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This book was quite concise indeed, blazing through the history of the United States at high speed. There is a lot of good information here, but many topics are breezed over at times when you want to settle in for a bit. The book worked for my purpose though: to read a summary of U.S. History in an effort to find various times/subjects to hone in on and dig deeper. All in all a good overview.
Good review of stuff I had forgotten.
I fairly enjoyed this book. It tended to skip about from topic to topic; some in depth, others not so much, a few not at all. As a crash course on United States history it delivered in most areas.
“Concise” is the appropriate word here. Easy to read, the book covers good deal of issues from slavery to civil war. The reconstruction material is beautiful.
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A Concise History of the United States of AmericaGuide to Further ReadingColonial AmericaAnderson, Victoria De JohnNew England’s generation: the great migration and the formation of society and culture in the seventeenth centuryNew YorkCambridge University Press 1991Bailyn, BernardThe New England merchants in the seventeenth centuryCambridge, MAHarvard University Press 1955Bailyn, BernardAtlantic history: concept and contoursCambridge, MAHarvard University Press 2005Breen, T.HPuritans and adventurers: change and persistence in early AmericaNew YorkOxford University Press 1980Bremer, Francis JThe Puritan experiment: New England society from Bradford to EdwardHanover, NHUniversity Press of New England 1995Bremer, Francis JJohn Winthrop: America’s forgotten founding fatherOxfordOxford University Press 2003Bridenbaugh, CarlJamestown 1544–1699New YorkOxford University Press 1980Butler, JonBecoming America: the revolution before 1776Cambridge, MAHarvard University Press 2001Crane, Elaine FormanEbb tide in New England: women, seaports, and social change, 1630–1800BostonNortheastern University Press 1998Cronon, WilliamChanges in the land: Indians, colonists, and the ecology of New EnglandNew YorkHill and Wang 1983Demos, John PutnamA little commonwealth: family life in Plymouth ColonyNew YorkOxford University Press 1982Demos, John PutnamThe unredeemed captive: a family story from early AmericaNew YorkRandom House 1994Elliott, J.HEmpires of the Atlantic world: Britain and Spain in America, 1492–1830New Haven, CTYale University Press 2006Fischer, David HackettAlbion’s seed: four British folkways in AmericaNew YorkOxford University Press 1989Foster, StephenThe long argument: English Puritanism and the shaping of New England culture 1570–1700Chapel HillThe University of North Carolina Press 1991Hanger, Kimberly SBounded lives, bounded places: free black society in colonial New Orleans, 1769–1803Durham, NC and LondonDuke University Press 1997Jennings, FrancisThe ambiguous Iroquois empireNew YorkW.W. Norton and Co 1984Jennings, FrancisEmpire of fortune: crowns, colonies, and tribes in the seven years war in AmericaNew YorkW.W. Norton and Co 1988Leach, Edward DouglasRoots of conflict: British armed forces and colonial Americans, 1677–1763Chapel HillThe University of North Carolina Press 1986Lepore, JillThe name of war: King Philip’s War and the origins of American identityNew YorkAlfred Knopf 1998Martin, John FrederickProfits in the wilderness: entrepreneurship and the founding of New England towns in the seventeenth centuryChapel HillUniversity of North Carolina Press 2001Middleton, RichardColonial America: a history, 1565–1776OxfordOxford University Press 2002Morgan, Edmund SAmerican slavery, American freedom: the ordeal of colonial VirginiaNew YorkW.W. Norton and Company 1975Nash, Gary BRed, white, and black: the peoples of early AmericaEnglewood Cliffs, NJPrentice Hall 1974Norton, Mary BethFounding mothers and fathers: gendered power and the forming of American societyNew YorkAlfred Knopf 1996Parent, Jr Anthony SFoul means: the formation of a slave society in Virginia, 1660–1740Chapel HillUniversity of North Carolina Press 2003Piersen, William DBlack Yankees: the development of an Afro-American subculture in eighteenth-century New EnglandAmherst, MAUniversity of Massachusetts Press 1988Pritchard, JamesIn search of empire: the French in the Americas, 1670–1730CambridgeCambridge University Press 2004Salisbury, NealManitou and Providence: Indians, Europeans, and the making of New England, 1500–1643New YorkOxford University Press 1982Ulrich, Laurel ThatcherGood wives: image and reality in the lives of women in northern New England 1650–1750New YorkOxford University Press 1982Ulrich, Laurel ThatcherA midwife’s tale: the life of Martha Ballard, based on her diary, 1785–1812New YorkRandom House 1990Vaughan, Alden TRoots of American racism: essays on the colonial experienceNew YorkOxford University Press 1995Revolution and IndependenceArmitage, DavidThe Declaration of Independence: A global historyCambridge, MAHarvard University Press 2007Bailyn, BernardThe ideological origins of the American RevolutionCambridge, MABelknap Press of Harvard University Press 1967Bailyn, BernardFaces of revolution: personalities and themes in the struggle for American independenceNew YorkAlfred A. Knopf 1990Bernard, BailynTo begin the world anew: the genius and ambiguities of the