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American history : a very short introduction / Paul S. Boyer.
- Title
- American history : a very short introduction / Paul S. Boyer.
- Author
- Boyer, Paul S.
- Publication
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2012.
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- Description
- xix, 161 p. : ill.; 18 cm.
- Summary
- This volume in Oxford's 'A Very Short Introduction' series offers a concise, readable narrative of the vast span of American history, from the earliest human migrations to the early 21st century when the United States loomed as a global power and comprised a complex multi-cultural society of more than 300 million people.
- Series Statement
- Very short introductions
- Uniform Title
- Very short introductions
- Subject
- United States > History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-148) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Beginnings : Pre-history to 1763 -- 1763-1789 : Revolution, constitution, a new nation -- The promise and perils of nationhood, 1789-1850 -- Slavery and Civil War -- Industrialization and its consequences -- 1900-1920 : reform and war -- 1920-1945 : conflict and creativity, Depression and reform, war and global power -- 1945-1968 : Affluence, reform, war, social unrest -- To the present.
- ISBN
- 9780195389142 (pbk. : acid free paper)
- LCCN
- ^^2012004837
- OCLC
- 775271668
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library