Nation of Nations: A Concise Narrative of the American Republic

Davidson, James West; Gienapp, William E.; Heyrman, Christine Leigh; Lytle, Mark; Stoff, Michael B.

ISBN 10: 0072417722 / ISBN 13: 9780072417722

Published by McGraw-Hill College, Blacklick, Ohio, U.S.A., 2001

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Wraps have light edgewear, spine unbent. Pages are clean, text is unmarked. No CD. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Seller Inventory # 403615W

Bibliographic Details

Title: Nation of Nations: A Concise Narrative of ...

Publisher: McGraw-Hill College, Blacklick, Ohio, U.S.A.

Publication Date: 2001

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Good

Edition: Third Edition.

About this title

Synopsis:

This concise and inexpensive text uses a broad chronological narrative approach which uses literary grace to integrate political and social history. NATION OF NATIONS CONCISE stands apart from other brief, or condensed, survey texts in that it retains more detail in a streamlined narrative its style is clear and its prose lively.

From the Publisher:

"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.