Don't know much about history : everything you need to know about American history, but never learned Kenneth C. Davis

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Davis, Kenneth C.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--History--Miscellanea.

Questions and answers.

Genre:

Trivia and miscellanea.

Physical Description:

xv, 462 pages ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, N.Y. : Avon Books, 1991, ©1990.

Summary:

Using a question-and-answer format, this chronological overview offers an informal introduction to American history and features annotated reading lists and biographical profiles.

Contents:

Introduction

Brave new world

Say you want a revolution

Growth of a nation: from the creation ofthe Constitution to Manifest Destiny

Apocalypse then: to Civil War and Reconstruction

When monopoly wasn't a game: the growing empire from Wild West to World War I

Boom to bust to big boom: from the Jazz Age and the Great Depression to Hiroshima

Commies, containment, and Cold War: America in the fifties

The torch is passed: from Camelot to Hollywood and the Potomac

Appendix One: Is the electoral college a party school?: a Presidential election primer

Appendix Two: U.S. Presidents and their administrations.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 431-449) and index.

ISBN:

0380712520

9780380712526

OCLC:

23853544