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Beard <span class="birthdeath note">(1874–1948)</span></h1><h2 class="author_subtitle">Author of <a href="/work/13180" data-workid="13180" data-title="An-Economic-Interpretation-of-the-Constitution-of-the-United-States" target="_top" class="" >An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States</a></h2></div><div class="pagecard_messages"><div class="lt_scoreboard "><span class="scoreboard_item"><i class="fa-solid fa-book" aria-hidden="true" data-a11y="true"></i> 68+ Works</span><span class="scoreboard_item"><i class="fa-solid fa-user" aria-hidden="true" data-a11y="true"></i> 2,054 Members</span><span class="scoreboard_item"><i class="fa-solid fa-feather-alt" aria-hidden="true" data-a11y="true"></i> 15 Reviews</span><span class="scoreboard_item"><i class="fa-solid fa-star" aria-hidden="true" data-a11y="true"></i> 2 Favorited</span></div></div></div></section><section class="w_a_section" id="section_about_author" ><h2 class="lt_turndown" id="u_7d4e" data-caret-id="tdc_u_7d4e" data-hidden-id="tdh_u_1855" data-visible="1" onclick="lt.newauthor.saveSticky("about_author", event);;lt.turndown_toggle(this, event);" href="javascript:void(0);" data-duration="200" data-name="about_author" data-group="worksections" ><i class="fa-solid fa-chevron-up turndown_indicator" id="tdc_u_7d4e" data-turndown-style="chevron" ></i>About the Author</h2><span id="tdh_u_1855" ><a name="about_author"></a><div class="annotationA">Indiana-born Charles A. Beard studied at Oxford, Cornell, and Columbia universities, where he taught history and politics for more than a decade. One of the founders of the New School for Social Research, he also served as director of the Training School for Public Service in New York. A political <a class="showlessmore_link" id="u_e6925_showmore" onclick="truncate_show('u_e6925')" >show more</a><span class="hideme" id="u_e6925"> scientist whose histories were always written from an economic perspective, Beard was an authority on U.S. politics and government. Yet his great survey history, The Rise of American Civilization, published in 1927, deals with the whole range of human experience-war, imperialism, literature, art, music, religion, the sciences, the press, and women-as well as politics and economics. Collaborating with Beard on this and other books was his wife, Mary Ritter Beard. Charles Beard described their coauthorship as a "division of argument." An able historian in her own right, Mary Ritter Beard took a special interest in the labor movement and feminism, subjects on which she produced several works. The Beards's books are scholarly, well written, and often witty, though sometimes a bit ponderous. Yet they stand the test of time well. Some critics agree that their Basic History can be considered the best one-volume history that has ever been written about the United States. (Bowker Author Biography)</span> <a class="hideme showlessmore_link" id="u_e6925_showless" onclick="truncate_show('u_e6925')" >show less</a></div><div class="author_aka tinytext"><p class="alsoknownas">Includes the names: <span id="u_875d60c8" class="lt_itemlist"><span class="ltil_item " ><a href="/author/abeardcharles&norefer=2">Beard Charles A.</a>, </span><span class="ltil_item " ><a href="/author/charlesabeard&norefer=2">Charles A. Beard</a>, </span><span class="ltil_item " ><a href="/author/beardcharelsa&norefer=2">Charels A. Beard</a>, </span><span class="ltil_item " ><a href="/author/charlesbeard&norefer=2">Charles Austin Beard</a>, </span><span class="ltil_item " ><a href="/author/beardcharlesaustin&norefer=2">Charles Austin Beard</a>, </span><span class="ltil_item " ><a href="/author/edcharlesabeard&norefer=2">Charles A. Beard Ed.</a>, </span><span class="ltil_item " ><a href="/author/beardcharlesausstin&norefer=2">Charles Ausstin Beard</a>, </span><span class="ltil_item " ><a href="/author/beardcharlesaustins&norefer=2">Charles Austins Beard</a>, </span><span class="ltil_item " ><a href="/author/abeardscharles&norefer=2">Beard's Charles A.</a></span></span></p> <p class="alsoknownas">Also includes: <a href="/author/beardcharles-1">Charles Beard (1)</a></p></div><div class="disambigNotice extra_top_space_half"><span class="xdisambigNoticeTitle tinytext">Disambiguation Notice:</span><p class="alsoknownas disambiguationText tinygray ">Please do <i><b>NOT</b></i> combine this page with any of the various "Charles and Mary Beard" pages (or Charles Beard and anyone else). Single authors should <i>never</i> be combined with multiple authors. Thank you for your help.</p></div><div class="tinytext">Image credit: Courtesy of the <a href="http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?1108476">NYPL Digital Gallery</a> (image use requires permission from the New York Public Library)</div></span></section><section class="w_a_section" id="section_mainworks" ><h2 class="lt_turndown" id="u_1c39" data-caret-id="tdc_u_1c39" data-hidden-id="tdh_u_6199" data-visible="1" onclick="lt.newauthor.saveSticky("mainworks", event);;lt.turndown_toggle(this, event);" href="javascript:void(0);" data-duration="200" data-name="mainworks" data-group="worksections" ><i class="fa-solid fa-chevron-up turndown_indicator" id="tdc_u_1c39" data-turndown-style="chevron" ></i>Works by Charles A. Beard</h2><span id="tdh_u_6199" ><a name="mainworks"></a><div class="section_controls"><div data-value="0" class="lt_pillbox lt_blend_nav small lt_small" id="recent_pillbox" ><a data-value="0" data-onclick="lt.newauthor.sortWorks('beardcharlesa', 0);" role="button" class="selected" ><span class="ltp_txt">Popular</span></a class="" ><a data-value="1" data-onclick="lt.newauthor.sortWorks('beardcharlesa', 1);" role="button" class="" ><span class="ltp_txt">Recent</span></a class="" ></div class="" ></div><div class="worklist"><div id="u_52567166" class="lt_itemlist list"><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/13180" data-workid="13180" data-title="An-Economic-Interpretation-of-the-Constitution-of-the-United-States" class="" >An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States</a> <span