Mapping America's past : a historical atlas / Mark C. Carnes and John A. Garraty with Patrick Williams.

Format:

Map/Atlas

Author/Creator:

Carnes, Mark C. (Mark Christopher), 1950- author.

Garraty, John A. (John Arthur), 1920-2007, author.

Williams, Patrick G., 1957- author.

Series:

Henry Holt reference book

A Henry Holt reference book.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--Historical geography--Maps.

Historical geography.

United States.

Local Subjects:

United States--Historical geography--Maps.

Genre:

Oversize books.

Maps.

Physical Description:

1 atlas (288 pages) : color illustrations, color maps ; 31 cm

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Edition:

1st edition.

Cartographic Data:

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Place of Publication:

New York : H. Holt, ©1996.

Summary:

Includes a broad range of historical themes covering the history of the United States, some of which include atmospheric changes over the last 18,000 years; the death of millions of Native Americans; getting the British out of Boston; the birth of a working class; the fall and rise of capital punishment; sexuality and architecture; the making of Black Harlem; and languages, dialects, immigration, emigration, expansion, secregation, and isolationism.

Contents:

pt. 1. Pre-Columbian America

pt. 2. Colonial America

pt. 3. New Nation

pt. 4. Slavery and the Civil War

pt. 5. America in the Gilded Age

pt. 6. America in the Early 20th Century

pt. 7. Post-War America

pt. 8. America and the World After World War II

pt. 9. America, an Evolving Superpower.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0805049274

9780805049275

OCLC:

35558003

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