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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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2012.
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Table of Contents:
- 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.