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INVENTING AMERICA
A HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES |
| Volume: |
v. 2 |
| By: |
Pauline Maier, Merrit Roe Smith, Alexander Keyssar |
| Format: |
Mixed media product |
| List price:
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£20.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0393977625 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780393977622 |
| Publisher: |
WW NORTON & CO |
| Pub. date: |
18 September, 2002 |
| Pages: |
656 |
| Description: |
Representing a fresh approach to the teaching of American history, this textbook takes innovation as its theme. The book is a chronological survey, highlighting the ways in which the constant invention of ideas, the impulse to improve, the renewal of old practices have changed American history. |
| Synopsis: |
Representing a fresh approach to the teaching of American history, this textbook takes innovation as its theme. The book is a chronological survey, highlighting the ways in which the constant invention of ideas, the impulse to improve, the renewal of old practices in areas as diverse as the American railroad and the rise of jazz, have all animated the progress of American history. The text links the theme of innovation to political, economic, social and cultural developments. |
| Illustrations: |
illustrations (some col.), col. maps, ports. (some col.) |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
WW Norton & Co |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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