American foundersNew YorkAlfred A. Knopf 2003Bonwick, ColinEnglish radicals and the American RevolutionChapel HillThe University of North Carolina Press 1977Bonwick, ColinThe American RevolutionCharlottesvilleUniversity Press of Virginia 1991Maier, PaulineFrom resistance to revolution: colonial radicals and the development of American opposition to Britain, 1765–1776New YorkAlfred A. Knopf 1972Maier, PaulineAmerican scripture: making the Declaration of IndependenceNew YorkAlfred A. Knopf 1996Middlekauff, RobertThe glorious cause: the American Revolution, 1763–1789New YorkOxford University Press 2005Morgan, Edmund SThe birth of the republic, 1763–89ChicagoUniversity of Chicago Press 1992Nash, Gary BThe urban crucible: social change, political consciousness, and the origins of the American RevolutionCambridge, MAHarvard University Press 1979Royster, CharlesA revolutionary people at war: the continental army and American characterChapel HillThe University of North…
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A Concise History of the United States of America | American history: general interest Born out of violence and the aspirations of its early settlers, the United States of America has become one of the world’s most powerful nations, even as its past continues to inform its present and to mould its very identity as a nation. The search for nationhood and the ambiguities upon which the nation was founded are at the root of this intelligent and forthright book. Taking a broadly chronological approach, it begins in colonial America as the first Europeans arrived, lured by the promise of financial profit, driven by religious piety, and accompanied by the diseases which would ravage and consume the native populations. It explores the tensions inherent in a country built on slave labor in the name of liberty, one forced to assert its unity and reassess its ideals in the face of secession and civil war, and one that struggled to establish moral supremacy, military security, and economic stability during the financial crises and global conflicts of the twentieth century. Woven through this richly crafted study of America’s shifting social and political landscapes are the multiple voices of the nation’s history: slaves and slave owners, revolutionaries and reformers, soldiers and statesmen, immigrants and refugees. It is their voices, together with those of today’s multicultural America, that define the United States at the dawn of a new century. Thoughtful, witty and engaging, a new history of America told from the perspective of its people and their engagement with the past Highlights the persistent tensions throughout American history between freedom and enslavement, race and gender, material strength and moral imperative Illustrations are captioned with stories that are key to the narrativeRead moreReviews & endorsements“Susan-Mary Grant’s vigorous new history of the United States is the ideal text for our troubled times. A fast-paced account of the martial roots of American national identity, it fairly bristles with insight, information, and indignation. This book should be required reading for anyone interested in the making of today’s uneasy superpower.” – Robert Cook, Professor of American History, University of Sussex “In this elegantly written, immensely readable and fresh distillation of American history, Susan-Mary Grant brings a keen eye to bear on the processes that created and have since sustained the United States’ sense of nationhood. Notably, she shows how war and conflict, from colonial times to the present, have shaped and redefined American identity, and how – despite the gap between civic ideals and reality – national ligaments have remained remarkably strong. A Concise History of the United States provides the general reader with a superb introduction to the American past, while the author’s authoritative but lightly-worn scholarship offers much to reward the specialist, too.” – Professor Richard Carwardine, President, Corpus Christi College, Oxford “Recommended.” -ChoiceSee more reviews Customer reviews Not yet reviewedBe the first to review Log in to review Review was not posted due to profanity × , create a review (If you’re not , sign out) × Product details Date Published: March 2012format: Paperbackisbn: 9780521612791length: 472 pages dimensions: 228 x 153 x 24 mmweight: 0.61kgcontains: 70 b/w illus. 5 maps availability: Available Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. New found land: imagining America 2. A city on a hill: the origins of a redeemer nation 3. The cause of all mankind: from colonies to Common Sense 4. Self-evident truths: founding the revolutionary republic 5. The last, best hope of Earth: toward the second American revolution 6. Westward the course of empire: from union to nation 7. A promised land: gateway to the American century 8. The soldier’s faith: conflict and conformity 9. Beyond the last frontier: a new deal for America 10. A land in transition: America in the atomic age 11. Armies of the night: counterculture and…
