Freedom Just Around the Corner: A New American History 1585–1828Harper Collins, 2009 M03 30 - 667 páginas This powerful reinterpretation of United States history is remarkable not only for its scholarship and historical breadth, but also in its assertion that the success of the country depends in a large part on the unique American character, which has shaped so many historic events. In the first of a projected three-volume series, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Walter A. McDougall argues that the creation of the United States is the central event in the last four hundred years of world history. Freedom Just Around the Corner masterfully chronicles the earliest years of this nation, revealing that the genius behind the success of the United States is not based on the works and ideas of one person, but rather on the complex, irrepressible American spirit. A professor of history at the University of Pennsylvania, Walter A. McDougall is the author of many books, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Heavens and the Earth and Let the Sea Make a Noise..., Throes of Democracy: The American Civil War Era 1829-1877, and Freedom Just Around the Corner: A New American History: 1585-1828. He lives in Pennsylvania with his wife and two teenage children. “The chapter on the framing of the Constitution should be required reading ... Walter McDougall is a historian with a masterful grasp of his subject.” — Claude Crowley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram |
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Página iv
... United States of America. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written ... United States—History—Colonial period, ca. 1600–1775. 2. United States— History—Revolution, 1775–1783. 3. United States ...
... United States of America. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written ... United States—History—Colonial period, ca. 1600–1775. 2. United States— History—Revolution, 1775–1783. 3. United States ...
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... Wars Turn Britain into the Enemy, 1740–1763 168 Sons of Liberty and “Two-Bottle” Tyrants Why Independence Became an Imperative, 1763–1775 202 Patriots, Tories, Slackers, and Spies The Not-So-United States, Hustling to.
... Wars Turn Britain into the Enemy, 1740–1763 168 Sons of Liberty and “Two-Bottle” Tyrants Why Independence Became an Imperative, 1763–1775 202 Patriots, Tories, Slackers, and Spies The Not-So-United States, Hustling to.
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... United States 41 Linguistic Families of North America 102 English Colonies 143 North America East of the Mississippi in 1763 199 Campaigns in New York State 258 The Siege of Yorktown 275 United States After 1783 287 Ratifying the ...
... United States 41 Linguistic Families of North America 102 English Colonies 143 North America East of the Mississippi in 1763 199 Campaigns in New York State 258 The Siege of Yorktown 275 United States After 1783 287 Ratifying the ...
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... United States of America is the central event of the past four hundred years. If some ghostly ship, some Flying Dutchman, were transported in time from the year 1600 into the present, the crew would be amazed by our technology and the ...
... United States of America is the central event of the past four hundred years. If some ghostly ship, some Flying Dutchman, were transported in time from the year 1600 into the present, the crew would be amazed by our technology and the ...
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... United States is the most swiftly moving target of all, because nowhere else has more change occurred in so short a span. America was not just born of revolution, it is one. At an early stage I chanced to describe this new project to a ...
... United States is the most swiftly moving target of all, because nowhere else has more change occurred in so short a span. America was not just born of revolution, it is one. At an early stage I chanced to describe this new project to a ...
Contenido
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Barbadians Yorkers and Quakers | 71 |
Papists Witches Scofflaws and Preachers | 99 |
Germans Four Sorts of Britons and Africans | 136 |
Soldiers Speculators and Savages | 168 |
Sons of Liberty and TwoBottle Tyrants | 202 |
Patriots Tories Slackers and Spies | 239 |
Reluctant Nationalists Eager Imperialists | 371 |
Engineers Pioneers Peddlers and Democrats | 422 |
Travelers | 492 |
Apotheosis and Apocalypse in American Culture c 1830 | 498 |
Notes | 515 |
maps | 556 |
Ratifying the Federal Constitution 309 | 565 |
Slavery in the United States 1821 | 597 |
Federalists Antis Vestals and Victims | 280 |
Master Builders Party Men and a Rogue | 321 |
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Freedom Just Around the Corner: A New American History: 1585–1828 Walter A. McDougall Vista previa limitada - 2009 |
Freedom Just Around the Corner: A New American History: 1585-1828 Walter A. McDougall Vista previa limitada - 2004 |
Freedom Just Around the Corner: A New American History: 1585-1828 Walter A. McDougall Sin vista previa disponible - 2004 |
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