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Known for its clear narrative voice and impeccable scholarship, Alan Brinkley's best-selling survey text invites students to think critically about the many forces that continually create the Unfinished Nation that is the United States. In a concise but wide-ranging narrative, Brinkley shows the diversity and complexity of the nation and our understanding of its history--one that continues to evolve both in the events of the present and in our reexamination of new evidence and perspectives on the past. This sixth edition features a new series of Patterns of Popular Culture essays, as well as expanded coverage of pre-Columbian America, new America in the World essays, and updated coverage of recent events and developments that demonstrates how a new generation continues to shape the American story.
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The unfinished nation : a concise history of the American people. Volume I:, To 1877, Alan Brinkley
- Language
- Released
- 2010
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- (Paperback)
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- Title
- The unfinished nation : a concise history of the American people. Volume I:, To 1877
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Alan Brinkley
- Publisher
- McGraw-Hill
- Released
- 2010
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 512
- ISBN10
- 0077286359
- ISBN13
- 9780077286354
- Series
- Rating
- 3.4 out of 5
- Description
- Known for its clear narrative voice and impeccable scholarship, Alan Brinkley's best-selling survey text invites students to think critically about the many forces that continually create the Unfinished Nation that is the United States. In a concise but wide-ranging narrative, Brinkley shows the diversity and complexity of the nation and our understanding of its history--one that continues to evolve both in the events of the present and in our reexamination of new evidence and perspectives on the past. This sixth edition features a new series of Patterns of Popular Culture essays, as well as expanded coverage of pre-Columbian America, new America in the World essays, and updated coverage of recent events and developments that demonstrates how a new generation continues to shape the American story.