The World: With Special Reference to United States, and Dependent Territories
- ISBN-10
- 1330268784
- ISBN-13
- 9781330268780
- Series
- The World
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 695
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2015-06-02
- Publisher
- Forgotten Books
- Author
- UNKNOWN. AUTHOR
Description
Excerpt from The World: With Special Reference to United States, and Dependent Territories It is of the first importance that every American should have a thorough knowledge of the constitutional, the political, and the industrial development of the United States; and this applies especially to the period since the beginning of the movement which led to the separation from the British Empire and the formation of a republican government under the Constitution. It is impossible, however, to understand the history of this later period without a knowledge of the political and constitutional history of colonial times, for our institutions are mainly developed out of colonial institutions. It is also impossible to comprehend the territorial development of the United States without some acquaintance with the period of discovery and exploration. Furthermore, the history of no modern nation has been more profoundly affected by its environment than has the development of the American people; so that a knowledge of the physical advantages and disadvantages of the scene of its activity is indispensable. These considerations have determined the form and proportions of this book: of the six hundred pages of text four hundred and fifty deal with the period since 1760, and, of these, three hundred and fifty relate the history of the nation since 1783. On the other hand, the narrative is preceded by an Introduction describing the Land and its Resources. The elucidation of these important problems has made it necessary to omit much interesting historical material; - details of military history, descriptions of colonial life, anecdotes of the heroes of colonial and revolutionary days, accounts of the institutions and manners of the aborigines, and the narrative of the ineffectual struggling of the Red Man against the superior race. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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