The Limits of Liberty

This is a major survey of the American past from the earliest colonial settlements to the present day. It traces the political, intellectual, economic and cultural development of a distinctive American society, without losing sight of its continued connections with the Old World. Swelled by a continuous flux of immigration, the population of the United States spread with astonishing rapidity over a vast continent, evolving a new system of government and creating extraordinary wealth. Maldwyn A Jones assesses not only the epic achievements of the nation, but also the tensions and limitations of the society behind the 'American Dream'. In this second edition Professor Jones has continued his study to the present, with a new chapter examining the conservative revival of the 1980s and the presidential elections of 1992. He has included an additional map, incorporated the most recently available statistics into the population tables, and completely revised and updated the Bibliography.

ISBN 0198205724   Volumes 1 ISBN13 9780198205722 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 1114 Publisher Oxford University Press   Published in Oxford Imprint Oxford University Press   Series editor Roberts, J.M., Roberts, J.M., roberts, J.M. Format Paperback   Series title Short Oxford History of the Modern World Publication date 09 Mar 1995   Height (mm) 234 Library of Congress E   Width (mm) 156 DEWEY 973   Spine width (mm) 40 DEWEY edition DC20   Academic level A / AS level, Undergraduate Pages 752

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1		Colonial Foundations, 1607-1760		1
2		Provincial Expansion, 1700-1763		19
3		Revolution and Independence, 1763-1783		37
4		The Revolutionary Transformation, 1776-1789		58
5		The Federalist Age, 1789-1801		76
6		Jeffersonian Republicanism, 1801-1824		90
7		The Expanding Union, 1815-1860		113
8		The Politics of Egalitarianism, 1824-1844		134
9		Social and Cultural Ferment, 1820-1860
10		Westward Expansion and Sectional Conflict, 1844-1850		177
11		The Road to Secession, 1850-1861		196
12		The Civil War, 1861-1865		218
13		Reconstruction, 1865-1877		237
14		The New South and White Supremacy, 1877-1914		260
15		Taming the West, 1865-1900		275
16		The Growth of an Industrial Economy, 1865-1914		295
17		Society and Culture in the Industrial Era, 1860-1910		319
18		Politics from Conservatism to Revolt, 1877-1896		347
19		The Progressive Era, 1900-1917		368
20		The United States and World Affairs, 1865-1914		393
21		The United States and the First World War, 1914-1920		412
22		After the War, 1919-1929		432
23		The Great Depression, 1929-1939		453
24		Foreign Policy between the Wars, 1921-1941		477
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