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The Penguin history of the United States of America / Hugh Brogan.

By: Brogan, Hugh.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London : Penguin, 1986, c1985 (1990 [printing])Description: viii, 740 p : 1map ; 20 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0140134603 .Uniform titles: Longman history of the United States of America Subject(s): United States -- HistoryDDC classification: 973
Contents:
Book One: The Settlement -- Prelude c. 40,000 BC - c. AD 1600 -- The roots of English Colonization -- The Planting of Virginia 1607-60 -- The Planting of New England 1604 - c. 1675 -- Indians 1492-1920 -- Book Two: The Old Order and the American Revolution -- Imperial Britain 1660-1763 -- Thirteen colonies c. 1675-1763 -- The waking of the revolution 1759-66 -- The road to ruin 1766-75 -- The war of the revolution 1775-83 -- The peace and the constitution 1783-9 -- Book Three: The Age of Equality -- The Planting of the West -- The Development of a Democracy 1789-1841 -- Slavery and its consequences 1800-61 -- The war about slavery 1861-5 -- Reconstruction 1865-77 -- Book Four: The Age of Gold -- The Billion-Dollar Country 1865-1900 -- Congressional Government and its critics 1869-96 -- The progressive adventure 1897-1914 -- The education of Woodrow Wilson 1914-21 -- Irresponsibility 1921-33 -- Book Five: The New World -- The era of Franklin Roosevelt 1933-8 -- The reluctant giant 1933-45 -- Cold War abroad and at home 1945-61 -- Unfinished business 1954-68 -- The crisis of the new order 1963-74.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
General Lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 973 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00009481
Total holds: 0

Includes bibliographical references (pages 692-698) and index.

Book One: The Settlement -- Prelude c. 40,000 BC - c. AD 1600 -- The roots of English Colonization -- The Planting of Virginia 1607-60 -- The Planting of New England 1604 - c. 1675 -- Indians 1492-1920 -- Book Two: The Old Order and the American Revolution -- Imperial Britain 1660-1763 -- Thirteen colonies c. 1675-1763 -- The waking of the revolution 1759-66 -- The road to ruin 1766-75 -- The war of the revolution 1775-83 -- The peace and the constitution 1783-9 -- Book Three: The Age of Equality -- The Planting of the West -- The Development of a Democracy 1789-1841 -- Slavery and its consequences 1800-61 -- The war about slavery 1861-5 -- Reconstruction 1865-77 -- Book Four: The Age of Gold -- The Billion-Dollar Country 1865-1900 -- Congressional Government and its critics 1869-96 -- The progressive adventure 1897-1914 -- The education of Woodrow Wilson 1914-21 -- Irresponsibility 1921-33 -- Book Five: The New World -- The era of Franklin Roosevelt 1933-8 -- The reluctant giant 1933-45 -- Cold War abroad and at home 1945-61 -- Unfinished business 1954-68 -- The crisis of the new order 1963-74.

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