class="date">(1913)</span> <span class="copies note">527 copies</span><span class="reviews note">, 6 reviews</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/2590164" data-workid="2590164" data-title="A-Basic-History-of-the-United-States" class="" >A Basic History of the United States</a> <span class="date">(1944)</span> <span class="copies note">266 copies</span><span class="reviews note">, 2 reviews</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/3603" data-workid="3603" data-title="The-rise-of-American-civilization" class="" >The rise of American civilization</a> <span class="date">(1939)</span> <span class="copies note">183 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/320316" data-workid="320316" data-title="History-of-the-United-States" class="" >History of the United States</a> <span class="date">(1921)</span> <span class="copies note">146 copies</span><span class="reviews note">, 1 review</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/96103" data-workid="96103" data-title="New-basic-history-of-the-United-States" class="" >New basic history of the United States</a> <span class="date">(1960)</span> <span class="copies note">141 copies</span><span class="reviews note">, 1 review</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/727256" data-workid="727256" data-title="Charles-A-Beards-The-presidents-in-American-history" class="" >Charles A. Beard's The presidents in American history</a> <span class="date">(1969)</span> <span class="copies note">106 copies</span><span class="reviews note">, 1 review</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/1032920" data-workid="1032920" data-title="America-in-Midpassage-Volumes-1-and-2" class="" >America in Midpassage: Volumes 1 and 2</a> <span class="date">(1939)</span> <span class="copies note">76 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/295805" data-workid="295805" data-title="The-Republic" class="" >The Republic</a> <span class="date">(1943)</span> <span class="copies note">73 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/717249" data-workid="717249" data-title="President-Roosevelt-and-the-Coming-of-the-War-1941-Appearances-and-Realities" class="" >President Roosevelt and the Coming of the War, 1941: Appearances and Realities</a> <span class="date">(1968)</span> <span class="copies note">56 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/2121003" data-workid="2121003" data-title="The-Economic-Basis-of-Politics" class="" >The Economic Basis of Politics</a> <span class="date">(1945)</span> <span class="copies note">54 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/1178271" data-workid="1178271" data-title="Whither-Mankind" class="" >Whither Mankind</a> <span class="date">(1928)</span> — Editor — <span class="copies note">45 copies</span><span class="reviews note">, 2 reviews</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/2141119" data-workid="2141119" data-title="Economic-origins-of-Jeffersonian-democracy" class="" >Economic origins of Jeffersonian democracy</a> <span class="date">(2006)</span> <span class="copies note">44 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/2205311" data-workid="2205311" data-title="The-history-of-the-American-people" class="" >The history of the American people</a> <span class="date">(2008)</span> <span class="copies note">34 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/712819" data-workid="712819" data-title="The-Supreme-Court-and-the-Constitution" class="" >The Supreme Court and the Constitution</a> <span class="date">(1999)</span> <span class="copies note">29 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/339996" data-workid="339996" data-title="American-Government-and-Politics" class="" >American Government and Politics</a> <span class="date">(1910)</span> <span class="copies note">22 copies</span></div><div id="u_0d3d717d" class="rolldown" data-action="slide" data-more="show more" data-less="show less" data-all="show all 68" ><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/3315821" data-workid="3315821" data-title="America-in-Midpassage-Volume-II" class="" >America in Midpassage: Volume II</a> <span class="date">(1939)</span> <span class="copies note">17 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/3315812" data-workid="3315812" data-title="America-in-Midpassage-Volume-I" class="" >America in Midpassage: Volume I</a> <span class="date">(1939)</span> <span class="copies note">17 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/6959615" data-workid="6959615" data-title="The-American-Spirit-A-Study-of-the-Idea-of-Civilization-in-the-United-States" class="" >The American Spirit: A Study of the Idea of Civilization in the United States</a> <span class="date">(1942)</span> <span class="copies note">15 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/1217899" data-workid="1217899" data-title="The-American-Leviathan-The-Republic-in-the-Machine-Age" class="" >The American Leviathan: The Republic in the Machine Age</a> <span class="date">(1930)</span> <span class="copies note">14 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/11350442" data-workid="11350442" data-title="The-Rise-of-American-Civilization-Vol-2-The-Industrial-Era" class="" >The Rise of American Civilization. Vol. 2: The Industrial Era</a> <span class="date">(2005)</span> <span class="copies note">13 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/1190041" data-workid="1190041" data-title="The-open-door-at-home-A-trial-philosophy-of-national-interest" class="" >The open door at home: A trial philosophy of national interest</a> <span class="date">(1972)</span> <span class="copies note">12 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/2590173" data-workid="2590173" data-title="The-Making-of-American-Civilization" class="" >The Making of American Civilization</a> <span class="date">(1937)</span> <span class="copies note">12 