A little history of the United States /

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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Davidson, James West (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven [Connecticut] : Yale University Press, [2015]
Temas:
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
United States > History.
États-Unis > Histoire.
United States.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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