American History: A Survey
- ISBN-10
- 0070079552
- ISBN-13
- 9780070079557
- Series
- American History
- Category
- United States
- Pages
- 1012
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1995
- Publisher
- McGraw-Hill Companies
- Authors
- Richard Nelson Current, Alan Brinkley, Frank Freidel
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