A Concise History of the United States
1970
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In this newly revised an updated acclaimed short survey, Sinclair concentrates on those qualities in the American people that made our country's rapid transition not only possible buy inevitable. He traces the origins of the American ideal, the rural/urban conflict, the rise of the two great political parties, and analyzes the effect of Puritanism on the national chracter. Looking back over the American achievement from the millenial point of view, A CONCISE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES explains how a polyglot of people achieved world hegemony. This gripping and analytical account explains the nation's ideas and development into the great power of the twentieth century.
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