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A Concise History of the United States Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating Be the first to ask a question about A Concise History of the United States Average rating 3.59 · · 29 ratings · 4 reviews Start your review of A Concise History of the United States This book was quite concise indeed, blazing through the history of the United States at high speed. There is a lot of good information here, but many topics are breezed over at times when you want to settle in for a bit. The book worked for my purpose though: to read a summary of U.S. History in an effort to find various times/subjects to hone in on and dig deeper. All in all a good overview. Good review of stuff I had forgotten. I fairly enjoyed this book. It tended to skip about from topic to topic; some in depth, others not so much, a few not at all. As a crash course on United States history it delivered in most areas. “Concise” is the appropriate word here. Easy to read, the book covers good deal of issues from slavery to civil war. The reconstruction material is beautiful. …more
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A Concise History of the United States of America 14 total ratings, 4 with reviews From Singapore There are 0 reviews and 0 ratings from Singapore From other countries5.0 out of 5 stars Top notch overview Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 20 June 2015 An excellent book. Well written, rigorous but not pedantic. No jingoism. Manages to keep a snappy pace – perhaps by skipping key events, but it does have to cover 450 years in as many pages.I’m about to emigrate to the US and was looking for an engaging crash course in its history. This book hit that spot as well as leading me to other books and areas to explore.My only criticism is that there are a few too many satirical cartoons as illustrations. Their visual impact is undermined by the much needed but lengthy explanations. 1.0 out of 5 stars Title is Misleading Reviewed in the United States on 20 November 2020 This is not a history of the USA. It is a history of race relations in the USA. If you memorized every word in this book you would not be able to pass a high school exam in USA history. I gave up 1/3 of the way through it. 5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent summary of US history Reviewed in the United States on 28 July 2016 Excellent summary of US history and often funny and wry. Like the other reviewers I feel she should have skipped some of the repetitive themes and focused more on actual events and dates. Minor quibble. The book deftly explains the antecedents of American diversity and the system of individual liberty, states’ rights and central government authority. 5.0 out of 5 stars quality Reviewed in the United States on 8 June 2019 Bought this for a class. Came pristine. The class was the worst I’ve ever taken and the book is totally a drag, but the physical quality of it was good.
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A Concise History of the United States of America Average rating 3.81 · · 64 ratings · 7 reviews Start your review of A Concise History of the United States of America A very well-written survey history, as enjoyable to read as it is insightful! Good overview of American history with a frequent emphasis on discrimination and racism. There’s a poverty of information on wars and military interventions. …more An ok book for getting a broad overview of American history. It focuses largely on the domestic history of the United States and doesn’t talk a lot about foreign policy, except in the case of the Vietnam War and maybe WW2. The book has some interesting things to say about the position of the natives, black people, and women throughout the US’s history, especially in the earlier part of the history.However, the book approaches the modern day though it tends to hew closer to the official line you’ …more How very different from the textbooks I (somewhat vaguely) remember! Its focus on social history rather than political left me with the impression of being wishy-washy, not necessarily due to any faults in the book but rather my experience of what a history textbook is — I did want more a sense of concreteness. Perhaps there is in the printed version (ie, footnotes) rather than the audio (I think a general limitation of audio history). It is very rich in detail. I love the author’s perspective, it’s enlightening! …more It’s more of a political history or political struggle between different sections of the American society than the all encompassing history. It’s difficult to describe it but the logical historical events are missing. The chronology is not inclusive of all that happened in the United States of America from its birth till today. Great wars, inventions amd interventions are completely missing. The aspect of black Afro-American & the political struggles are vividly described which makes the title o …more Unstructured stream-of-consciousness (at best). Dictated lecture-notes, probably. Dr.Grant needs to acknowledge that this knowledgable reference book will not correct te ‘wrongs of history’ unless it appleas itself to the fundamentals of logic nd reason. Start where We are (not where we wish). State your hypotheses and evidence. Draw Conclusions from the Evidence. I’m not finding this book rewarding enough to be worth the effort. Too many internal contradictions, too hard going. Yet it’s a good …more
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