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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797202903321

Titolo

Ideas and movements that shaped America : from the Bill of Rights to "Occupy Wall Street" / / Michael S. Green and Scott L. Stabler, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Santa Barbara, California ; ; Denver, Colorado : , : ABC-CLIO, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

979-82-16-10068-3

1-78684-517-2

1-61069-252-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1250 p.)

Disciplina

303.48

303.4840973

Soggetti

Social movements - United States - History

Ideology - United States - History

United States History Philosophy Encyclopedias

United States History Philosophy Sources

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Volume 1. A-E -- Volume 2. F-O -- Volume 3. P-Z.

Sommario/riassunto

Presenting accessibly written information for general audiences as well as students and researchers, this three-volume work examines the evolution of American society and thought from the nation's beginnings to the 21st century. It covers the seminal ideas and social movements that define who we are as Americans-from the ideas that underpin the Bill of Rights to slavery, the Civil Rights movement, and the idea of gay rights-even if U.S. citizens often strongly disagree on these topics.     Organized topically rather than chronologically, this encyclopedia combines primary sources and secondar