American i^isitorical Hs>gociat(on SEVENTY-THIRD ANNUAL MEETING WASHINGTON, D. C. HEADQUARTERS; THE MAYFLOWER DECEMBER 28, 29, 30 Bring this program with you Extra copies SO cents Please be certain to visit the book exhibits Beveridge Award Publications for the American Historical Association The Axis Alliance ond Japanese-American Relations, 1941 By PAUL W. SCHROEDER WINNER of the 1956 Beveridge Award, this persuasive analysis of a con troversial chapter in American history deals with the role of the Tripartite Alliance in Japanese-American relations. Skillfully stressing the strong influence of public opinion, the author places responsibility for America's "too hard and rigid" policy not on the Administration and a party only, but on the whole nation. 254 pages, $4.50 British Inuestment and the American Mining Frontier, 1860-1901 By CLARK C. SPENCE Beveridge Award Honorable Mention for 1956 December, $4.50 Rails, Mines, and Progress: Seuen American Promoters in Mexico, 1867-1911 By DAVID M. PLETCHER DURING the years 1867-1911 Mexico went through an unprecedentedly rapid economic development in which the United States played a dominant part. This study, which won the 1957 Beveridge Award, examines the writ ings and careers of seven American promoters who carried capital and influence southward, and deals with their intentions, accomplishments, and failures. Six maps clarify the locale of their ventures. December, $5.50 A Frontier State at War: Kansas, 1861-1865 By ALBERT CASTEL Beveridge Award Honorable Mention for 1957 November, $4.50 Cornell Unioersity Press Ithaca, New York PROGRAM of the SEVENTY-THIRD ANNUAL MEETING of the Hmeritan ilisftorical Hsis^ociation December 28, 29, 30 1958 THE NAMES OF THE SOCIETIES MEETING WITHIN OR JOINTLY WITH THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION ARE LISTED ON PAGE 37 WAT.TPZR PRF.SCOTT WEBB Projcssor of History, University of Texas President of the American Historical Association The American Historical Association Officers President: Walter Prescott Webb, University of Texas Vice-President: Allan Nevins, Himtington Library Treasurer: Elmer I^ours Kayser, George Washington University Executive Secretary and Managing Editor: Boyd C. Shafer, 400 A St., S.E., Washington 3, D. C. Council Ex Officio, The President, Vice-President. Treasurer, Executive Secretary and Managing Editor Former Presidents Meri.e Curti, University of Wisconsin Guy Stanton Eord, 3133 Connecticut Ave., N.W., Washington, T). C. Sidney Bradshaw Eay, Harvard University Louis R. Gottsciialk, University of Chicago Carlton J. H. Hayes, Columbia University William L. Lancicr, Harvard University Kenneth Scott Latourette, Yale University Charles H. McIlwain, Harvard University Samuel Eliot Morison, Harvard University Dexter Perkins, Cornell University Conyers Read, University of Pennsylvania Arthur Meier Schlesincer, Harvard University Robert Livingston Schuyler, Columbia University I^YNN Ttiorndike, Columbia University Thomas Jefferson Weutenbaker, Princeton University Elected Members Carl BRinENBAucii, University of California Crane Brinton, Harvard University Mildred V. Campbeli,, Vassar College Walter Dorn, Columbia University James B. Hedges, Brown University W. Stull Holt, University of Washington Robert R, Palmer, Princeton University Stanley Pargellis, Newberry Idbrary Pacific Coast Branch Officers President: John CAi'Giri'.v, University of Cidifornia, T.os .'\ngeles Vice-President: Raymond Sont.vg, University of California, Berkeley Secretarv-Treasurer: John Sciiutz, Mdiittier College Planning and Arrangements, 1958 Meeting CoMMiTTicK OX Program Cliainiiaii: C. I'". Black, Princeton University (ii'.OKGi-: Baku Carson. Jr., Service Center for Teachers of Hi.storv How.kri) F. Clini-;, Hispanic Foundation, Idbrarv of Congress Hil.vrv Coxroy, University of Pennsylvania Art[1i;r a. I'.KiRCii, Jr., American University Im-j.ix Gilhf.kt, Bryn Alawr College Martix R. P. McGuikl, Catholic University of .America Hor.\cf. S. Mfrrill, University of Alaryland CoMMiTTEi-; ON Local Arrangfmfxts C liainiian: Ricii.vru C. H.cskictt, George \\hishington Univer.siU- I'RFDRK K A.\.\nAHL, 1 )e])artment of State D.win BR.xxDENi'.rRG, .American University John T. F.-xkricll, Catholic University W ri.i.iA.M Fox, Montgomery Junior College David Mill.vr, George Washington University General Information HEADQUARTERS : Mayflower Hotel, Connecticut Avenue and De Sales Street, N. W. Five hundred rooms are available at the headquarters hotel for members of the Association on the following rate scale; single rooms $7.oo-$8.oo, double-bed rooms $12.00, twin-bed rooms $i3.oo-$i4.oo, suites $23.oo-$25.oo. In addition, four hundred eighty-live rooms have been set aside for members of the Association in the following hotels near the Mayflower (rates may be subject to change) ; Blackstone Hotel, 1016 17th Street, N. W. (singles $6.oo-$io.oo, doubles and twins $9.oo-$i4.oo) ; Lafayette Hotel, i6th and Eye Streets, N. W. (singles $6.00- $8.00, doubles and twins $9.oo-$i2.oo) ; Pick-Lee House, 15th and L Streets, N. W. 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Mimeographed announcements will be available at registration when these are supplied to the Ameri can Llistorical .Association. n A History of the American People by HARRY J. CARMAN and HAROLD C. SYRETT Columbia University Vol. I: To 18(15 9Ys 791 PP- Tllus. .86.00 lexl Vol. II: Since 1865. Gi/l x 857 pp. lllus. $6.(X) text Readings in American History Edited by O.SCAR HANULTN, Harvard University r>i/4 X gVy 746 pp. ?6.50 text American Epoch A History of the United States Since the 1890's by ARTHUR S. LINK, Northwestern University G14 X qY& 7^3 PP- lllus. .|6.oo text A History of the Modern World Second Edition by R. R. PALMER,Pri ticelon University and jOEI, COLTON, Duke University ^'A -*■ 9% 9^® PP- lllus. 56-00 text The United States of America A History by HENRY BAMEORD PARKES, New York University ^'/i dVs 819 pp. lllus. 55.75 icxt Europe Since Napoleon by DAVID THOMSON, .Sidney Su.Kex College, Cambridge 9-^8 9'*^ I'p- IIlu.S. ^7-~o ALFRED A. 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