A History of the United States (Palgrave Essential Histories Series) - Tapa blanda

'Philip Jenkins has written much more than a textbook and lived up to the series' avowed aim of providing "compact, readable and informative national histories.' - John Kentleton, "American Studies Today " Praise for the first edition 'To write a history of the United States in some 300 pages constitutes a formidable task of compression...Philip Jenkins has, however, managed to produce a book which is a useful introduction to the complex history of a major state, yet is genuinely an interpretative synthesis, weaving the work of countless historians into a well-structured account of the development of the USA in which the author's own informed opinions provide the organising framework.' - A.W. Purdue, "Immigrants and Minorities " 'Philip Jenkins has written much more than a textbook and lived up to the series' avowed aim of providing "compact, readable and informative national histories.' - John Kentleton, "American Studies Today" Praise for the first edition 'To write a history of the United States in some 300 pages constitutes a formidable task of compression...Philip Jenkins has, however, managed to produce a book which is a useful introduction to the complex history of a major state, yet is genuinely an interpretative synthesis, weaving the work of countless historians into a well-structured account of the development of the USA in which the author's own informed opinions provide the organising framework.' - A.W. Purdue, "Immigrants and Minorities "

This introductory guide provides an account of the course of American history, discussing political, social, economic and cultural developments. Major themes examined include the relationship between territorial expansion and political history, the critical role of ethnic and racial conflict, and the shifting centres of gravity in American geography. For this new edition, Philip Jenkins reviews events from the 1990s, most notably the development of the Internet economy and the course of the Clinton presidency and brings the story up to date with an analysis of September 11, 2002 and its aftermath.