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020 _a9780061960536 :
_c$26.99
020 _a0061960535 :
_c$26.99
035 _a(OCoLC)670475854
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042 _aukblderived
050 1 4 _aE178.25
_b.D37 2011
082 _a973
100 1 _aDavis, Kenneth C.
245 1 0 _aDon't know much about history :/
_beverything you need to know about American history but never learned /
_cKenneth C. Davis.
250 _a1st ed. [rev. ed.], 20th aniversary ed.
260 _aNew York, NY :
_bAvon Books
_c1990
300 _a462
_c24 cm.
490 1 _aDon't know much about
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [665]-694) and index.
505 0 _aBrave new world -- Say you want a revolution -- Growth of a nation: from the creation of the Constitution to manifest destiny -- Apocalypse then: to civil war and reconstruction -- When Monopoly wasn't a game: the growing empire from the Wild West to World War I -- Boom to bust to big boom: from the Jazz Age and the Great Depression to HIroshima -- Commies, containment, and Cold War: America in the Fifties -- The torch is passed: from Camelot to Hollywood on the Potomac -- From the evil empire to the Axis of Evil -- The Bill of Rights and other Constitutional amendments -- Is the Electoral College a party school? A presidential election primer -- U.S. Presidents and their administrations.
520 _aDavis has brought his groundbreaking work up to the present, including the history of an "Era of Broken Trust," from the end of the Clinton administration through the recent Great Recession. This additional material covers the horrific events of 9/11 and the rise of conspiracy theorists, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Hurricane Katrina and the failure of the New Orleans levees, the global financial meltdown, the election of Barack Obama, and the national controversy of same-sex marriage.
650 7 _aQuestions and answers.
_2sears
651 0 _aUnited States
_xHistory
_vMiscellanea.
651 7 _aUnited States
_xHistory
_vMiscellanea.
_2sears
800 1 _aDavis, Kenneth C.
_tDon't know much about.
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