America in Quotations: A Kaleidoscopic View of American HistoryHoward Langer Bloomsbury Academic, 2002 M02 28 - 463 páginas This is history from the inside out. What did Americans say about the great events in their own lifetimes? This book is a grassroots look at the country, as real people tell the story of America in their own voices. Quotations from more than 350 individuals are taken from speeches, interviews, editorials, letters, jokes, songs, and eyewitness accounts represent American thought from the ground up. This compendium includes the words of everyone from politicians and generals, to Native Americans, ethnic minorities, women, labor representatives, and slaves. The book is divided into 18 traditional historical periods from the pre-Columbus explorers to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. |
Contenido
Beginnings | 3 |
Colonial Period | 11 |
The American Revolution | 27 |
The New Nation | 43 |
Westward Expansion | 53 |
House Divided | 85 |
Civil War | 105 |
Reconstruction | 129 |
Depression and New Deal | 221 |
World War II | 247 |
Cold War | 275 |
Civil Rights Movement | 297 |
From Nixon to Reagan | 331 |
New World Orderand Disorder | 371 |
Biographical Sketches | 409 |
Chronology | 433 |
Industrialism | 149 |
America as a World Power | 175 |
Boom and Bust | 205 |
Bibliography | 441 |
Index | 453 |
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America in Quotations: A Kaleidoscopic View of American History Howard J. Langer Vista previa limitada - 2002 |
America in Quotations: A Kaleidoscopic View of American History Howard Langer Sin vista previa disponible - 2002 |