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A People and a Nation: A History of the United States
A People and a Nation A History of the United States Author:Mary Beth Norton Featuring a strong social and thematic narrative, the authors combine the experience of ordinary men, women and children with the more traditional political, diplomatic and economic narrative in order to "tell the whole story of American history". The fourth edition retains the smooth-flowing narrative and attention to current scholarship that h... more »as made Norton et al a best-seller. The most significant changes include: expanded coverage of native Americans before Columbus in a new chapter 1, increased coverage of European cross-cultural encounters in chapters 1 and 2, increased emphasis on the environment and technology, increased coverage of military history, reorganization of late 19th and early 20th century material to better integrate coverage of everyday life, and reorganization of post-1945 chapters for a more chronological presentation. Also new is chapter 29, which examines the Cold War era in a single chapter, an innovative presentation of this material. A new final chapter covers the Bush years and the Clinton administration.« less