American history : a very short introduction /

In a miracle of concision, Paul S. Boyer provides a wide-ranging and authoritative history of America, capturing in a compact space the full story of our nation. Ranging from the earliest Native American settlers to the presidency of Barack Obama, this Very Short Introduction offers an illuminating...

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Main Author: Boyer, Paul S.
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2012.
Series:Very short introductions.
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505 0 |a Beginnings : Pre-history to 1763 -- 1763-1789 : Revolution, constitution, a new nation -- 1789-1850 : The promise and perils of nationhood -- 1850-1865 : Slavery and civil war -- 1866-1900 : Industrialization and its consequences -- 1900-1920 : Reform and war -- 1920-1945 : From conflict to global power -- 1945-1968 : Affluence and social unrest -- To the present. 
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