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/25876030" data-workid="25876030" data-title="Readings-in-European-History-Volume-II" class="" >Readings in European History: Volume II</a> <span class="date">(2015)</span> <span class="copies note">11 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/9055196" data-workid="9055196" data-title="American-foreign-policy-in-the-making-1932-1940-a-study-in-responsibilities" class="" >American foreign policy in the making, 1932-1940; a study in responsibilities</a> <span class="date">(1968)</span> <span class="copies note">11 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/11371889" data-workid="11371889" data-title="The-Rise-of-American-Civilization-Vol-I-The-Agricultural-Era" class="" >The Rise of American Civilization, Vol. I: The Agricultural Era</a> <span class="date">(1941)</span> <span class="copies note">11 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/5137072" data-workid="5137072" data-title="The-future-comes-a-study-of-the-New-Deal" class="" >The future comes; a study of the New Deal</a> <span class="date">(1972)</span> <span class="copies note">9 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/2846222" data-workid="2846222" data-title="The-Enduring-Federalist" class="" >The Enduring Federalist</a> <span class="date">(1986)</span> <span class="copies note">9 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/12731247" data-workid="12731247" data-title="Contemporary-American-history-1877-1913" class="" >Contemporary American history, 1877-1913</a> <span class="date">(1971)</span> <span class="copies note">8 copies</span><span class="reviews note">, 1 review</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/14387464" data-workid="14387464" data-title="The-industrial-revolution" class="" >The industrial revolution</a> <span class="date">(1901)</span> <span class="copies note">7 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/10882824" data-workid="10882824" data-title="Our-Own-Age-History-of-Civilization" class="" >Our Own Age History of Civilization</a> <span class="date">(2017)</span> <span class="copies note">7 copies</span><span class="reviews note">, 1 review</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/4969672" data-workid="4969672" data-title="American-Citizenship" class="" >American Citizenship</a> <span class="date">(2016)</span> <span class="copies note">6 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/7545811" data-workid="7545811" data-title="Jefferson-corporations-and-the-Constitution" class="" >Jefferson, corporations and the Constitution</a> <span class="date">(1936)</span> <span class="copies note">6 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/8876830" data-workid="8876830" data-title="The-Idea-of-National-Interest" class="" >The Idea of National Interest</a> <span class="date">(1977)</span> <span class="copies note">5 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/4128751" data-workid="4128751" data-title="The-Development-of-Modern-Europe-Volume-I" class="" >The Development of Modern Europe Volume I</a> <span class="date">(2016)</span> <span class="copies note">5 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/18779138" data-workid="18779138" data-title="The-History-of-the-United-States-Part-II-Conflict-and-Independence" class="" >The History of the United States: Part II, Conflict and Independence</a> <span class="copies note">4 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/1046290" data-workid="1046290" data-title="The-Balkan-pivot-Yugoslavia-a-study-in-governme" class="" >The Balkan pivot: Yugoslavia : a study in governme</a> <span class="date">(1929)</span> <span class="copies note">4 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/6959624" data-workid="6959624" data-title="Toward-Civilization" class="" >Toward Civilization</a> <span class="date">(1930)</span> <span class="copies note">3 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/16968975" data-workid="16968975" data-title="The-History-of-the-United-States-Part-I-The-Colonial-Period" class="" >The History of the United States: Part I, The Colonial Period</a> <span class="date">(2015)</span> <span class="copies note">3 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/6014502" data-workid="6014502" data-title="The-Lincoln-of-Carl-Sandburg" class="" >The Lincoln of Carl Sandburg</a> <span class="copies note">2 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/6504173" data-workid="6504173" data-title="GIDDY-MINDS-and-FOREIGN-QUARRELS" class="" >GIDDY MINDS and FOREIGN QUARRELS</a> <span class="date">(2017)</span> <span class="copies note">2 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/5137083" data-workid="5137083" data-title="The-Old-Deal-and-the-New" class="" >The Old Deal and the New</a> <span class="date">(1940)</span> <span class="copies note">2 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/3918850" data-workid="3918850" data-title="An-introduction-to-the-English-historians" class="" >An introduction to the English historians</a> <span class="date">(2007)</span> <span class="copies note">2 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/8276863" data-workid="8276863" data-title="A-foreign-policy-for-America" class="" >A foreign policy for America</a> <span class="copies note">2 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/18747549" data-workid="18747549" data-title="An-Economic-Interpretation-of-The-Constitution-of-The-United-States-The-History-Of-The-United-States" class="" >An Economic Interpretation of The Constitution of The United States & The History Of The United States</a> <span class="date">(2015)</span> <span class="copies note">2 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/16057323" data-workid="16057323" data-title="A-Charter-For-The-Social-Sciences-In-The-Schools" class="" >A Charter For The Social Sciences In The Schools</a> <span class="date">(2008)</span> <span class="copies note">2 