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American history : a very short introduction
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Title
American history : a very short introduction / Paul S. Boyer.
ISBN
9780195389142 (pbk. : acid free paper)
019538914X (pbk. : acid free paper)
Published
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2012.
Physical Description
xix, 161 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
December 06, 2012
Series
Very short introductions
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-148) and index.
Contents
Beginnings : Pre-history to 1763
1763-1789 : Revolution, constitution, a new nation
The promise and perils of nationhood, 1789-1850
Slavery and Civil War
Industrialization and its consequences
1900-1920 : reform and war
1920-1945 : conflict and creativity, Depression and reform, war and global power
1945-1968 : Affluence, reform, war, social unrest
To the present.
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