Synopsis
Incorporating the scholarship of social historians within the framework of a narrative history, this work tells how this "Nation of Nations", as Walt Whitman named the USA, managed to prosper and expand to become the longest lived republic in the history of the world.
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"Counterpoint" essays explore contrasting
ways historians have interpreted a central topic, and are
integrated into the narrative (not set aside in boxes).
Increased coverage of environmental history
and western history.
Previous edition chapters on Traditional
Politics (21) and The New Empire (22) are condensed
into one new chapter (21): The Political System Under
Strain.
Retains more detail in its narrative than most
concise texts.
"Eyewitness to History"-the book's primary
source feature provides engaging documents whose
anrratives are by those who experienced history
first-hand.
Key Terms and Themes are highlighted in the
margin to guide the student.
Global Essays begin each of the text's six units.
Significant Events timelines end each chapter,
and maps and charts with full captions throughout.
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