An Outline of American History is one of the oldest
continuing publications of the United States Information
Agency (USIA). The first edition (1949-50) was produced under
the editorship of Francis Whitney, first of the State
Department Office of International Information and later of
the U.S. Information Agency. Richard Hofstadter, professor of
history at Columbia University, and Wood Gray, professor of
American history at The George Washington University, served
as academic consultants. D. Steven Endsley of Berkeley,
California, prepared additional material. It has been updated
and revised extensively over the years by, among others,
Keith W. Olsen, professor of American history at the
University of Maryland, and Nathan Glick, writer and former
editor of the USIA journal, Dialogue. Alan Winkler, professor
of history at Miami University (Ohio), wrote the post-World
War II Chapters for the current edition, and the entire
volume has been extensively revised by the staff editors
listed here.
Editor: Howard Cincotta
Contributing Editors (alphabetical): Deborah M.S. Brown,
Stephen Burant, Michelle Green, Jeanne S. Holden, Richard
Marshall
Design: Barbara Morgan