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    David E. Shi

    David Emory Shi?is president emeritus and professor emeritus at Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina. After receiving his PhD from the University of Virginia, he taught for seventeen years at Davidson College, where he won the Distinguished Teaching Award and served as History Department Chair. In addition to authoring the best-selling America: A Narrative History family of books, he is the author of several books focusing on American cultural history, including the award-winning?The Simple Life: Plain Living and High Thinking in American Culture?and?Facing Facts: Realism in American Thought and Culture, 1850–1920. While serving as a Trustee at several colleges, he remains highly engaged with students and instructors around the country with his many annual “author-in-residence” campus visits.

    David E. Shi

    David Emory Shi?is president emeritus and professor emeritus at Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina. After receiving his PhD from the University of Virginia, he taught for seventeen years at Davidson College, where he won the Distinguished Teaching Award and served as History Department Chair. In addition to authoring the best-selling America: A Narrative History family of books, he is the author of several books focusing on American cultural history, including the award-winning?The Simple Life: Plain Living and High Thinking in American Culture?and?Facing Facts: Realism in American Thought and Culture, 1850–1920. While serving as a Trustee at several colleges, he remains highly engaged with students and instructors around the country with his many annual “author-in-residence” campus visits.

    Books by David E. Shi

    • America: The Essential Learning Edition

      David E. Shi, Daina Ramey Berry, Joe Crespino, Amy Murrell Taylor

      Fourth Edition, Volume 2, Paperback, 2025

      A best-selling narrative history enters a new generation

    • For the Record: A Documentary History of America

      David E. Shi, Holly A. Mayer

      Ninth Edition, Volume 1, Paperback, 2025

      A documentary history filled with diverse voices and in-depth selections

    • For the Record: A Documentary History of America

      David E. Shi, Holly A. Mayer

      Ninth Edition, Volume 2, Paperback, 2025

      A documentary history filled with diverse voices and in-depth selections

    • America: A Narrative History

      David E. Shi, Daina Ramey Berry, Joe Crespino, Amy Murrell Taylor

      Thirteenth High School Edition, Paperback, 2025

      A best-selling narrative history enters a new generation

    • America: The Essential Learning Edition

      David E. Shi, Daina Ramey Berry, Joe Crespino, Amy Murrell Taylor

      Fourth High School Edition, Paperback, 2025

      The most engaging learning program for high school U.S. History

    • For the Record: A Documentary History of America

      David E. Shi, Holly A. Mayer

      Ninth Edition, Volume 1, E Book, 2025

      A documentary history filled with diverse voices and in-depth selections

    • For the Record: A Documentary History of America

      David E. Shi, Holly A. Mayer

      Ninth Edition, Volume 2, E Book, 2025

      A documentary history filled with diverse voices and in-depth selections

    • America: A Narrative History

      David E. Shi, Daina Ramey Berry, Joe Crespino, Amy Murrell Taylor

      Thirteenth Edition, Combined Volume, E Book, 2025

      A best-selling narrative history enters a new generation

    • America: A Narrative History

      David E. Shi, Daina Ramey Berry, Joe Crespino, Amy Murrell Taylor

      Thirteenth Edition, Volume 1, E Book, 2025

      A best-selling narrative history enters a new generation

    • America: A Narrative History

      David E. Shi, Daina Ramey Berry, Joe Crespino, Amy Murrell Taylor

      Thirteenth Edition, Volume 2, E Book, 2025

      A best-selling narrative history enters a new generation

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