| Edition |
New edition / two volumes in one, revised and enlarged. |
| Description |
xviii, 824, 865 pages : illustrations, color maps ; 22 cm |
| Note |
Head and tail pieces. |
| Contents |
v. 1. The agricultural era. England's colonial secret -- Laying the structural base of the thirteen colonies -- The growth of economic and political power -- Provincial America -- The clash of metropolis and colony -- Independence and civil conflict -- Populism and reaction -- The rise of national parties -- Agricultural imperialism and the balance of power -- The young republic -- New agricultural states -- Jacksonian democracy : a triumphant farmer-labor party -- Westward to the Pacific -- The sweep of economic forces -- The politics of the economic drift -- Democracy : romantic and realistic -- v. 2. The industrial era. The approach of the irrepressible conflict -- The second American Revolution -- Rounding out the continent -- The triumph of the enterprise -- Rise of the national labor movement -- The triple revolution in agriculture -- The politics of acquisition and enjoyment -- More worlds to conquer -- The Gilded Age -- Imperial America -- Towards social democracy -- America in the balance of power -- The quest for normalcy -- The mirage dissolves -- The machine age. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 839-876) and index. |
| Subject |
United States -- Civilization.
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United States -- History.
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| Added Author |
Beard, Mary Ritter, 1876-1958.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Beard, Charles Austin, 1874-1948. Rise of American civilization. New ed. New York, Macmillan Co., 1933 (OCoLC)557956670 |
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