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Author
Series
A history of US volume 10
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Language
English
Description
Covers the period of American history from 1945 to 2001, dealing with events such as the Cold War, the civil rights struggle, and terrorism
Author
Series
A History of US volume 4
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
Description
Covers American history from Washington's inauguration until the first quarter of the 19th century, including the Louisiana Purchase, Lewis and Clark's expedition, and the beginnings of abolitionism.
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
The companion volume to a major 16-part PBS series brings the story of the United States as viewed through the inspiring fight to uphold the ideal of freedom--from the forging of the Declaration of Independence to the power behind the Civil Rights movement to the challenge the nation faces following the terrorist attacks of September 11
Author
Series
A history of US volume 3
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
Covers American history from the French and Indian War to the Constitutional Convention.
Author
Series
A History of US volume 6
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
Describes the American Civil War, focusing on its causes, events, and consequences.
Author
Series
A history of US volume 7
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Language
English
Description
A history of the Reconstruction period and the movements of reform, immigration, industrialization, and urbanization.
Author
Series
A history of US volume 2
Language
English
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Description
Presents the history of the United States from the colonization of the New World through the middle of the eighteenth century.
Author
Series
A history of US volume 8
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
c1993, 2003
Language
English
Description
Discusses captains of industry Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, J.P. Morgan and Henry Ford in the 'Gilded Age'; the technology of trains, telephones, electric lights, harvesters, vacuum cleaners and more; and Americans Mother Jones, Ida Tarbell, Big Bill Haywood, Sam Gompers and Teddy Roosevelt; and the beginning of World War I.
Author
Series
A history of US volume 5
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
It was a exuberant time for the citizens of the United States, who included a range of folks from mountain men and railroad builders to whalers and farmers, as they pushed forward into the open frontier, with all their hopes and fears.
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
People are coming to America - all kinds of people. If you are European, you come in search of freedom. If you're African, you come in chains. And what about the Indians, they were here before anyone else? Soon, with the flow of so many people, the thirteen colonies are born - each with its own story.
Author
Series
A history of US volume 4
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
It was a exuberant time for the citizens of the United States, who included a range of folks from mountain men and railroad builders to whalers and farmers, as they pushed forward into the open frontier, with all their hopes and fears.
18) Liberty for all?
Author
Series
A History of US volume 5
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
1999
Language
Slave
Description
Discusses the period of growth in American history prior to the Civil War, describing the lives of people from a variety of backgrounds, including Jedediah Smith, Emily Dickinson, John James Audubon, and Sojourner Truth.
Author
Series
A history of US volume 3
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
How did complaint colonials with strong ties to Europe get the notion to become an independent nation? Perhaps the seeds of liberty were planted in the 1793 courtroom battle for freedom of the press. Or maybe the French and Indian War did it, when colonists were called "Americans" for the first time. But definately when the Crown started placing heavy taxes on the people.
Author
Series
A History of US volume 8
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
Description
Covers the period of American history from the 1880s to World War I.