- 1985 edition, 740 pages
- Published by Book Club Associates
- Hardcover with dust jacket, black boards
- Very good condition, minor tanning
Index included. Sketches included.
A distinctive addition to the study of the United States of America, this book combines a lucid narrative with an original analysis of Amercian history. It presents a comprehensive view of the United States and its people from the beginnings of English colonization in the seventeenth century to the mid 1970s. The braod outline of events is illuminated by vivid sketches of commanding personalities; apt quotations, and the author's personal interpretation of Amercia's development.
The book is divided into five parts:
- Part One sees America still linked to Europe
- The protest, revolution and war examined in Part Two hearld the arrival of a new order.
- The development of this new order, challenged by the relics of older institutions such as slavery is explored in Part Three.
- Part Four considers the effect of America's wealth and power on both Americans and the rest of the world as well as the impact of the First World War
- Part Five shows America struggling to adapt to the demands of the twentieth century.
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