TY - BOOK AU - Boyer,Paul S. TI - American history: a very short introduction T2 - Very short introductions SN - 9780195389142 (pbk. : acid free paper) U1 - 973 BOY 23 PY - 2012/// CY - Oxford, New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - American History KW - United States KW - History N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-148) and index; Beginnings : Pre-history to 1763 -- 1763-1789 : Revolution, constitution, a new nation -- The promise and perils of nationhood, 1789-1850 -- Slavery and Civil War -- Industrialization and its consequences -- 1900-1920 : reform and war -- 1920-1945 : conflict and creativity, Depression and reform, war and global power -- 1945-1968 : Affluence, reform, war, social unrest -- To the present ER -