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A population history of the United States /

This is the first full-scale one-volume survey of the demographic history of the United States. From the arrival of humans in the Western Hemisphere to the current century, Klein analyzes the basic demographic trends in the growth of the pre-conquest, colonial and national populations. He surveys th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Klein, Herbert S.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Graphs, maps, and tables
  • Introduction
  • 1. Paleo-Indians, Europeans, and the settlement of America
  • 2. Colonization and settlement of North America
  • 3. The early Republic to 1860
  • 4. The creation of an industrial and urban society, 1860-1914
  • 5. The evolution of a modern population, 1914-1945
  • 6. The baby boom and changing family values, 1945-1980
  • 7. A modern industrial society, 1980-2003
  • Appendix tables, graphs, and maps
  • Bibliography
  • Index.