Mary Ritter Beard (August 5, 1876—August 14, 1958) was an influential American historian and archivist , who played an important role in the women's suffrage movement and was a lifelong advocate for social justice through educational and activist roles in both the labor and woman's rights movements. She wrote several books on women's role in history including On Understanding Women (1931), America Through Women's Eyes (1933) and Woman As Force In History: A Study in Traditions and Realities (1946). In addition, she collaborated with her husband, eminent historian Charles Austin Beard on several distinguished works, most notably The Rise of American Civilization (1927)。
Charles Austin Beard (November 27, 1874—September 1, 1948) was an American historian. He published hundreds of monographs, textbooks and interpretive studies in both history and political science. His works included radical re-evaluation of the Founding Fathers of the United States, whom he believed were more motivated by economics than by philosophical principles。
目录
PART I. THE COLONIAL PERIOD
1 THE GREAT MIGRATION TO AMERICA 001
2 COLONIAL AGRICULTURE, INDUSTRY, AND COMMERCE 014
3 SOCIAL AND POLITICAL PROGRESS 026
4 THE DEVELOPMENT OF COLONIAL NATIONALISM 039
PART II. CONFLICT AND INDEPENDENCE
5 THE NEW COURSE IN BRITISH IMPERIAL POLICY 054
6 THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 070
PART III. FOUNDATIONS OF THE UNION AND NATIONAL POLITICS
7 THE FORMATION OF THE CONSTITUTION 099
8 THE CLASH OF POLITICAL PARTIES 115
9 THE JEFFERSONIAN REPUBLICANS IN POWER 132
PART IV. THE WEST AND JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY
10 THE FARMERS BEYOND THE APPALACHIANS 155
11 JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 170
12 THE MIDDLE BORDER AND THE GREAT WEST 194
PART V. SECTIONAL CONFLICT AND RECONSTRUCTION
13 THE RISE OF THE INDUSTRIAL SYSTEM 211
14 THE PLANTING SYSTEM AND NATIONAL POLITICS 226
15 THE CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION 245
PART VI. NATIONAL GROWTH AND WORLD POLITICS
16 THE POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC EVOLUTION OF THE SOUTH 270
17 BUSINESS ENTERPRISE AND THE REPUBLICAN PARTY 285
18 THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE GREAT WEST 302
19 DOMESTIC ISSUES BEFORE THE COUNTRY (1865-1897) 322
20 AMERICA A WORLD POWER (1865-1900) 340
PART VII. PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRACY AND THE WORLD WAR
21 THE EVOLUTION OF REPUBLICAN POLICIES (1901-1913) 362
22 THE SPIRIT OF REFORM IN AMERICA 382
23 THE NEW POLITICAL DEMOCRACY 395
24 INDUSTRIAL DEMOCRACY 406
25 PRESIDENT WILSON AND THE WORLD WAR 418
