A Little History of the United States / James West Davidson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Davidson, James West, Author.

Series:

Little Histories

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--History.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (340 p.)

Place of Publication:

New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A fast-paced, character-filled history that brings the unique American saga to life for readers of all ages How did a land and people of such immense diversity come together under a banner of freedom and equality to form one of the most remarkable nations in the world? Everyone from young adults to grandparents will be fascinated by the answers uncovered in James West Davidson's vividly told A Little History of the United States. In 300 fast-moving pages, Davidson guides his readers through 500 years, from the first contact between the two halves of the world to the rise of America as a superpower in an era of atomic perils and diminishing resources. In short, vivid chapters the book brings to life hundreds of individuals whose stories are part of the larger American story. Pilgrim William Bradford stumbles into an Indian deer trap on his first day in America; Harriet Tubman lets loose a pair of chickens to divert attention from escaping slaves; the toddler Andrew Carnegie, later an ambitious industrial magnate, gobbles his oatmeal with a spoon in each hand. Such stories are riveting in themselves, but they also spark larger questions to ponder about freedom, equality, and unity in the context of a nation that is, and always has been, remarkably divided and diverse.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Maps

Introduction: Making History

1. Where the Birds Led

2. A Continent in Space and Time

3. Out of One, Many

4. A Golden Age and the Age of Gold

5. When Worlds Collide

6. How Can I Be Saved?

7. Saints and Strangers

8. Boom Country

9. Equal and Unequal

10. Enlightened and Awakened

11. Be Careful What You Wish For

12. More Than a Quarrel

13. Equal and Independent

14. More Perfect Union

15. Washington's Fear

16. Empire of Liberty

17. Man of the People

18. Cotton Kingdoms

19. Burned Over

20. Frontiers

21. Crossing the Line

22. What Was Coming

23. How Do You Reconstruct?

24. The Next Big Thing

25. The Color of Your Collar

26. A Tale of Two Cities

27. The New West

28. Luck or Pluck?

29. The Progressives

30. Smashup

31. The Masses

32. A New Deal

33. Global War

34. Superpower

35. The End of the World

36. You or You or You

37. The Avalanche

38. A Conservative Turn

39. Connected

40. The Past Asks More

Acknowledgments

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 06. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

0-300-18252-X

OCLC:

919431285