02056nam a2200301 ia4500 OSt 20260315113041.0 260315t20252016ctuab gr 001 0 eng d 9780300283433 RM 94.00 paperback PPAK eng PPAK rda 23 973 973 DAV G Davidson, James West, 1946- author. A Little History of the United States / James West Davidson. New Haven, Connecticut : Yale University Press, 2025 ©2016 xiv, 333 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier A Little History of Includes index Introduction : Making history -- Where the birds led -- A continent in space and time -- Out of one, many -- A golden age and the age of gold -- When worlds collide -- How can I be saved? -- Saints and strangers -- Boom country -- Equal and unequal -- Enlightened and awakened -- Be careful what you wish for -- More than a quarrel -- Equal and independent -- More perfect union -- Washington's fear -- Empire of liberty -- Man of the people -- Cotton kingdoms -- Burned over -- Frontiers -- Crossing the line -- What was coming -- How do you reconstruct? -- The next big thing -- The color of your collar -- A tale of two cities -- The new west -- Luck or pluck? -- The progressives -- Smashup -- The masses -- A new deal -- Global war -- Superpower -- The end of the world -- You or you or you -- The avalanche -- A conservative turn -- Connected -- The past asks more. "Describes how the United States developed from the first contact between extremely different cultures to its role as a superpower and explores how a country based on diversity seeks the sometimes contradictory goals of freedom and equality."--Publisher's description United States History A little history of ddc B 203430 203430 0 0 KM G 2026-03-16 0 973 DAV A01908950 2026-03-16 12:28:47 B 0 0 BB G 2026-03-16 0 973 DAV A01908952 2026-03-16 12:28:47 B