Author: Samuel Eliot MorisonPublisher: Signet Book
ISBN: 9780451626004
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 446
Book Description
The Oxford History of the American People
Author: Samuel Eliot MorisonPublisher: Signet Book
ISBN: 9780451626004
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 446
Book Description
The Oxford Companion to United States History
Author: Publisher:
ISBN: 0195082095
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 985
Book Description
In this volume that is as big and as varied as the nation it portrays are over 1,400 entries written by some 900 historians and other scholars, illuminating not only America's political, diplomatic, and military history, but also social, cultural, and intellectual trends; science, technology, and medicine; the arts; and religion.
The Oxford History of the American People
Author: Samuel E. MorisonThe Oxford History of the American People
Author: Samuel Eliot MorisonA History of the American People
Author: Paul JohnsonPublisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061952133
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1108
Book Description
"As majestic in its scope as the country it celebrates. [Johnson's] theme is the men and women, prominent and unknown, whose energy, vision, courage and confidence shaped a great nation. It is a compelling antidote to those who regard the future with pessimism."— Henry A. Kissinger Paul Johnson's prize-winning classic, A History of the American People, is an in-depth portrait of the American people covering every aspect of U.S. history—from politics to the arts. "The creation of the United States of America is the greatest of all human adventures," begins Paul Johnson's remarkable work. "No other national story holds such tremendous lessons, for the American people themselves and for the rest of mankind." In A History of the American People, historian Johnson presents an in-depth portrait of American history from the first colonial settlements to the Clinton administration. This is the story of the men and women who shaped and led the nation and the ordinary people who collectively created its unique character. Littered with letters, diaries, and recorded conversations, it details the origins of their struggles for independence and nationhood, their heroic efforts and sacrifices to deal with the 'organic sin’ of slavery and the preservation of the Union to its explosive economic growth and emergence as a world power. Johnson discusses contemporary topics such as the politics of racism, education, the power of the press, political correctness, the growth of litigation, and the influence of women throughout history. Sometimes controversial and always provocative, A History of the American People is one author’s challenging and unique interpretation of American history. Johnson’s views of individuals, events, themes, and issues are original, critical, and in the end admiring, for he is, above all, a strong believer in the history and the destiny of the American people.
A Polite and Commercial People
Author: Paul LangfordPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780198207337
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 844
Book Description
The first volume of Sir George Clark's Oxford History of England was published in 1934. Over the following 50 years that series established itself as a standard work of reference, and a repertoire of scholarship. The New Oxford History of England, of which this is the first volume, is its successor. Each volume will set out an authoritative view of the present state of scholarship, presenting a distillation of the knowledge built up by a half-century's research and publication of new sources, and incorporating the perspectives and judgements of modern scholars.
The Oxford History of the American People
Author: Samuel Eliot MorisonPublisher: Signet Book
ISBN: 9780451620545
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Oxford History of the American West
Author: Clyde A. MilnerPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 912
Book Description
Indeed, to enlarge on Wallace Stegner's singular phrase, the West is America, only more so.
The Oxford Book of the American South
Author: Edward L. AyersPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0195124936
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 608
Book Description
Gathers short stories, journalism, and excerpts from novels, diaries, and memoirs by Southern authors.
Author: Samuel Eliot Morison