LEADER 02191oam 22005291 450 001 9910792110703321 005 20230530120702.0 010 $a9786613888853 010 $a9780199908547 010 $a0-19-990854-0 010 $a1-283-57640-6 035 $a(CKB)2560000000326593 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000156728 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC934462 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL934462 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10590459 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL388885 035 $a(OCoLC)808609714 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000326593 100 $a20120203d2012 |y| | 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 181 $csti$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aAmerican history $ea very short introduction /$fPaul S. Boyer 210 1$aOxford :$cOxford University Press,$d2012. 215 $a1 online resource (xix, 161 pages) $cillustrations 225 0 $aVery short introductions 311 0 $a0-19-538914-X 311 0 $a0-19-936571-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aBeginnings : Pre-history to 1763 -- 1763-1789 : Revolution, constitution, a new nation -- The promise and perils of nationhood, 1789-1850 -- Slavery and Civil War -- Industrialization and its consequences -- 1900-1920 : reform and war -- 1920-1945 : conflict and creativity, Depression and reform, war and global power -- 1945-1968 : Affluence, reform, war, social unrest -- To the present. 330 8 $aThis volume in Oxford's 'A Very Short Introduction' series offers a concise, readable narrative of the vast span of American history, from the earliest human migrations to the early 21st century when the United States loomed as a global power and comprised a complex multi-cultural society of more than 300 million people. 410 0$aVery short introductions. 606 $aHistory 607 $aUnited States$xHistory 615 0$aHistory. 676 $a973 700 $aBoyer$b Paul S$065302 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 912 $a9910792110703321 996 $aAmerican history$93809030 997 $aUNINA