American Heritage History of the Confident Years: 1866-1914
- ISBN-10
- 161230950X
- ISBN-13
- 9781612309507
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 600
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2016-03-29
- Publisher
- New Word City
- Author
- Francis Russell
Description
Here, from New York Times bestselling historian Richard Russell, is the vivid story of the confident years - those days of America's exuberant growth in population, industry, and world prestige - from the end of the Civil War to the outbreak of World War I. Here are the stories of political power struggles, Reconstruction, western expansion, Ellis Island immigrants, the rise of American tycoons and labor unions, and the country's entry into World War I.
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