Gary Gerstle
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American historian and professor of American History at the University of Cambridge.
Books
American Crucible
"This sweeping history of twentieth-century America follows the changing and often conflicting ideas about the fundamental nature of American society: Is the United States a social melting pot, as our civic creed warrants, or is full citizenship somehow reserved for those who are white and of the "right" ancestry? Gary Gerstle traces the forces of civic and racial nationalism, arguing that both profoundly shaped our society."--BOOK JACKET.
Liberty, equality, power
This concise edition provides students with a clear understanding of how power is gained, lost and used in both public and private life. It has been abridged at sentence-level, rather than removal of sections, resulting in less background detail than the full text but complete coverage.