Best American History Essays 2008

The Organization of American Historiansis the largest learned society devoted to the study of American history. Since its founding in 1907, the OAH has promoted the study and teaching of the American past through its many activities. David Roediger(Editor)is the Kendrick C. Babcock Professor of History at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is the author of numerous books, includingOur Own Time: A History of American Labor and the Working Day(with Philip S. Foner),The Wages of Whiteness: Race and the Making of the American Working Class, andTowards the Abolition of Whiteness.Organization of American Historians is the author of 'Best American History Essays 2008', published 2008 under ISBN 9780230605916 and ISBN 0230605915.