This is America
A Short History of the United States
Published on 5. January 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
228 pages
978-1-61472-571-8 (ISBN)
Description
This Is America: A Short History of the United States, the latest in Berkshire's acclaimed "This World of Ours" series, is a unique and very short introduction to the United States of America, a nation that in recent history has been the most affluent, influential, and powerful on Earth, known for innovation as well as for its belief in its own "exceptionalism." As the balance of global political and economic power shifts, this book will help US citizens see their homeland more clearly and will give people elsewhere a more nuanced view of the "beautiful country" - the literal translation of ¿¿ ("M¿iguó"), the name for the United States in Chinese. In seven short chapters, and less than 250 pages, the reader will learn the essentials about the nation usually referred to as "America" - from prehistory and early settlement through the twenty-first century, followed by an overview of the key concepts and debates that continue to shape the United States. Students and teachers will find this concise work an important aid to better understanding of the United States and its evolving position in world affairs.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Great Barrington
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
357 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-61472-571-8 (9781614725718)
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Duncan A. Campbell is Assistant Professor of History at National University in La Jolla, California, USA. Before that he was a lecturer in American Studies at the University of Wales Swansea, UK. He is the author of English Public Opinion and the American Civil War (2003) and Unlikely Allies: Britain, America and the Victorian Origins of the ""Special Relationship"" (2007). In 2014 he co-edited Berkshire Publishing's This Is America: A Short History of the United States. He is, additionally, co-editor of The 1980s: A Critical and Transitional Decade (2011) and The American Civil War (2000) in the Helm Literary Sources and Documents series. His research interests lie in comparative history, especially that of the nineteenth-century Atlantic World.