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/18779137" data-workid="18779137" data-title="History-Of-The-United-States-Volume-3-Foundation-of-the-Union-and-National-Politics" class="" >History Of The United States - Volume 3: Foundation of the Union and National Politics</a> <span class="copies note">2 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/15123393" data-workid="15123393" data-title="A-Century-of-Progress" class="" >A Century of Progress</a> <span class="date">(1932)</span> <span class="copies note">2 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/14387470" data-workid="14387470" data-title="The-devil-theory-of-war-An-inquiry-into-the-nature-of-history-and-the-possibility-of-keeping-out-of-war" class="" >The devil theory of war;: An inquiry into the nature of history and the possibility of keeping out of war,</a> <span class="date">(1969)</span> <span class="copies note">2 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/22251475" data-workid="22251475" data-title="That-Noble-Dream" class="" >That Noble Dream</a> <span class="copies note">2 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/21629458" data-workid="21629458" data-title="History-of-the-United-States-Vol-1-7-From-the-Colonial-Period-to-World-War-I-The-Great-Migration-The-American-Revolution-Civil-War%E2%80%A6" class="" >History of the United States (Vol. 1-7): From the Colonial Period to World War I (The Great Migration, The American…</a> <span class="date">(2018)</span> <span class="copies note">2 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/19367733" data-workid="19367733" data-title="Our-Old-World-Background" class="" >Our Old World Background</a> <span class="date">(2016)</span> <span class="copies note">2 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/28216577" data-workid="28216577" data-title="American-city-government" class="" >American city government</a> <span class="date">(1974)</span> <span class="copies note">1 copy</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/12106977" data-workid="12106977" data-title="The-discussion-of-human-affairs-An-inquiry-into-the-nature-of-the-statements-assertions-allegations-claims-heats-tempers-distempers-dogmas-and-reason-into-processes-of-discussion" class="" >The discussion of human affairs;: An inquiry into the nature of the statements, assertions, allegations, claims, heats,…</a> <span class="date">(1936)</span> <span class="copies note">1 copy</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/6997766" data-workid="6997766" data-title="Cross-Currents-in-Europe-To-Day" class="" >Cross Currents in Europe To-Day</a> <span class="date">(2008)</span> <span class="copies note">1 copy</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/28321040" data-workid="28321040" data-title="The-Nature-of-the-Social-Sciences-in-Relation-to-Objectives-of-Instruction" class="" >The Nature of the Social Sciences in Relation to Objectives of Instruction</a> <span class="date">(1934)</span> <span class="copies note">1 copy</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/6316262" data-workid="6316262" data-title="The-myth-of-rugged-American-individualism-The-John-Day-pamphlets" class="" >The myth of rugged American individualism, (The John Day pamphlets)</a> <span class="copies note">1 copy</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/32726470" data-workid="32726470" data-title="FUNDAMENTOS-ECON%C3%93MICOS-DE-LA-POL%C3%8DTICA" class="" >FUNDAMENTOS ECONÓMICOS DE LA POLÍTICA</a> <span class="copies note">1 copy</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/31774107" data-workid="31774107" data-title="The-Presidents-In-American-History" class="" >The President's In American History</a> <span class="copies note">1 copy</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/32176647" data-workid="32176647" data-title="THE-PRESIDENTS-IN-AMERICAN-HISTORY-CHARLES-A-BEARD-Julian-Messner-HC-1935-1981-%5BHardcover%5D-Charles-A-Beard" class="" >THE PRESIDENTS IN AMERICAN HISTORY CHARLES A BEARD Julian Messner HC 1935 1981 [Hardcover] Charles A. Beard</a> <span class="copies note">1 copy</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/31035005" data-workid="31035005" data-title="MR-PRESIDENT-THE-PRESDENTS-IN-AMERICAN-HISTORY-1789-1980" class="" >MR. PRESIDENT THE PRESDENTS IN AMERICAN HISTORY 1789 - 1980</a> <span class="copies note">1 copy</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/30983504" data-workid="30983504" data-title="The-American-party-battle" class="" >The American party battle</a> <span class="copies note">1 copy</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/26951740" data-workid="26951740" data-title="The-Essential-Charles-A-Beard-Collection-an-Economic-Interpretation-of-the-Constitution-of-the-United-States-the-History-of-the-United-States" class="" >The Essential Charles A. Beard Collection: an Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States & the…</a> <span class="copies note">1 copy</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/26505167" data-workid="26505167" data-title="American-historical-association-Report-of-the-commission-on-the-social-studies-part-1-A-charter-for-the-social-sciences-in-the-schools" class="" >American historical association, Report of the commission on the social studies, part 1: A charter for the social…</a> <span class="date">(2015)</span> <span class="copies note">1 copy</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/22251478" data-workid="22251478" data-title="The-New-Republic-A-Statement-by-Charles-A-Beard" class="" >The New Republic: A Statement by Charles A. Beard</a> <span class="copies note">1 copy</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/14124290" data-workid="14124290" data-title="Elementary-world-history-a-revised-and-simplified-edition-of-Our-old-world-background" class="" >Elementary world history : a revised and simplified edition of Our old world background.