Edition |
First edition. |
Description |
1 atlas (288 pages) : color illustrations, color maps ; 31 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Summary |
Includes a broad range of historical themes covering the history of the United States, some of which include atmospheric changes over the last 18,000 years; the death of millions of Native Americans; getting the British out of Boston; the birth of a working class; the fall and rise of capital punishment; sexuality and architecture; the making of Black Harlem; and languages, dialects, immigration, emigration, expansion, secregation, and isolationism. |
Contents |
Pre-Columbian America -- Colonial America -- A new nation -- Slavery and the Civil War -- America in the gilded age -- America in the early 20th century -- Post-war America -- America and the world after World War II -- America, an evolving superpower. |
Subject |
United States -- Historical geography -- Maps.
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Added Author |
Garraty, John A. (John Arthur), 1920-2007.
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Williams, Patrick G., 1957-
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ISBN |
0805049274 |
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9780805049275 |
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