The Complete Idiot's Guide to American History, 5th Edition
- ISBN-10
- 1101057580
- ISBN-13
- 9781101057582
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 432
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009-06-02
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Authors
- Alan Axelrod, PhD
Description
The compact history of a giant country. American history is one of those subjects that students frequently labor over and can seem like a random collection of names, dates, and events. Understood as a collective biography and free of the cheerleading found in many text books, the fully updated fifth edition of The Complete Idiot's Guide® to American History explains the changing tides in America's most pivotal periods. ? From a seasoned author and researcher ? The most current and comprehensive series title on American history ? Heightened interest right now in the question of how America got where we are - a question that can only be answered by an understanding of history
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