D.C. Heath in 1981. Any remaining K-12 assets of the American Book Company were acquired by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in 1995.
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content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: associated subject
content: History
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content: Home and Community Life: Education
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content: Gift of Dr. Richard Lodish American School Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2017.3049.09
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content: 2017.3049
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content: 2017.3049.09
objectType: label: Object Name
content: book
label: Object Type
content: instructional materials
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content: paper (overall material)
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content: ink (overall material)
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content: overall: 7 1/2 in x 5 1/4 in x 1 in; 19.05 cm x 13.335 cm x 2.54 cm