</a> <span class="date">(1932)</span> <span class="copies note">1 copy</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/9575261" data-workid="9575261" data-title="READINGS-IN-AMERICAN-GOVERNMENT-AND-POLITICS" class="" >READINGS IN AMERICAN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS</a> <span class="copies note">1 copy</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/8911392" data-workid="8911392" data-title="A-First-Book-in-American-History-Revised-Edition" class="" >A First Book in American History, Revised Edition</a> <span class="copies note">1 copy</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/14113468" data-workid="14113468" data-title="The-Navy-Defense-or-Portent" class="" >The Navy: Defense or Portent</a> <span class="date">(1932)</span> <span class="copies note">1 copy</span></div></div></div></div><div class="flex_center"><a value="Work Explorer " value="Work Explorer " class="func_lt2_display_ui lt2button btn btn_rollover_primary btn-lozenge extra_top_space_half btn-sm btn-default" type="button" role="button" href="/author/beardcharlesa/workexplorer" ><span class="btntxt">Work Explorer <i class="fa-solid fa-angle-right"></i></span></a></div></span></section><section class="w_a_section" id="section_alsoby" ><h2 class="lt_turndown" id="u_1875" data-caret-id="tdc_u_1875" data-hidden-id="tdh_u_f8c1" data-visible="1" onclick="lt.newauthor.saveSticky("alsoby", event);;lt.turndown_toggle(this, event);" href="javascript:void(0);" data-duration="200" data-name="alsoby" data-group="worksections" ><i class="fa-solid fa-chevron-up turndown_indicator" id="tdc_u_1875" data-turndown-style="chevron" ></i>Associated Works</h2><span id="tdh_u_f8c1" ><a 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href="/commonknowledge/search.php?f=18&exact=1&type=2&q=USA" data-fieldtype="18" class="" >USA</a></dd><dt>Birthplace</dt><dd><a target="_top" href="/place/Knightstown, Indiana, USA" data-fieldtype="44" class="" >Knightstown, Indiana, USA</a></dd><dt>Place of death</dt><dd><a target="_top" href="/commonknowledge/search.php?f=45&exact=1&type=2&q=New Milford, Connecticut, USA" data-fieldtype="45" class="" >New Milford, Connecticut, USA</a></dd><dt>Places of residence</dt><dd><a target="_top" href="/place/New York, New York, USA" data-fieldtype="6" class="" >New York, New York, USA</a><br><a target="_top" href="/place/Tryon, North Carolina, USA" data-fieldtype="6" class="" >Tryon, North Carolina, USA</a></dd><dt>Education</dt><dd><a target="_top" href="/commonknowledge/search.php?f=9&exact=1&type=2&q=DePauw University" data-fieldtype="9" class="" >DePauw University (BA|1898)</a><br><a target="_top" href="/commonknowledge/search.php?f=9&exact=1&type=2&q=University of Oxford" data-fieldtype="9" class="" >University of Oxford</a><br><a target="_top" href="/commonknowledge/search.php?f=9&exact=1&type=2&q=Columbia University" data-fieldtype="9" class="" >Columbia University (Ph.D|1904)</a></dd><dt>Occupations</dt><dd><a target="_top" href="/commonknowledge/search.php?f=17&exact=1&type=2&q=historian" data-fieldtype="17" class="" >historian</a><br><a target="_top" href="/commonknowledge/search.php?f=17&exact=1&type=2&q=professor" data-fieldtype="17" class="" >professor</a></dd><dt>Relationships</dt><dd><a target="_top" href="/author/beardmaryritter" data-fieldtype="33" class="" >Beard, Mary Ritter (wife)</a><br><a target="_top" href="/author/beardmiriam" data-fieldtype="33" class="" >Beard, Miriam (daughter)</a><br><a target="_top" href="/author/vagtsdetlev" data-fieldtype="33" class="" >Vagts, Detlev (grandson)</a></dd><dt>Organizations</dt><dd><a target="_top" href="/commonknowledge/search.php?f=10&exact=1&type=2&q=Columbia University" data-fieldtype="10" class="" >Columbia University</a><br><a target="_top" href="/commonknowledge/search.php?f=10&exact=1&type=2&q=The New School for Social Research" data-fieldtype="10" class="" >The New School for Social Research (co-founder)</a><br><a target="_top" href="/commonknowledge/search.php?f=10&exact=1&type=2&q=American Historical Association" data-fieldtype="10" class="" >American Historical Association (president | 1933)</a><br><a target="_top" href="/commonknowledge/search.php?f=10&exact=1&type=2&q=American Political Science Association" data-fieldtype="10" class="" >American Political Science Association (president | 1926)</a></dd><dt>Awards and honors</dt><dd><a target="_top" href="/search.php?searchtype=awards&search=American Academy of Arts and Letters" data-fieldtype="4" class="" >American Academy of Arts and Letters (Literature ∙ 1939)</a><br><a target="_top" href="/search.php?searchtype=awards&search=American Philosophical Society" data-fieldtype="4" class="" >American Philosophical Society (1936)</a></dd><dt>Disambiguation notice</dt><dd><div class="clamp clamp3">Please do <i><b>NOT</b></i> combine this page with any of the various "Charles and Mary Beard" pages (or Charles Beard and anyone else). Single authors should <i>never</i> be combined with multiple authors. 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Beard</a></div></div><div class="showmore" id="u_a942cdb9" >Charles Beard thought that an adequate US History book was needed for high school students. So being a historian he wrote one. It was published in 1921 and ends with the 1920 election. While is was intended to be a high school text it would be a good thing to read for most adults in this county. Beard covered the social and economic develop of the United States from it's colonial beginnings. He did not focus on the details of battles and wars as some histories do. If I was to find a fault <u class="showmore_hide">it would be the light way he passed over some injustices and discrimination that today we find unacceptable. Though he did give the vote for women and the loss of voting rights for blacks in the South good coverage. Beard's writing about the abuses of power and position by the wealthy in the 19th century sound very contemporary. I am glad I read Beard's HIstory of the United States and I recommend it highly. It can be found for free as an e-book on Gutenberg Project and Amazon.