{"product_id":"american-history-paul-s-boyer-9780195389142","title":"American History: A Very Short Introduction","description":"In a miracle of concision, Paul S. Boyer provides a wide-ranging and authoritative history of America, capturing in a compact space the full story of our nation. Ranging from the earliest Native American settlers to the presidency of Barack Obama, this \u003cem\u003eVery Short Introduction\u003c\/em\u003e offers an illuminating account of politics, diplomacy, and war as well as the full spectrum of social, cultural, and scientific developments that shaped our country. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHere is a masterful picture of America's achievements and failures, large-scale socio-historical forces, and pivotal events. Boyer sheds light on the colonial era, the Revolution and the birth of the new nation; slavery and the Civil War; Reconstruction and the Gilded Age; the Progressive era, the Roaring Twenties and the Great Depression; the two world wars and the Cold War that followed; right up to the tragedy of 9\/11, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the epoch-making election of Barack Obama. Certain broad trends shape much of the narrative--immigration, urbanization, slavery, continental expansion, the global projection of U.S. power, the centrality of religion, the progression from an agrarian to an industrial to a post-industrial economic order. Yet in underscoring such large themes, Boyer also highlights the diversity of the American experience, the importance of individual actors, and the crucial role of race, ethnicity, gender, and social class in shaping the contours of specific groups within the nation's larger tapestry. And along the way, he touches upon the cultural milestones of American history, from Tom Paine's \u003cem\u003eThe Crisis\u003c\/em\u003e to Allen Ginsberg's \u003cem\u003eHowl\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eAmerican History: A Very Short Introduction\u003c\/em\u003e is a panoramic history of the United States, one that covers virtually every topic of importance--and yet can be read in a single day.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul S. Boyer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 019538914X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780195389142\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/13\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.36lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.92h x 4.54w x 0.44d","brand":"Paul S. Boyer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44133569822975,"sku":"9780195389142","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ddbb283c-d889-49cb-9f3a-f9f64dfab639.jpg?v=1687486914","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/american-history-paul-s-boyer-9780195389142","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}