Ordinary Americans : U.S. history through the eyes of everyday people /
Ordinary Americans : U.S. history through the eyes of everyday people /
edited by Linda R. Monk.
- Alexandria, VA : Close Up Pub., ©1994.
- xx, 296 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Pre-Columbian era to 1783. A "new world," a new nation : Cultures collide ; England's New World ; French and Indian War ; Revolution and independence -- 1783-1865. Nationalism and sectionalism: Building a new nation ; Democracy and reform ; The industrial North ; The plantation South ; Westward expansion ; Sectional crisis and Civil War -- 1865-1919. Industrializing America: Reconstruction ; Conquering the West ; Gilded Age politics ; From farm to factory ; The American empire ; The Progressive Era ; World War I -- 1919-1945. Democracy and adversity: Postwar politics ; The roaring twenties ; The great depression ; World War II -- 1945-1992. The challenges of power: Postwar America ; The Civil Rights movement ; Activists on many fronts ; The Vietnam war ; The nation in crisis ; The Reagan revolution and beyond.
Draws from letters, diaries, autobiographical accounts, and interviews to provide information about 500 years of U.S. history from the perspective of ordinary Americans.
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Pre-Columbian era to 1783. A "new world," a new nation : Cultures collide ; England's New World ; French and Indian War ; Revolution and independence -- 1783-1865. Nationalism and sectionalism: Building a new nation ; Democracy and reform ; The industrial North ; The plantation South ; Westward expansion ; Sectional crisis and Civil War -- 1865-1919. Industrializing America: Reconstruction ; Conquering the West ; Gilded Age politics ; From farm to factory ; The American empire ; The Progressive Era ; World War I -- 1919-1945. Democracy and adversity: Postwar politics ; The roaring twenties ; The great depression ; World War II -- 1945-1992. The challenges of power: Postwar America ; The Civil Rights movement ; Activists on many fronts ; The Vietnam war ; The nation in crisis ; The Reagan revolution and beyond.
Draws from letters, diaries, autobiographical accounts, and interviews to provide information about 500 years of U.S. history from the perspective of ordinary Americans.
0932765475 9780932765475
93033401
United States--History--Sources.
United States--Biography.
United States.
United Biography United History Sources
Biography.
Biographies.
History.
Sources.
Biographies.
E173 / .O76 1994
973