America, empire of liberty : a new history of the United States /

It was Thomas Jefferson who envisioned the United States as a great "empire of liberty." This paradoxical phrase may be the key to the American saga: How could the anti-empire of 1776 became the world's greatest superpower? And how did the country that offered unmatched liberty nevert...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Reynolds, David, 1952-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Basic Books, ©2009.
Temas:
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
History.
United States > History.
États-Unis > Histoire.
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Natives and Europeans
  • Empire and liberties
  • Independence and republicanism
  • Liberty and security
  • East and West
  • Slave or free?
  • North and South
  • White and Black
  • Capital and labor
  • Reform and expansion
  • War and peace
  • From boom to bomb
  • Red or dead?
  • Rights and riots
  • The impotence of omnipotence
  • Détente and discontent
  • Revolution and democracy
  • Pride and prejudice.

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