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A Brief History of America (Paperback)
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A Brief History of America (Paperback)
Series: Brief Histories
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The next in this series of admirably concise yet nevertheless
comprehensive titles looks at the history of all Americans as well
as America; its environmental history and its linkage to economic
history; the political shaping of America; and America in the
world, from being a colony to post-Cold War America. Black examines
the environmental history of America and its linkage to economic
history, crucially, the clearing of forests; the spread of
agriculture; mineral, coal and iron extraction; industrialisation;
urbanisation; and current and growing climate-crisis concerns. He
explores the political shaping of America: indigenous American
polities; free European and unfree African settlements; the
creation of an American State, and its successes and failures from
1783 to 1861; Civil War; democratisation; the rise of the federal
Government from the 1930s; the Civil Rights movement from the 1950s
onwards, and tensions in more recent governance. The book considers
America in the World: as a pre-colonial and colonised space; as a
newly-independent power, then a rising international one, the Cold
War and the USA as the sole superpower in the post-Cold-War world.
These key themes are tackled chronologically for the sake of
clarity, beginning with the geological creation of North America,
human settlement and native American cultures to 1500; the arrival
of Europeans and enslaved Africans to 1770 - the Spanish and French
in the Gulf of Mexico and Florida, the English and French, and the
Dutch and Swedes further north. The focus then shifts to settler
conflicts with native Americans and between European powers leading
to a British-dominated North America by 1770. Then the end of
European rule and the foundation of an American trans-continental
state. The section dealing with the years from 1848 to 1880 looks
at the Civil War between North and South, reconstruction and the
creation of a new society. Between 1880 and 1920, the United States
became an industrial powerhouse and an international power, also a
colonial power - the Philippines, Hawaii, Puerto Rico - and a
participant in the First World War. The interwar years, 1921 to
1945, brought turmoil: the Roaring Twenties; the growth of
Hollywood; Prohibition; jazz; the Great Depression and the New
Deal; finally the Second World War. 1945 to 1968 was the American
Age, brimming with confidence and success as the world's leading
power, but also the ongoing struggle for civil rights. Subsequent
years to 1992 brought crisis and recovery: Watergate, the Reagan
years and the USA as the sole world superpower. In bringing the
book right up to the present day, Black looks at factors that
divide American society and economy, though it remains a country of
tremendous energy.
General
Imprint: |
Robinson
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
Brief Histories |
Release date: |
April 2024 |
Authors: |
Jeremy Black
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Dimensions: |
198 x 126 x 22mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
304 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4721-4738-7 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
1-4721-4738-3 |
Barcode: |
9781472147387 |
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