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The Rise of American Civilization, Vol 1 & 2
The Rise of American Civilization Vol 1 2 Author:Charles A. Beard & Mary R. Beard One of the most influential American historians of his time, Beard is most remembered for his studies into the motives of the Founding Fathers. He was also blacklisted during the Red Scare of 1919 and was unable to secure an academic position after that and was forced to live off of his writings. Mary Beard, an American historian and feminist, s... more »hared her husband Charles's economic view of history and collaborated with him on The Rise of American Civilization, in which they characterized the Civil War as the second American Revolution, perpetrated by Northern capitalists over Southern plantation owners for economic gain.« less