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Ordinary Americans : U.S. history through the eyes of everyday people / edited by Linda R. Monk.

Contributor(s): Publication details: Alexandria, VA : Close Up Pub., ©1994.Description: xx, 296 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0932765475
  • 9780932765475
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 973 20
LOC classification:
  • E173 .O76 1994
Other classification:
  • 15.87
  • 7,26
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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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Books Academic Resource Center at Levitt General Stacks (LOWER Level) E 173 .O76 1994 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 22886

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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