U.S. History For Dummies |
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| Title: | U.S. History For Dummies |
| Author: | Wiegand |
| Publisher: | For Dummies |
| Type: | Book / Paperback |
| Publication Date: | 02 June, 2009 |
| ISBN / ISBN-13: | 0470436395 / 9780470436394 |
| List Price: | $19.99 |
| You Save: | $6.40 |
| Amazon Price: | $13.59 |
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Product Description
Now revised — the easy-to-understand guide to the story of America Want to better understand U.S. History? This friendly book serves as your tour guide through the important events of America's past and present, introducing you to the people who helped to shape history. From pre-Columbus to the American Revolution, from Watergate to Iraq to Barack Obama, you'll discover fascinating details that you won't find in dry history texts! - They're coming to America — explore early civilizations, meet Native Americans, and see how the development of the English colonies led to slavery and the American Revolution
From Thomas Jefferson to Abraham Lincoln — examine the contributions of great Americans as well as the discovery of gold, the birth of California, the Civil War, and Manifest Destiny America grows up — be there during the conquering of the West, industrial development, and the invention of the light bulb and the telephone The impact of the World Wars — understand the sweeping changes these epochal events brought to America and the rest of the world The Cold War, Camelot, and Clinton — take a closer look at the Korean War and communism, the fabulous '50s, JFK, Vietnam, Nixon and Watergate, Reaganomics, and the Clinton years From the '90s to now — witness the birth of the microchip, the impact of hanging chads in a presidential election, the largest terrorist attack on American soil, and the growing economic crisis Open the book and find: - Ten important events that defined American culture
Interesting Americans, from presidents to gangsters to sports heroes How America fought to win independence from England Details about all the major wars and their long-term effects Insight into the roots of slavery Inventions that changed life for Americans The impact of the atomic bomb The Bill of Rights and the Declaration of Independence
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Customer Reviews:
• Sloppy Editing And Research
18 February, 2008
Moving to America with very little memory of what I'd learned in school - and that from a European perspective anyway - I thought this book would be a good way to get up to speed on American history. There is a lot of information packed in to the book, with lots of little anecdotes and asides, which are interesting and often fun. However, some of the grammar is sloppy or ill-expressed giving some sentences ambivalent meanings(this is not a question of American grammar v English). A decent editor should have told him the difference between me and I, who and whom. However, this is just irritating - what is really poor is that the author does not know that England is not synonymous with Britain. He talks of "the British goverment" before Britain was created, he illustrates a point with a map which he says shows British land, then labels it English. It is the equivalent of using Texas and USA interchangeably. He even talks of the London parliament; no such thing exists. If he is so palpably wrong on the one thing I am very sure of, I am unsure whether to trust anything else he says.
- Amazon Customer Review
• Indians?
01 August, 2007
This was a nice review of American history but one distraction was present throughout: Calling Native Americans "Indians." Just seems that in this time of political correctness, the author might have corrected that, especially since he uses the term African-American.
- Amazon Customer Review
• Great Re-cap!
25 March, 2009
I bought this book to brush up on my U.S. History for a test I was preparing for. It was very easy to read and understand. Great value and a great transaction from the seller. Very fast delivery!
- Amazon Customer Review
• U.s. History For Dummies
02 March, 2006
Good Book. I is very detailed with the necessary fact about US history that I require.
Thanks
- Amazon Customer Review
• What About Influenza 1918?
25 January, 2007
While this capsule of U.S. history makes for entertaining and at times informative reading, I was very disappointed that no mention was made of the devastation reeked by the 'Spanish Lady' and its effect on the outcome of WWI. The only indirect reference I was able to find was 'American losses (from World War I) - 48,000 killed in battle, 56,000 lost to disease' makes no mention of the disease or the effect of disease on the general U.S. population. The Spanish or 'swine' flu killed 500,000 people in the U.S. in less than two years (and over 50 million world-wide). This blatant omission makes me wonder what other momentous historical events were left out of this book? Perhaps no history book exists that objectively touches on all major historical events. The only antidote would be to read extensively and critically (when studying the history of a war one can only form a less biased opinion by reading the propaganda of both sides). Thus this book is not an authoritative overview of U.S. history but just a tongue-tickling appetizer. Five stars for being an easy and entertaining read, minus three stars for leaving out critical historical events.
- Amazon Customer Review
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