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A short history of the United States
Allan Nevins and Henry Steele Commager
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Frontmatter
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Preface (page ix)
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1. The Planting of the Colonies (page 1)
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2. The Colonial Heritage (page 28)
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3. The Conquest of New France and the Movement for Independence (page 60)
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4. The Revolution and Confederation (page 88)
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5. Making the Constitution (page 117)
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6. The Republic Finds Itself (page 140)
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7. The Rise of National Unity (page 156)
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8. Jacksonian Democracy Sweeps In (page 174)
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9. The West and Democracy (page 191)
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10. The Sectional Struggle (page 213)
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11. The Brothers' War (page 237)
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12. The Emergence of Modern America (page 257)
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13. The Rise of Big Business (page 279)
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14. Labor and Immigration (page 307)
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15. The West Comes of Age (page 335)
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16. The Farmer and His Problems (page 358)
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17. The Age of Reform (page 387)
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18. The Rise to World Power (page 413)
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19. Woodrow Wilson and the World War (page 434)
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20. From War to War (page 455)
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21. The Second World War (page 493)
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Index (page 513)
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Published: c1945
Publisher: Modern Library