| Edition |
Expanded and updated tenth edition. |
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First Signet Classics edition. |
| Description |
xv, 618 pages ; 21 cm |
| Contents |
A new nation -- The law of the land -- Federalists v. Republicans -- Neutrality and national growth -- The Jeffersonian revolution -- The power of the court -- A bold foreign policy -- Jacksonian democracy -- Liberty or union -- The abolitionist crusade -- The sectional conflict -- The fateful decade -- War! -- The prophet of democracy -- The conflict over reconstruction -- The Gilded Age -- From frontier to factory -- Grassroots rebellion -- Imperial America -- The progressive ferment -- The great crusade and after -- Boom and bust -- The Roosevelt revolution -- The end of isolation -- The Cold War -- America at midcentury -- From the new frontier to the great society -- Decade of turmoil -- Conservatism revisited -- The end of the American Century -- America at the millennium -- The politics of hope . . . we the people -- Populists revolt . . . democracy under duress. |
| Summary |
"Here, in a single volume, are the documents, speeches, and letters that have forged American history, now updated with new content such as Trump's inaugural address. Accompanied by interpretations of their significance by noted historian Richard D. Heffner and journalist Alexander Heffner, this book includes important documents such as: The complete text of the Declaration of Independence The complete Constitution of the United States The Monroe Doctrine The Emancipation Proclamation Woodrow Wilson's War Message to Congress Franklin D. Roosevelt's "Four Freedoms" Speech John F. Kennedy's Inaugural Address Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" Speech Ronald Reagan's Inaugural Addresses Documents relating to September 11, 2001 and the Iraq War This edition has been expanded and updated to include a chapter on the Presidency of Donald Trump"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
United States -- History -- Sources.
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LITERARY COLLECTIONS / American / General.
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HISTORY / United States / General.
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Sources. (OCoLC)fst01423900
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| Added Author |
Heffner, Alexander B., author.
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| ISBN |
9780451490018 (paperback) |
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0451490010 |
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