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A patriot's history of the United States : from Columbus's Great Discovery to the war on terror
Title:
A patriot's history of the United States : from Columbus's Great Discovery to the war on terror
Author:
Schweikart, Larry.

Allen, Michael, 1950-
ISBN:
9781595230010
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Publication Information:
New York : Sentinel, 2004.
Physical Description:
xxiv, 932 p. ; 25 cm.
Contents:
The city on the hill, 1492-1707 -- Colonial adolescence, 1707-63 --Colonies no more, 1763-83 -- A nation of law, 1776-89 -- Small republic, big shoulders, 1789-1815 -- The first era of big central government, 1815-36 -- Red boxes and bear flags, 1836-48 -- The house dividing, 1848-60 -- The crisis of the Union, 1860-65 -- Ideals and realities of reconstruction, 1865-76 -- Lighting out for the territories, 1861-90 -- Sinews of democracy, 1876-96 -- "Building best, building greatly," 1896-1912 -- War, Wilson, and internationalism, 1912-20 -- The Roaring Twenties and the Great Crash, 1920-32 -- Enlarging the public sector, 1932-40 ; The New Deal: immediate goalsm unintended results -- Democracy's finest hour, 1941-45 -- America's "happy days," 1956-59 -- The age of upheaval, 1960-74 -- Retreat and resurrection, 1974-88 -- The moral crossroads, 1989-2000 -- America, world leader, 2000 and beyond.
Abstract:
From Christopher Columbus to the fall of Saddam Hussein, this book will go a long way in restoring perspective and clarity to readers' understanding of America's amazing story, and the noble, Christian principles on which the country was founded.
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Book
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