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1 a history of the american people ______________________________ paul johnson `be not afraid of greatness’ shakespeare, twelfth night, ii, v harpercollins publishers 2 this book was originally published in great britain in 1997 by weidenfeld & nicolson. a history of the american people. copyright © 1997 by paul johnson. all rights reserved. printed in the united states of america. no part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. for information address harpercollins publishers, inc., 1o east 53rd street, new york, ny ioozz. harpercollins books may be purchased for educational, business, or sales promotional use. for information please write: special markets department, harpercollins publishers, inc., 1o east 53rd street, new york, ny 10022 first u.s. edition __________________________________________ library of congress cataloging—in—publication data johnson, paul, 1928— a history of the american …

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utopia oglethorpe and early georgia why colonial control did not work the rise of philadelphia elected assemblies versus the governors the great awakening and its political impact part two ‘that the free constitution be sacredly maintained’ revolutionary america, 1750—1815 george washington and the war against france poor quality of british leadership the role of benjamin franklin thomas jefferson and the declaration of independence the galvanizing effect of tom paine washington, the war, and the intervention of europe patriots and loyalists: america’s first civil war the constitutional convention the ratification debate citizenship, the suffrage, and `the tyranny of the majority’ the role of religion in the constitution the presidency, hamilton, and public finance success of washington and his farewell address john adams and the european war 5 central importance of john marshall jefferson’s ambivalent rule and character the louisiana purchase madison’s blunders and their punishment andrew jackson, the deus ex machina …

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among the generals gettysburg: `too bad! too bad! oh! too bad!’ the triumph and tragedy of lincoln andrew johnson and the two reconstructions 6 part five huddled masses and crosses of gold industrial america, 1870—1912 modern america and its aging process mass—immigration and `thinking big’ indians and settlers, cowboys and desperados the significance of the frontier centrality of railroads did the robber barons really exist? carnegie, steel, and american philanthropy pierpoint morgan and wall street trusts and anti—trusts monster cities: chicago and new york the urban rich and poor american science and culture: edison and tiffany church, bierstadt, and the limitless landscape bringing luxury to the masses the rise of labor and muckraking standard oil and henry ford populism, imperialism, and the spanish—american war theodore roosevelt and his golden age part six `the first international nation’ melting—pot america, 1912—1929 the significance of woodrow wilson education and the class system the …

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e intellectuals transforming the democrats into the majority party us isolationism and internationalism roosevelt, the nazis, and japan america in the war; the miracle in production fdr, stalin, and soviet advances the rise of truman and the cold war nuclear weapons and the defeat of japan the truman doctrine, marshall aid, and nato america and the birth of israel the korean war and the fall of macarthur eisenhower, mccarthyism, and pop sociology piety on the potomac part eight `we will pay any price, bear any burden’ problem—solving, problem—creating america, 1960—1997 the radical shift in the media joe kennedy and his crown prince the 1960 election and the myth of camelot the space race the bay of pigs and the missile crisis lyndon johnson and his great society getting into the vietnam quagmire nixon and his silent majority civil rights and campus violence watergate and the putsch against the executive congressional …

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ng was said of america, except in so far as it lay at the margin of english history. i do not recall any course of lectures on american history as such. a. j. p. taylor, at the conclusion of a tutorial, in which the name of america had cropped up, said grimly: `you can study american history when you have graduated, if you can bear it.’ his only other observation on the subject was: `one of the penalties of being president of the united states is that you must subsist for four years without drinking anything except californian wine.’ american history was nothing but a black hole in the oxford curriculum. of course things have now changed completely, but i am talking of the oxford academic world of half a century ago. oxford was not alone in treating american history as a non—subject. reading the memoirs of that outstanding american …

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1 a history of the american people ______________________________ paul johnson `be not afraid of greatness’ shakespeare, twelfth night, ii, v harpercollins publishers 2 this book was originally published in great britain in 1997 by weidenfeld & nicolson. a history of the american people. copyright © 1997 by paul johnson. all rights reserved. printed in the united states of america. no part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. for information address harpercollins publishers, inc., 1o east 53rd street, new york, ny ioozz. harpercollins books may be purchased for educational, business, or sales promotional use. for information please write: special …

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