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America has sold more than 1.8 million copies over the past eight editions because it's a book that students enjoy reading. Effective storytelling, colorful anecdotes, and biographical sketches make the narrative absorbing and the material more memorable. The Ninth Edition includes... Read Full Overview

This work covers all aspects of American history: political and military, social, cultural, immigration and the Frontier. There is more emphasis on popular culture, such as tavern life and the rise of spectator sports.

Full of vivid characters and events, this survey explores American history from pre-Columbian civilisations through to the era of Civil War reconstruction. It introduces American history at a level suitable for college students.

America , now in its twenty-fifth year, has sold more 1.2 million copies over the past seven editions and remains the most affordable history text on the market. The Brief Eighth Edition offers the attractive features of the full-length text--lively and accessible narrative style,... Read Full Overview

America , now in its twenty-fifth year, has sold more 1.2 million copies over the past seven editions and remains the most affordable history text on the market. The narrative wins students over with compelling storytelling, colorful anecdotes and biographical sketches that make... Read Full Overview

Maintaining the features that have always distinguished this classic text--lively and accessible narrative style, a keen balance of political with social and cultural history, and exceptional value--the Seventh Edition introduces a completely redesigned, full-color layout complemented... Read Full Overview

A history of the United States that places itself squarely within mainstream American understandings of the country's past. The focus is primarily political, but significant impact of the work of social and cultural historians can be detected. The text covers up to the first... Read Full Overview