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English
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"Over one hundred and fifty years ago, Alexis de Tocqueville, a young French nobleman and an astute political scientist, came to the United States to evaluate the meaning and actual functioning of democracy. Democracy in America is the classic treatise on the American way of life that he wrote as a result of his visit." "Tocqueville discusses the advantages and dangers of the majority rule -- which he thought could be as tyrannical as the rule of...
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Series
Magic tree house fact trackers volume 11
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Presents a picture of life in colonial America and reviews the causes and major events of the American Revolution.
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Series
Publisher
Compass Point Books
Pub. Date
©2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Introduces the European immigrants who came to North America as explorers and settlers, their interactions with native people, and the wars that ultimately led to their independence.
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Van Nostrand anvil books volume 48
Publisher
Van Nostrand
Pub. Date
[1960]
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
America experienced unprecedented expansion and turmoil in the years between 1815 and 1848. Historian David S. Reynolds illuminates the period's political story as well as the social and cultural movements that influenced it. He casts fresh light on Andrew Jackson, who redefined the presidency, along with John Quincy Adams and James K. Polk, who expanded the nation's territory and strengthened its position internationally. Waking Giant captures the...
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Series
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Pub. Date
1995
Language
English
Description
Describes the reform efforts made in the decades prior to the American Civil War, discussing the individuals who worked to establish the nation's free public schools, prisons, and hospitals, and examining the conditions and motivations that led to these reforms.
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Publisher
W.W. Norton & Co
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
"In The Genuine Article, Edmund Morgan's first collection of essays in several decades, he presents a story that begins with the arrival of the first settlers in 1607 at the doomed Jamestown colony and ends as the Founding Fathers begin the arduous task of governing a formerly rebellious and often restless people."--BOOK JACKET
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