Ben Wright

"I too am not a bit tamed-I too am untranslatable / I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world."-Walt Whitman, "Song of Myself," Leaves of Grass The American Yawp is a free, online, collaboratively built American history textbook. Over 300 historians joined together to create the book they wanted for their own students-an accessible, synthetic narrative that reflects the best of recent historical scholarship and provides a jumping-off point...

In an increasingly digital world in which pedagogical trends are de-emphasizing rote learning and professors are increasingly turning toward active-learning exercises, scholars are fleeing traditional textbooks. Yet for those that still yearn for the safe tether of a synthetic text, as either narrative backbone or occasional reference material, The American Yawp offers a free and online, collaboratively built, open American history textbook designed...

"Focusing on the parallels and intersections between late eighteenth century revolutionary textual dissemination and present-day methods in the digital humanities, this collection of essays evaluates the resonances between media and politics in the Age of Revolutions and our own digital era. Shifting technologies and communication strategies enabled both elites and the wider public to articulate and transform revolutionary ideologies and actions"