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A basic history of the United States
- Title
- A basic history of the United States / by Charles A. Beard and Mary R. Beard.
- Author
- Beard, Charles A. (Charles Austin), 1874-1948.
- Publication
- New York : Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1944.
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- Description
- xii, 554 p., [64] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports.; 22 cm.
- Subjects
- Note
- "An original publication of the New Home Library, 1944."
- Later ed. publ. under title: The Beards' New basic history of the United States.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Indexed In (note)
- Allen, Douglas. N.C. Wyeth: the collected paintings, illustrations, and murals. (New York: Bonanza Books, 1972)
- Additional Formats (note)
- Also issued online.
- Contents
- English territorial claims and colonial beginnings -- Backgrounds of migration and settlement -- Laying foundations in agriculture -- The rise of commerce and industry -- Growth of social and intellectual autonomy -- Practicing the arts of self-government -- Two systems and ideologies in conflict -- Independence completed by revolution -- Constitutional government for the United States -- Establishing the republican way of life -- The revolutionary generation in charge of the federal government -- Expansion to the Pacific -- The Industrial Revolution -- Rise of national democracy -- A broadening and deepening sense of civilization -- Party strife over control of the federal government -- National unity sealed in an armed contest -- Reconstruction and economic expansion -- Centralization of economy -- Centralization as involved in the political struggle -- The breach with historic continentalism -- Widening knowledge and thought -- Revolts against plutocracy grow in political power -- Realizations in social improvement -- Gates of old opportunities closing -- World War and aftermath -- Economic crash and the New Deal uprising -- Global war and home front.
- Call Number
- IAE (Beard, C. Basic history of the United States. 1944, Doubleday)
- LCCN
- 44009200
- OCLC
- 913552
- Author
- Beard, Charles A. (Charles Austin), 1874-1948.
- Title
- A basic history of the United States / by Charles A. Beard and Mary R. Beard.
- Imprint
- New York : Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1944.
- Edition
- Enlarged and specially illustrated ed.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Indexed In:
- Allen, Douglas. N.C. Wyeth: the collected paintings, illustrations, and murals. (New York: Bonanza Books, 1972) p.229
- Additional Formats
- Also issued online.
- Added Author
- Beard, Mary Ritter, 1876-1958.Wyeth, N. C. (Newell Convers), 1882-1945, ill.
- Other Form:
- Online version: Beard, Charles Austin, 1874-1948. Basic history of the United States. New York : Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1944 (OCoLC)557839842
- Research Call Number
- IAE (Beard, C. Basic history of the United States. 1944, Doubleday)