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CENTER FOR THE TEACHING OF AMERICAN HISTORY 2007-2008 BOOK CIRCLES A READING GROUP FOR TEACHERS Spring 2008 The Center for the Teaching of American History at Binghamton University is continuing a non-credit reading group for teachers interested in getting together with other professionals to read and discuss recent books on various topics in American history. The books are free; the setting is structured, but relaxed. The Internationalization of American History: The Books: Thomas Bender, A Nation Among Nations: America's Place in World History (New York: Hill & Wang, 2006). As noted in its preface, "This book proposes and then elaborates a new framing of U.S. history. It rejects the territorial space of the nation as the sufficient context for a national history, arguing for the transnational nature of national histories. Ian Tyrrell, Transnational Nation: United States History in Global Perspective since 1789 (Palgrave Macmillan, 2007), Written by an Australian scholar, this work focuses on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, making two central arguments: that the boundaries between the United States and foreign developments "were culturally, economically and socially porous"; that in this period the U.S. developed a "distinctive empire" beyond its borders. Two circles will meet; one at the School of Education, Binghamton University and the other at TST BOCES. Dates and times to be announced. Contact Information If you would like to join our group, contact: Melyssa Wrisley, Project Coordinator at: ctah@binghamton.edu Center for the Teaching of American History (607) 777-6769 |