History of the United States, Vol. 3

History of the United States, Vol. Ill: Foundations of the Union & National Politics

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History of the United States,
Vol. III: Foundations of the

Union & National Politics

History of the United States, Vol. Ill: Foundations of the Union

& National Politics
By Charles Austin Beard (1874-1948) & Mary Ritter Beard (1876-1958)

Charles Beard was the most influential American historian of the early 20th century. He
published hundreds of monographs, textbooks and interpretive studies in both history and
political science. He graduated from DePauw University in 1898, where he met and
eventually married Mary Ritter Beard, one of the founders of the first greek-letter society
for women, Kappa Alpha Theta. Many of his books were written in collaboration with his
wife, whose own interests lay in feminism and the labor union movement.

In 1921, Charles and Mary Beard published their textbook: History of the United States. A
contemporaneous review stated: The authors... assume enough maturity in...students to
justify a topical rather than a chronological treatment. They have dealt with movements,
have sketched large backgrounds, have traced causes, and have discussed the
interrelation of social and economic forces and politics. All this has been directed to the
large purpose of helping the student to understand American today in all its national
characteristics and as part of world civilization as well...The literary style is exceptionally
clear and crisp, and the whole approach...is thought producing. As a textbook or handbook
for the average citizen it ranks with very best.

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