</u><span class="showmore_showlink">… (<a href="#" onclick="showMore('u_a942cdb9');">more</a>)</span></div class="" ><span id="rate-u_d710ba13" title="4 Stars" aria-title="4 Stars" class="rating rating-style-306 " data-fn="ratingWidget_fromSettingsA" ><span class="rw"><input type="hidden" value="8" name="form_rating" id="form_rating"/></span><i data-rating_value="2" class="fas fa-star selected" ></i><i data-rating_value="4" class="fas fa-star selected" ></i><i data-rating_value="6" class="fas fa-star selected" ></i><i data-rating_value="7" class="fas fa-star selected" ></i><i data-rating_value="10" class=" fas fa-star empty" ></i></span></div><div id="rfd_211900291" class="reviewFlagDialogBox"></div><div class="commentFooter"><span class="reviewMods"><span class="reviewVoteInfo"><span class="reviewVoteCount" id="rvc_211900291"> </span> </span><span class="reviewFlags"><div id="reviewflags_given_211900291" class="reviewflags_given hideme">Flagged<span id="rfi1_211900291" class="hideme" > <i title="Flagged as not a review" class="fas fa-flag-alt reviewflags_notreview"></i></span><span id="rfi2_211900291" class="hideme" > <i title="Flagged as abuse" class="fas fa-flag-alt reviewflags_abuse"></i></span></span></div><span id="rfrf_211900291"> </span></span></span> <span class="controlItems ci3"><a href="/profile/MMc009" target="_top">MMc009</a> | Jan 30, 2022 | <a href="/review/211900291"><i class="fas fa-link"></i></a></span> </div></div></div><div class="bookReview"><div class="bookReview_content"><div id="brtext_211899931" class="commentText brslop"><div class="brev_cover"><a href="/work/12731247" data-workid="12731247" data-title="Contemporary-American-History-1877-1913" class="" ><img src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/1177592576.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" srcset="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/1177592576.01._SX200_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 2x, https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/1177592576.01._SX300_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 3x" class="bookReview_cover cover" /></a></div><div class="commentHeader"><div class="postinfo"><a href="/work/12731247" data-workid="12731247" data-title="Contemporary-American-History-1877-1913" class="" >Contemporary American History, 1877-1913</a> by <a href="/author/beardcharlesaustin">Charles Austin Beard</a></div></div><div class="showmore" id="u_3d9b41cd" >Charles Beard was mentioned on The Writers Almanac on NPR on 11-27-2013. I am reading it and it is really making me mad. Contemporary is right! The first chapter is about how the blacks and poor whites were disenfranchised in the South after Reconstruction. It sound so much like the voter suppression of today. Next chapter is about the railroads and other industrialists who got millions of public assets for them selves. Including millions of acres of public land granted to them by their <u class="showmore_hide">cronies in Congress. Again so much like right now. <br></u><span class="showmore_showlink">… (<a href="#" onclick="showMore('u_3d9b41cd');">more</a>)</span></div class="" ><span id="rate-u_698498e8" title="5 Stars" aria-title="5 Stars" class="rating rating-style-306 " data-fn="ratingWidget_fromSettingsA" ><span class="rw"><input type="hidden" value="10" name="form_rating" id="form_rating"/></span><i data-rating_value="2" class="fas fa-star selected" ></i><i data-rating_value="4" class="fas fa-star selected" ></i><i data-rating_value="6" class="fas fa-star selected" ></i><i data-rating_value="8" class="fas fa-star selected" ></i><i data-rating_value="9" class="fas fa-star selected" ></i></span></div><div id="rfd_211899931" class="reviewFlagDialogBox"></div><div class="commentFooter"><span class="reviewMods"><span class="reviewVoteInfo"><span class="reviewVoteCount" id="rvc_211899931"> </span> </span><span class="reviewFlags"><div id="reviewflags_given_211899931" class="reviewflags_given hideme">Flagged<span id="rfi1_211899931" class="hideme" > <i title="Flagged as not a review" class="fas fa-flag-alt reviewflags_notreview"></i></span><span id="rfi2_211899931" class="hideme" > <i title="Flagged as abuse" class="fas fa-flag-alt reviewflags_abuse"></i></span></span></div><span id="rfrf_211899931"> </span></span></span> <span class="controlItems ci3"><a href="/profile/MMc009" target="_top">MMc009</a> | Jan 30, 2022 | <a href="/review/211899931"><i class="fas fa-link"></i></a></span> </div></div></div><div class="bookReview"><div class="bookReview_content"><div id="brtext_196988704" class="commentText brslop"><div class="brev_cover"><a href="/work/13180" data-workid="13180" data-title="An-Economic-Interpretation-of-the-Constitution-of-the-United-States" class="" ><img src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0029024803.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" srcset="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0029024803.01._SX200_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 2x, https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0029024803.01._SX300_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 3x" class="bookReview_cover cover" /></a></div><div class="commentHeader"><div class="postinfo"><a href="/work/13180" data-workid="13180" data-title="An-Economic-Interpretation-of-the-Constitution-of-the-United-States" class="" >An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of…</a> by <a href="/author/beardcharlesa">Charles A. Beard</a></div></div><div class="showmore" id="u_a135f46e" >My rating is probably partially the result of the fact that the copy I read, the Kindle eBook copy, was horribly formatted. It was a straight-up scan, with footnotes mixed directly into the text and no spacing between chapter titles, subsections and the text itself. It was very difficult to read, on top of the material itself just being terribly dry and horribly organized. The author addressed different topics in a list format, turning entire chapters into something akin to encyclopedia <u class="showmore_hide">entries. He would have been better off addressing each state in turn, in a flowing, linear narrative.