Inventing America a history of the United States
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...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York
W.W. Norton
2003
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| Summary: | 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. |
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| Item Description: | Maps on lining papers |
| Physical Description: | 2 v. (xxvii, 1086 p.) ill. (some col.), col. maps 26 cm 2 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780393977622 (v.2) 0393977625 (v.2) 9780393974355 (v. 1) 0393974359 (v. 1) 9780393974348 0393974340 0393105008 (CD) |