American history :

Boyer, Paul S.

American history : a very short introduction / Paul S. Boyer - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2012. - xix, 161 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm. - Very short introductions .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-148) and index.

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.

9780195389142 (pbk. : acid free paper)

2012004837

E178 / .B782 2012

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