Globalizing U.S. History Resource Library
This list provides a variety of resources that will support your content knowledge, explain theory and practice, inspire discussion, and guide your instructional practices concerning Globalizing U.S. History. The page is structured chronologically and will be updated periodically.
Please note that a global approach to U.S. history is not a new approach. However, with the advent of a globalized world, scholarship and resources on the perspective have exploded since the start of the 21st century. Enjoy!
A = Article B= Book P = Podcast V = Video
Type |
Year |
Resource Information |
A |
1929 |
James Harvey Robinson, AHA President, speech at the American Historical Association Annual Meeting |
A
A
A |
1977
1994
1997 |
Walter Huggins, American History in Comparative Perspective
Martha Nussbaum, “Patriotism and Cosmopolitanism”
Kwame Anthony Appiah, “Cosmopolitan Patriots” |
A |
1979 |
Laurence Veysey, The Autonomy of American History Reconsidered |
A |
1999 |
David Thelen, The Nation and Beyond: Transnational Perspectives on United States History |
A |
2000 |
Thomas Bender et al, The La Pietra Report |
B |
2000 |
David Russo, American History from a Global Perspective |
B |
2000 |
Daniel Rodgers, Atlantic Crossings: Social Politics in a Progressive Era |
B |
2002 |
Owens et al, Riches for All: The California Gold Rush and the World |
A |
2005 |
Various Authors, OAH-AP Collaboration: America on the World Stage |
B |
2005 |
Gould and Onuf, Empire and Nation: The American Revolution in the Atlantic World |
A |
2006 |
American Historical Review (AHR) Conversation: On Transnational History |
V |
2006 |
London School of Economics – The Global Cold War by Odd Arne Westad |
A |
2006 |
Carl Guarneri, Globalizing the United States History Survey: Approaches and Issues A Comment |
B |
2006 |
Thomas Bender, A Nation Among Nations |
V |
2006 |
CSPAN, Book Discussion – Thomas Bender’s A Nation Among Nations |
B |
2006 |
Lindaman and Ward, History Lessons: How Textbooks from Around the World Portray U.S. History |
B |
2007 |
Carl Guarneri, America in the World: US History in a Global Context |
B |
2007 |
Charles Maier, Among Empires: American Ascendancy and its Predecessors |
B |
2007 |
Jeremi Suri, The Global Revolutions of 1968 |
B |
2007 |
Odd Arne Westad, The Global Cold War: Third World Interventions and the Making of Our Times |
B |
2007 |
Ian Tyrrell, Transnational Nation: US History in Global Perspective Since 1789 |
A |
2008 |
Longview Foundation, Teacher Preparation for the Global Age: The Imperative for Change |
B |
2008 |
David Armitage, The Declaration of Independence: A Global History |
A |
2009 |
Ian Tyrrell, Reflections on the Transnational Turn in United States History: Theory and Practice |
A |
2009 |
Marcus Graser, World History in a Nation-State: The Transnational Disposition in Historical Writing in the United States |
B |
2009 |
Carl Guarneri, Teaching American History in a Global Context |
P |
2010 |
Journal of American History, Teaching US History Abroad |
A |
2010 |
Wolf Schafer, Reconfiguring Areas Studies for the Global Age |
B |
2011 |
Asia Society, Educating for Global Competence |
A |
2012 |
Andrew Kuech, A Survey of World History Studies: Theory, Methodology and Networks |
A |
2012 |
NAFSA, Preparing Globally Competent Teachers |
B |
2012 |
Peskin and Wehrle, America and the World: Culture Commerce Conflict |
P |
2013 |
Back Story, City Upon a Hill: A History of American Exceptionalism |
V |
2013 |
Woodrow Wilson Center – Is American History Exceptional? A Global Perspective |
A |
2014 |
Asia Society, History and Social Studies are Global Competencies |
V |
2014 |
Society of Cincinnati – An Empire Divided: American Revolution and the British Caribbean (2 options below)
Presentation or Book Talk |
A |
2014 |
Kenneth Pomeranz, 128th AHA Presidential Address |
B |
2014 |
Don Doyle, The Cause of All Nations: An International History of the American Civil War |
V |
2015 |
CSPAN – Global Perspectives on the American Civil War |
A |
2015 |
Deconstructing ‘Uncle Tom’ Abroad: The Case of an American President by Ana Stevenson |
P |
2015 |
From Historically Thinking 3 podcasts on History, Historical Thinking, and Global Citizenship
a) Episode 26 – Peter Sterns on World History
b) Episode 27 – Alexander Solzhenitsyn and Historical Thinking
c) Episode 39 – What History Means and How to Think It. |
B |
2016 |
Human and Citizens Rights in a Globalized World (2016) by Magdalena Gawin Barbara, Markiewicz Agnieszka, and Nogal Rafał Wonicki |
A |
2016 |
“Placing the American Revolution in a Global Perspective” by Steven Pincus. |
V |
2016 |
Dr. Maria Montoya introducing the new textbook, Global Americans. |
A 2019 “The New Americanism: Why a Nation needs a National Story”
A 2019 Book Review – “How to Hide an Empire”
P 2019 Throughline: NPR Podcast (Various topics typically from a global context)
Also check out C. Vann Woodward’s The Comparative Approach to American History (https://books.google.com/books?id=QpDmCwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false)