The Pelican history of the United States of America /
History of the United States of America
Hugh Brogan.
- viii, 740 pages : maps ; 20 cm
- A Pelican Book .
"First published as Longman History of the United States of America by the Longman Group 1985"--Title page verso
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Book one. The settlement: Prelude c. 40,000 BC-c. AD 1600 ; The roots of English colonization ; The planting of Virginia 1607-1660 ; The planting of New England 1604-c. 1675 ; Indians 1492-1920 -- Book two. The Old Order and the American Revolution: Imperial Britain 1660-1763 ; Thirteen colonies c. 1675-1763 ; The waking of the Revolution 1759-1766 ; The road to ruin 1766-1775 ; The War of the Revolution 1775-1783 ; The peace and the Constitution 1783-1789 -- Book three. The age of equality: The planting of the West ; The development of a Democracy 1789-1841 ; Slavery and its consequences 1800-1861 ; The War about slavery 1861-1865 ; Reconstruction 1865-1877 -- Book four. The age of gold: The billion-dollar country 1865-1900 ; Congressional government and its critics 1869-1896 ; The Progressive adventure 1897-1914 ; The education of Woodrow Wilson 1914-1921 ; Irresponsibility 1921-1933 -- Book five. The New World: The era of Franklin Roosevelt 1933-1938 ; The reluctant giant 1933-1945 ; Cold War abroad and at home 1945-1961 ; Unfinished business 1954-1968 ; The crisis of the New Order 1963-1974.