<br><br>As for what he proposes, it's very interesting and it's a take on American history that I haven't seen before, not that I'm particularly well read in American history. Every course I've taken up to now has been on Middle Eastern and South Asian history. It is very unfortunate that my first intro to college level American history is a graduate historiography course. That being said, I can't tell if his arguments are valid or not, but from the information he presents, it's certainly something worth looking into more, and something that probably has been addressed by later authors. I would not recommend this as a starter book on American constitutional history though.</u><span class="showmore_showlink">… (<a href="#" onclick="showMore('u_a135f46e');">more</a>)</span></div class="" ><span id="rate-u_f2168295" title="2 Stars" aria-title="2 Stars" class="rating rating-style-306 " data-fn="ratingWidget_fromSettingsA" ><span class="rw"><input type="hidden" value="4" name="form_rating" id="form_rating"/></span><i data-rating_value="2" class="fas fa-star selected" ></i><i data-rating_value="3" class="fas fa-star selected" ></i><i data-rating_value="6" class=" fas fa-star empty" ></i><i data-rating_value="8" class=" fas fa-star empty" ></i><i data-rating_value="10" class=" fas fa-star empty" ></i></span></div><div id="rfd_196988704" class="reviewFlagDialogBox"></div><div class="commentFooter"><span class="reviewMods"><span class="reviewVoteInfo"><span class="reviewVoteCount" id="rvc_196988704"> </span> </span><span class="reviewFlags"><div id="reviewflags_given_196988704" class="reviewflags_given hideme">Flagged<span id="rfi1_196988704" class="hideme" > <i title="Flagged as not a review" class="fas fa-flag-alt reviewflags_notreview"></i></span><span id="rfi2_196988704" class="hideme" > <i title="Flagged as abuse" class="fas fa-flag-alt reviewflags_abuse"></i></span></span></div><span id="rfrf_196988704"> </span></span></span> <span class="controlItems ci3"><a href="/profile/SGTCat" target="_top">SGTCat</a> | <a href="/work/13180/reviews" data-workid="13180" data-title="An-Economic-Interpretation-of-the-Constitution-of-the-United-States" class="" >5 other reviews</a> | Feb 25, 2021 | <a href="/review/196988704"><i class="fas fa-link"></i></a></span> </div></div></div><div class="bookReview"><div class="bookReview_content"><div id="brtext_118028620" class="commentText brslop"><div class="brev_cover"><a href="/work/96103" data-workid="96103" data-title="The-Beards-NEW-BASIC-HISTORY-OF-THE-UNITED-STATES" class="" ><img src="https://pics.cdn.librarything.com/picsizes/61/75/61754fb9f843bf55932726f5351426b41414141_v5.jpg" srcset="https://pics.cdn.librarything.com/picsizes/83/47/8347cfcd0a9e6105932726f5351444941414141_v5.jpg 2x, https://pics.cdn.librarything.com/picsizes/d5/01/d501d9dd24b58ab5932726f5351417341514141_v5.jpg 3x" class="bookReview_cover cover" /></a></div><div class="commentHeader"><div class="postinfo"><a href="/work/96103" data-workid="96103" data-title="The-Beards-NEW-BASIC-HISTORY-OF-THE-UNITED-STATES" class="" >The Beards' NEW BASIC HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES.</a> by <a href="/author/beardcharlesamaryrwi">Charles A. & Mary R. & William Beard</a></div></div><div class="showmore" id="u_6e19abd7" >The history is mostly good, inasmuch as there are no overaggressive moral claims as our current crop of historians feel obliged to place in their work. It is strictly fact based, and it provides a range of facts far exceeding that presented in most works of history, in large part because the Beards were early adherents of the study of the material influences on political and social development. In that sense it is more comprehensive--and more instructive--than any of the variety of textbooks <u class="showmore_hide">we now use to teach high school students.<br><br>However--while there are no overaggressive moral claims in the work, there are moral claims hidden in the telling, and they are hidden in such a way as to make it easy to overlook their presence. This I have a problem with, because it is a way of distorting history that is very subtle. So, for instance, the figure of John C. Calhoun is discussed as a War Hawk senator and later the most aggressive of the Southern congressmen, but in their discussion of the Nullification Crisis of 1832 the Beards never mention his name, and they never mention his work as Vice President, in which office, largely because of the Nullification Crisis, he was one of the three most important occupants in our history, along with Thomas Jefferson and Richard Nixon. When discussing the literary output of the antebellum period, they give short shrift to the Disquisition on Government, and they do not mention the phrase 'concurrent majority' which is Calhoun's major idea. Instead it seems they give more credence to advances in surgery at the time, ignoring the fact that this was a period that did not know germ theory and whose advances, in light of the rate of surgical failure during the Civil War, can only be considered as minimal. In the same vein, the name of Henry David Thoreau does not appear--as though, in the literary advances of the antebellum period, neither Walden nor Civil Disobedience was of any importance.<br><br>In essence one has to be very careful reading this book, because the omissions are overwhelming, especially as regards the South. The name of Stonewall Jackson does not appear, despite the fact that he is one of the greatest of all American generals and his military strategy remains a subject of study. Regardless of whether you agree with the Confederate ideal, it seems to me almost impossible to discuss the Civil War and not mention Stonewall Jackson, whose death changes the course of it, if not necessarily the outcome. The same is true of J.E.B. Stuart, one of the great heroes, albeit in a losing cause, of American history. Ditto for John Randolph of Roanoke, one of the great politicians of the early Republic and an important influence on Southern conservatism, which was then and remains now an enormously influential trend in American politics.