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From revolution to civil rights, Old Hollywood to the Space Agethe extraordinary story of a nation that contains multitudes
A masterpiece of concision and analysis. Every American should read it.Judith Thurman, National Book Awardwinning writer at The New Yorker When Britain's thirteen American colonies declared their independence on July 4, 1776, the United States of America was born. It became a profoundly powerful nation that, for much of its history, has been the crucible of invention and creativity, a refuge for millions, and a beacon of hope, freedom, and multiculturalism. But from the start, it was hardly united. In this insightful, evenhanded account, Don Watson highlights the key figures who fought for the country's inalienable rights and embodied its indomitable spiritin politics and at home, on the frontiers and in its cities, in books and music and on screens. And he traces how the central conflicts of the United Statesthose over freedom, race, enterprise, religion, and violenceevolve through its history. As we witness a country at war with itself in the 1860s, leading the free world less than a hundred years later, and beset by wild division and turmoil in the twenty-first century, we see that this singular nation has never ceased changingand that the American experiment continues to unfold.
The Shortest History books deliver thousands of years of history in one riveting, fast-paced read.
Don Watson is an author and screenwriter who formerly worked as a political adviser and speechwriter. He is the author of three Quarterly Essays and many acclaimed books, including Recollections of a Bleeding Heart, American Journeys, The Bush, Watsonia, and The Passion of Private White.
Introduction - Beginnings - A Holy Commonwealth - War and Consolidation - Manifest Destiny - Awakening and Civil War - Reconstruction and Gilded Age - Progressives - Depression and After - War - Post-War USA - New Frontier and Great Society - Dark Night, New Morning - America Unbound - The Unravelling Acknowledgments
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