# The Contours of American History

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- Book: [The Contours of American History](https://www.bookquiver.com/william-appleman-williams/the-contours-of-american-history) ([The Contours of American History.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/william-appleman-williams/the-contours-of-american-history.md))
- Authors: [William Appleman Williams](https://www.bookquiver.com/william-appleman-williams), [Greg Grandin](https://www.bookquiver.com/greg-grandin)
- Publisher: verso
- ISBN: 978-18-4467-774-0
- Pages: 560
- Published: 2011-10-01
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

William Appleman Williams was one of America’s greatest critics of US imperialism. The Contours of American History, first published in 1961, reached back to seventeenth-century British history to...