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Oxford history of the United States volume 3
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Lexile measure
1340L
Language
English
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Series
Oxford history of the United States volume 6
Lexile measure
1320L
Language
English
Description
Filled with fresh interpretations and information, puncturing old myths and challenging new ones, this fast-paced narrative fully integrates the political, social, and military events that crowded the two decades from the outbreak of one war in Mexico to the ending of another at Appomattox. Packed with drama and analytical insight, the book vividly recounts the momentous episodes that preceded the Civil War: the Dred Scott decision, the Lincoln-Douglas...
Author
Series
Oxford history of the United States volume 10
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
1996.
Language
English
Author
Series
Oxford history of the United States volume 9
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
1999.
Lexile measure
1460L
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
A concise assessment of the 27 years between the resignation of Richard Nixon and the election of George W. Bush, weaving together social, cultural, political, economic, and international developments. We meet the era's many memorable figures--most notably, Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton--and explore the "culture wars" where liberals and conservatives appeared to cut the country in two. Patterson describes how, when the Cold War finally ended, Americans...
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Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
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Description
As part of the Oxford History of the United States series, this volume is a portrait of an era that saw dramatic transformations in American life. The author illuminates the period from the battle of New Orleans to the end of the Mexican-American War, an era when the United States expanded to the Pacific and won control over the richest part of the North American continent. This narrative portrays revolutionary improvements in transportation and communications...
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Language
English
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Description
In this book the author offers an account of the early American Republic, ranging from 1789 and the beginning of the national government to the end of the War of 1812. As he reveals, the period was marked by tumultuous change in all aspects of American life: in politics, society, economy, and culture. The men who founded the new government had high hopes for the future, but few of their hopes and dreams worked out quite as they expected. They hated...
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"During Reconstruction Northerners attempted to remake the United States in their own image. They would make incarnate the new world Republicans imagined at the end of the Civil War. That new world seemed possible because the Republican Party controlled the Union in 1865 as fully as any political party would ever control the country. Reconstruction would produce a nation built around free labor with a homogeneous citizenry whose rights would be guaranteed...
