Edward Channing

A Short History of the United States (Annotated) Edward Channing

Differentiated book- It has a historical context with research of the time-This book contains a historical context, which helps us understand this literary work. We must pay special attention to those events that especially influenced the world of culture and art and also to those events that were especially reflected in literature, in the life of its writer or that affected it. There are many examples in which historical events have shaped the content and forms of literature, as well as this has often been the best testimony to the importance of certain events throughout history. This context is formed by everything that, in some way, influences the event when it happens. A fact is always tied to its time: that is, to its period. Edward Perkins Channing (June 15, 1856 - January 7, 1931) was an American historian and author of a monumental history of the United States in six volumes, for which he won the 1926 Pulitzer Prize for History. His exhaustive research in Printed sources and judicious judgments made the book a standard reference for academics for decades. Channing taught at Harvard between 1883 and 1929 and trained many doctors who became professors at major universities. Edward Channing was born in Dorchester, Massachusetts, the fifth son of Ellen Kilshaw Fuller (1820-1856), a sister of Margaret Fuller, and William Ellery Channing (1818-1901).