The American Century: A History of the United States Since the 1890s
- ISBN-10
- 0070357722
- ISBN-13
- 9780070357723
- Series
- The American Century
- Category
- United States
- Pages
- 591
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1992
- Publisher
- McGraw-Hill Companies
- Authors
- Nancy Woloch, Walter LaFeber, Richard Polenberg
Description
The book covers the social, political, economic, legal and cultural aspects of history, and aims to take into account a wide range of modern historical opinion.
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