<br><br>The book takes for granted the role of the federal government and does not present in a serious manner the serious concept of 'states' rights' which Henry Adams, himself no states' rights proponent, called 'a sound and true doctrine.' And this to me is problematic. It takes the Hobbesian model of a Leviathan, growing at its subjects' expense, as the model of United States government--and it uses the Constitution as its justification for so doing. In that sense it parallels Richard Hofstadter's claim in The American Political Tradition and the Men Who Made It that the Constitution was created with Hobbes and Calvin as its primary intellectual progenitors.<br><br>According to Hobbes civil society is an implementation of God's will and when men join into it, the act of rebellion becomes theologically and morally wrong under any pretexts whatsoever. And in that line of thinking also comes Calvin, who says that men get the government they deserve, and if they get tyranny they must passively bear with it, as it is God's preordained wish for them to have it.<br><br>On the surface of it the attribution of intellectual debt from the Constitution to Hobbes and Calvin is a contradiction in terms. Under Hobbes' philosophical model there is no need for a Constitution, and the very act of writing one is most likely a dangerous evil. Under Calvin's model a Constitution is merely a waste of time and energy, since no human construction matters and only the will of God will prevail.<br><br>So, long story made long, I recommend this book with extreme caution, as a student both of political theory and of American History. It is better than much of what has been written, especially in its emphasis on the material foundations of American political and social development, but it is extremely problematic in several respects, all of which deserve to be noticed.</u><span class="showmore_showlink">… (<a href="#" onclick="showMore('u_6e19abd7');">more</a>)</span></div class="" ><span id="rate-u_be6803f6" title="3 Stars" aria-title="3 Stars" class="rating rating-style-306 " data-fn="ratingWidget_fromSettingsA" ><span class="rw"><input type="hidden" value="6" name="form_rating" id="form_rating"/></span><i data-rating_value="2" class="fas fa-star selected" ></i><i data-rating_value="4" class="fas fa-star selected" ></i><i data-rating_value="5" class="fas fa-star selected" ></i><i data-rating_value="8" class=" fas fa-star empty" ></i><i data-rating_value="10" class=" fas fa-star empty" ></i></span></div><div id="rfd_118028620" class="reviewFlagDialogBox"></div><div class="commentFooter"><span class="reviewMods"><span class="reviewVoteInfo"><span class="reviewVoteCount" id="rvc_118028620"> </span> </span><span class="reviewFlags"><div id="reviewflags_given_118028620" class="reviewflags_given hideme">Flagged<span id="rfi1_118028620" class="hideme" > <i title="Flagged as not a review" class="fas fa-flag-alt reviewflags_notreview"></i></span><span id="rfi2_118028620" class="hideme" > <i title="Flagged as abuse" class="fas fa-flag-alt reviewflags_abuse"></i></span></span></div><span id="rfrf_118028620"> </span></span></span> <span class="controlItems ci3"><a href="/profile/jrgoetziii" target="_top">jrgoetziii</a> | Apr 27, 2015 | <a href="/review/118028620"><i class="fas fa-link"></i></a></span> </div></div></div></div><div class="flex_center"><a value="See More Reviews " value="See More Reviews " class="func_lt2_display_ui lt2button btn btn_rollover_primary btn-lozenge extra_top_space_half btn-sm btn-default" type="button" role="button" href="/author/beardcharlesa/reviews" ><span class="btntxt">See More Reviews <i class="fa-solid fa-angle-right"></i></span></a></div></span></section><section class="w_a_section" id="section_lists" ><h2 class="lt_turndown" id="u_45cf" data-caret-id="tdc_u_45cf" data-hidden-id="tdh_u_8d74" data-visible="1" onclick="lt.newauthor.saveSticky("lists", event);;lt.turndown_toggle(this, event);" href="javascript:void(0);" data-duration="200" data-name="lists" data-group="worksections" ><i class="fa-solid fa-chevron-up turndown_indicator" id="tdc_u_45cf" data-turndown-style="chevron" ></i>Lists</h2><span id="tdh_u_8d74" ><a name="lists"></a><div class="section_controls"><div data-value="0" class="lt_pillbox lt_blend_nav small lt_small" ><a data-value="0" data-onclick="lt.newauthor.toggleListDisplay('beardcharlesa', 0)" role="button" class="selected" ><span class="ltp_txt">List</span></a class="" ><a data-value="1" data-onclick="lt.newauthor.toggleListDisplay('beardcharlesa', 1)" role="button" class="" ><span class="ltp_txt">Stacks</span></a class="" ></div class="" ></div><div id="u_2e9f01ea" class="lt_itemlist css_columns"><div class="ltil_item " ><a href="/list/11841/all/Best-Books-of-1926-1935">Best Books of 1926-1935</a> <span class="note">(3)</span></div><div class="ltil_item " ><a href="/list/11016/all/Trinity-College-Booklist-1951-Class-Four-History">Trinity College Booklist (1951): Class Four, History</a> <span class="note">(1)</span></div><div class="ltil_item " ><a href="/list/45369/all/Dan-Carlins-Supernova-in-the-East-Book-List">Dan Carlin's Supernova in the East Book List</a> <span class="note">(1)</span></div><div class="ltil_item " ><a href="/list/11058/all/Trinity-College-Booklist-1951-Class-Two-Social-and-Psychological-Scienc">Trinity College Booklist (1951): Class Two, Social and Psychological Scienc</a> <span class="note">(1)</span></div><div class="ltil_item " ><a href="/list/17355/all/Books-Read-in-2018">Books Read in 2018</a> <span class="note">(1)</span></div><div class="ltil_item " ><a href="/list/44071/all/Publishers-Weekly-NON-Fiction-list-1912-1975">Publisher's Weekly NON-Fiction list - 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