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America Past and Present, Brief Edition presents a balanced and manageable overview of the United States as an unfolding story of national development, blending the best in past historical interpretation with new scholarship.

This edition features all of the strengths found in the successful comprehensive text: a compelling narrative, clear organization, and exceptional pedagogy. An attractive four-color design -featuring numerous maps, photos, and timelines engage and assist students in their study of American history.

In the new 7 edition of America Past and Present, Brief Edition the authors have streamlined the coverage in the contemporary chapters and added a new feature that explores the connections between the past and the present.

36:T767,Here Is A Sweeping Narrative History Of The United States In Its Epoch Of Greatest Change, The Thirty-five Years From The End Of The Civil War To The Turn Of The Twentieth Century, When America Rose Phoenix-like From Catastrophe And Disunion To Become The Wealthiest, Most Powerful Nation On Earth. In This Fast-paced And Dazzlingly Colorful Narrative, H.w. Brands Captures The Cut And Thrust Of American History. It Was A Period That Saw America At Its Best And Its Worst. Former Slaves Were Granted The Rights Of Citizenship, Only To Have Those Rights Effectively Eviscerated. The West Was Settled Rapidly, Dramatically, And Brutally.

H. W. Brands