Aspects of American history

• Main Author: Henderson, Simon, 1979-
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: London ; New York : Routledge/Taylor & Francis, 2009.
• Subjects: HISTORY > General. > State & Local; United States > History.; Electronic books.
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Examines major themes, personalities and issues across American history, using topic focused essays. This book focuses on key events and time periods within a broad framework looking at liberty and equality, the role of government and national identity. It enables readers to make comparisons and tra...

Table of Contents:

• BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; 1 NATION IN EMBRYO: The development of colonial America; 2 REASONS FOR REVOLT: The birth of the United States; 3 THE CONSTITUTION: Makings and meanings; 4 FLAWED HEROES: Washington, Jefferson and slavery; 5 IGNORING WASHINGTON'S WARNING: Antebellum party systems; 6 SLAVERY AND THE CAUSES OF THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR; 7 SOUTHERN AND CONFEDERATE NATIONALISM; 8 LINCOLN AND LIBERTY; 9 RECONSTRUCTION: The unfulfilled promise; 10 CIVIL WAR MEMORY AND AMERICAN NATIONAL IDENTITY