Freedom Just Around the Corner - A New American History: 1585-1828

This powerful reinterpretation of United States history is remarkable not only for its scholarship and historical breadth, but also in its assertion that the success of the country depends in a large part on the unique American character, which has shaped so many historic events. In the first of a projected three-volume series, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Walter A. McDougall argues that the creation of the United States is the central event in the last four hundred years of world history. Freedom Just Around the Corner masterfully chronicles the earliest years of this nation, revealing that the genius behind the success of the United States is not based on the works and ideas of one person, but rather on the complex, irrepressible American spirit. A professor of history at the University of Pennsylvania, Walter A. McDougall is the author of many books, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Heavens and the Earth and Let the Sea Make a Noise..., Throes of Democracy: The American Civil War Era 1829-1877, and Freedom Just Around the Corner: A New American History: 1585-1828. He lives in Pennsylvania with his wife and two teenage children. ''The chapter on the framing of the Constitution should be required reading ... Walter McDougall is a historian with a masterful grasp of his subject.'' - Claude Crowley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Info autore

A professor of history at the University of Pennsylvania, Walter A. McDougall is the author of many books, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Heavens and the Earth and Let the Sea Make a Noise. . . . He lives in Pennsylvania with his wife and two teenage children.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Walter A McDougall, Walter A. McDougall
• Editore: Harper Perennial USA
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 05.04.2005
• EAN: 9780060957551
• ISBN: 978-0-06-095755-1
• Pagine: 656
• Dimensioni: 135 mm x 203 mm x 27 mm
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; military history, History of Science, Local History, United States of America, USA, The Americas, c 1765 to 1783 (American Revolutionary period), c 1783 to c 1800 (American Federalist era), HISTORY: United States / 19th Century, HISTORY: AMERICAN, HISTORY: United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), HISTORY: United States / General, HISTORY: United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775), HISTORY: United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), HISTORY: United States / State & Local / General, ECONOMICS: HISTORY, HISTORY: Modern / 18th Century, History / American, Economics / History