Download or read book Out of Our Past written by Carl N. Degler and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 1983-12-20 with total page 676 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The original edition of this now classic work was hailed by Jacob Cohen in The Nation as "the finest one-volume interpretation of American history extant." For this Third Edition of Out of Our Past, Carl Degler has added a comprehensive new chapter on the historical development of American families, brought up to date the discussion of U.S. foreign policy, greatly expanded sections dealing with the place and history of women in our past, and made numerous changes throughout the text in light of scholarship published since the appearance of the 1970 Revised Edition.