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" A Little History of the United States / "
James West Davidson
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BL
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582312
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b411531
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| Main Entry
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Davidson, James West
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| Title & Author
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A Little History of the United States /\ James West Davidson
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xiv, 325 pages :: illustrations, maps ;; 23 cm
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| ISBN
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9780300181418
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: 0300181418
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: 9780300223484
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: 030022348X
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| Notes
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Includes index
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| Contents
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Introduction : Making history -- Where the birds led -- A continent in space and time -- Out of one, many -- A golden age and the age of gold -- When worlds collide -- How can I be saved? -- Saints and strangers -- Boom country -- Equal and unequal -- Enlightened and awakened -- Be careful what you wish for -- More than a quarrel -- Equal and independent -- More perfect union -- Washington's fear -- Empire of liberty -- Man of the people -- Cotton kingdoms -- Burned over -- Frontiers -- Crossing the line -- What was coming -- How do you reconstruct? -- The next big thing -- The color of your collar -- A tale of two cities -- The new west -- Luck or pluck? -- The progressives -- Smashup -- The masses -- A new deal -- Global war -- Superpower -- The end of the world -- You or you or you -- The avalanche -- A conservative turn -- Connected -- The past asks more
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Describes how the United States developed from the first contact between extremely different cultures to its role as a superpower and explores how a country based on diversity seeks the sometimes contradictory goals of freedom and equality
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United States, History
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973
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E178.D243 2015
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