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A basic history of the United States
Title
A basic history of the United States / by Charles A. Beard and Mary R. Beard.
Published
New York : Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1944.
Physical Description
xii, 554 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm.
Notes
"An original publication of the New home library, 1944"--Title page verso.
"Enlarged and specially illustrated edition"--Title page verso.
Summary
As its title indicates, the volume deals with fundamental activities, ideas, and interests which have entered into the development of American society from the colonial period to the contemporary age. Whatever may be added to the record here presented, a consideration of these activities, ideas, and interests is basic, we believe, to any understanding of American history. - Prefatory note.
Variant and related titles
Beards' Basic history of the United States.
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Also issued online.
Online version: Beard, Charles Austin, 1874-1948. Basic history of the United States. New York : Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1944
Format
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Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 21, 2015
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
English territorial claims and colonial beginnings
Backgrounds of migration and settlement
Laying foundations in agriculture
The rise of commerce and industry
Growth of social and intellectual autonomy
Practicing the arts of self-government
Two systems and ideologies in conflict
Independence completed by revolution
Constitutional government for the United States
Establishing the republican way of life
The revolutionary generation in charge of the federal government
Expansion to the Pacific
The Industrial Revolution
Rise of national democracy
A broadening and deepening sense of civilization
Party strife over control of the federal government
National unity sealed in an armed contest
Reconstruction and economic expansion
Centralization of economy
Centralization as involved in the political struggle
The breach with historic continentalism
Widening knowledge and thought
Revolts against plutocracy grow in political power
Realizations in social improvement
Gates of old opportunities closing
World War and aftermath
Economic crash and the New Deal uprising
Global war and home front
Appendix. Selected documents from American history
Chronology of events
Presidents and Vice Presidents of the United States
Territorial growth of the United States, 1783-1912
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