![]() Americans are used to thinking about their past in terms of the map of the Lower 48 states-“if the country had a logo,” Mr. So Northwestern University history professor Daniel Immerwahr deserves credit for attempting a sweeping, accessible history of American expansion from colonial times onward. ![]() One reason for the history recession: Much of the work produced today is too narrow and esoteric to interest nonspecialists. Only 40% of Americans-27% under age 45-“demonstrate a basic understanding of American history,” according to a recent Woodrow Wilson Foundation survey. The share of college students who major in history has fallen by two-thirds since the early 1970s. Photo: Getty ImagesĪmerican history is in trouble-the discipline, that is. ![]() May 1, 1898: the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish-American War. ![]()
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