Audiobook: History of the United States, Volume 1

History of the United States, Vol. I: The Colonial Period by Charles Austin Beard (1874-1948) and Mary Ritter Beard (1876-1958) Charles Austin Beard was the most influential American historian of the early 20th century. He published hundreds of monographs, textbooks and interpretive studies in both history and political science. He graduated from DePauw University in 1898, where he met and eventually married Mary Ritter Beard, one of the founders of the first Greek-letter society for women, Kappa Alpha Theta. Many of his books were written in collaboration with his wife, whose own interests lay in feminism and the labor union movement (Woman as a Force in History, 1946).In 1921, Charles and Mary Beard published their History of the United States. A contemporaneous review stated: “The authors… assume enough maturity in high school students to justify a topical rather than a chronological treatment. They have dealt with movements, have sketched large backgrounds, have traced causes, and have discussed the interrelation of social and economic forces and politics. All this has been directed to the large purpose of helping the student to understand American today in all its national characteristics and as part of world civilization as well…The literary style is exceptionally clear and crisp, and the whole approach…is thought producing. As a textbook or handbook for the average citizen it ranks with very best.” (Summary by M.L. Cohen) * Gutenberg e-text * Wikipedia – Charles A. Beard * Wikipedia – Mary Ritter Beard * LibriVox’s History of the United States, Volume 1 Internet Archive page * Zip file of the entire book * RSS feed · Subscribe in iTunes * Link to Volume 2 Total running time: 2:43:53 mp3 and ogg files * 00 – Preface – 00:07:03 [mp3@64kbps - 3.3MB] [mp3@128kbps - 6.7MB] [ogg vorbis - 3.5MB] Read by: M.L. Cohen * 01 – The Great Migration to America/The Agencies of American Colonization – 00:11:39 [mp3@64kbps - 5.6MB] [mp3@128kbps - 11.2MB] [ogg vorbis - 7.0MB] Read by: JohnL * 02 – The Colonial Peoples – 00:11:15 [mp3@64kbps - 5.4MB] [mp3@128kbps - 10.8MB] [ogg vorbis - 5.9MB] Read by: Kara Shallenberg * 03 – The Process of Colonization – 00:12:03 [mp3@64kbps - 5.7MB] [mp3@128kbps - 11.5MB] [ogg vorbis - 5.4MB] Read by: ontheroad * 04 – Colonial Agriculture, Industry, and Commerce/The Land and the Westward Movement – 00:15:51 [mp3@64kbps - 7.6MB] [mp3@128kbps - 15.2MB] [ogg vorbis - 8.6MB] Read by: rachelellen * 05 – Industrial and Commercial Development – 00:18:52 [mp3@64kbps - 9.0MB] [mp3@128kbps - 18.1MB] [ogg vorbis - 14.5MB] Read by: Sibella Denton * 06 – Social and Political Progress/The Leadership of the Churches – 00:12:11 [mp3@64kbps - 5.8MB] [mp3@128kbps - 11.6MB] [ogg vorbis - 5.8MB] Read by: LeonMire * 07 – Schools and Colleges – 00:06:40 [mp3@64kbps - 3.2MB] [mp3@128kbps - 6.4MB] [ogg vorbis - 5.8MB] Read by: Sibella Denton * 08 – The Colonial Press – 00:07:07 [mp3@64kbps - 3.4MB] [mp3@128kbps - 6.8MB] [ogg vorbis - 3.6MB] Read by: Chris Chapman * 09 – The Evolution in Political Institutions – 00:13:59 [mp3@64kbps - 6.7MB] [mp3@128kbps - 13.4MB] [ogg vorbis - 10.9MB] Read by: Sibella Denton * 10 – The Development of Colonial Nationalism/Relations with the Indians and the French – 00:10:50 [mp3@64kbps - 5.2MB] [mp3@128kbps - 10.4MB] [ogg vorbis - 7.0MB] Read by: tipaew * 11 – The Effects of Warfare on the Colonies – 00:08:10 [mp3@64kbps - 3.9MB] [mp3@128kbps - 7.8MB] [ogg vorbis - 4.2MB] Read by: Kara Shallenberg * 12 – Colonial Relations with the British Government – 00:17:56 [mp3@64kbps - 8.6MB] [mp3@128kbps - 17.2MB] [ogg vorbis - 13.8MB] Read by: Sibella Denton * 13 – Summary of Colonial Period – 00:10:17 [mp3@64kbps - 4.9MB] [mp3@128kbps - 9.8MB] [ogg vorbis - 5.0MB] Read by: M.L. Cohen