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A little history of the United States

Summary: Describes how the United States developed from the first contact between extremely different cultures to its role as a superpower and explores how a country based on diversity seeks the sometimes contradictory goals of freedom and equality.

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  • ISBN: 0300181418
  • ISBN: 9780300181418
  • Physical Description: xiv, 325 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
    print
  • Publisher: New Haven, Connecticut : Yale University Press, [2015]

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General Note:
Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note: Introduction : Making history -- Where the birds led -- A continent in space and time -- Out of one, many -- A golden age and the age of gold -- When worlds collide -- How can I be saved? -- Saints and strangers -- Boom country -- Equal and unequal -- Enlightened and awakened -- Be careful what you wish for -- More than a quarrel -- Equal and independent -- More perfect union -- Washington's fear -- Empire of liberty -- Man of the people -- Cotton kingdoms -- Burned over -- Frontiers -- Crossing the line -- What was coming -- How do you reconstruct? -- The next big thing -- The color of your collar -- A tale of two cities -- The new west -- Luck or pluck? -- The progressives -- Smashup -- The masses -- A new deal -- Global war -- Superpower -- The end of the world -- You or you or you -- The avalanche -- A conservative turn -- Connected -- The past asks more.
Subject: United States History
United States
Genre: History.

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A Little History of the United States
A Little History of the United States
by Davidson, James West
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A Little History of the United States

James West Davidson , a widely respected historian, has written on American history and the detective work that goes into it, as well as books about the outdoors. He lives in Rhinebeck, NY.


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