Kathy Hilliard

Course

HIST 2210: Survey of United States History I 

Resource

• Textbook: The American Yawp

Case Study

I'm a historian of nineteenth century US history, specializing in the political economy of slavery and emancipation. In my introductory US Survey, I've chosen to use the free and online American Yawp as my primary textbook. Collaboratively written by the top scholars in my field, it offers a broad overview of the "chorus and cacophony" of the American experience. More than that, its authors promise no definitive answers, instead prompting students to ask questions of the past, their sources, and themselves.