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(A) synopsis of American history
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New Delhi
Macmillan India Limited
1985
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| Edition: | 6th ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- Britain's North American empire A new society Toward revolution Independence achieved A nation emerges Federalists and Republicans The Jeffersonian Republic in a threatening World The market versus the Agrarian Republic Depression decade: sectionalism and democracy The Jacksonian era Romanticism, reform, slavery Manifest destiny and sectional conflict A house dividing The civil war Reconstructing the Union The triumph of American industry The last west The political parade The ripening of protest Imperial America The progressive era The era of the first overseas war The twenties: prosperity and social change Depression and new deal The reversal of foreign policy War for the world The perils of peace People of Plenty Promise and frustration Crisis and confidence New directions: Federal policy in the 1980s