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The Americans : a social history of the United States,1587-1914 / by J.C. Furnas.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks SCS HN 57 .F86
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Furnas, J. C. (Joseph Chamberlain), 1905-2001.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States--Social conditions.
- United States.
- History.
- Social Conditions--history.
- history (discipline).
- Social conditions.
- Medical Subjects:
- Social Conditions--history.
- History.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1015 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Putnam, ©1969.
- Summary:
- Builds a sense of the character in an intimate view of American life.
- Contents:
- The big water and the big woods: John Smith's America
- Outlandersland: William Penn's America
- At home abroad: William Byrd II's America
- Thirteen prosper: Benjamin Franklin's America
- The American, this new man: Oliver Evans' America
- Ideas and the almighty dollar: Abraham Lincoln's America
- A chromo civilization: Horatio Alger's America
- The midway age: Mr. Dooley's America.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Furnas, J.C. (Joseph Chamberlain), 1905- Americans; a social history of the United States.
- ISBN:
- 0582127114
- 9780582127111
- OCLC:
- 12469
- Publisher Number:
- http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb35340848m uri
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