| Edition |
Rev. and enl. ed. |
| Description |
xxiv, 1227 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 1203-1218. |
| Contents |
1. Opening up the continent -- 2. Planting colonies in the new world -- 3. Life in the American colonies -- 4. White men and red -- 5. Struggle for the continent -- 6. Coming of the revolution -- 7. Winning of independence -- 8. Confederation and the Constitution -- 9. Launching the new government -- 10. War of 1812 -- 11. Hardy frontiersman -- 12. New settlements in the wilderness -- 13. Sailing and whaling -- 14. Steamboat days -- 15. Social life in the early republic -- 16. Man the reformer -- 17. South and slavery -- 18. Abolition and fugitive slaves -- 19. Westward the course of empire -- 20. Mining kingdom -- 21. Texas and the Mexican War -- 22. Politics -- 23. O Captain, my Captain -- 24. Behind the lines -- 25. Blue and the gray -- 26. Reconstruction -- 27. Last West -- 28. Rise of the city -- 29. School and society -- 30. Business and labor -- 31. Cuba libre -- 32. Progressive era -- 33. Modern politics -- 34. World war -- 35. From normalcy to New Deal -- 36. Second World War. |
| Subject |
United States -- History.
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United States. |
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History. |
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American literature.
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American literature. |
| Added Author |
Nevins, Allan, 1890-1971.
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