American history
Subtitle: a very short introduction
By: Paul S. Boyer
Series: Very short introductions
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780195389142
Subjects: History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Beginnings : Pre-history to 1763; title: 1763-1789 : Revolution, constitution, a new nation; title: The promise and perils of nationhood, 1789-1850; title: Slavery and Civil War; title: Industrialization and its consequences; title: 1900-1920 : reform and war; title: 1920-1945 : conflict and creativity, Depression and reform, war and global power; title: 1945-1968 : Affluence, reform, war, social unrest; title: To the present.