The Complete Idiot's Guide to American History, 5th Edition
Alan Axelrod, PhD
Jun 2009 · Penguin
Ebook
432
Pages
About this ebook
The compact history of a giant country.
American history is one of those subjects that students frequently labor over and can seem like a random collection of names, dates, and events. Understood as a collective biography and free of the cheerleading found in many text books, the fully updated fifth edition of The Complete Idiot's Guide® to American History explains the changing tides in America's most pivotal periods.
? From a seasoned author and researcher
? The most current and comprehensive series title on American history
? Heightened interest right now in the question of how America got where we are - a question that can only be answered by an understanding of history
American history is one of those subjects that students frequently labor over and can seem like a random collection of names, dates, and events. Understood as a collective biography and free of the cheerleading found in many text books, the fully updated fifth edition of The Complete Idiot's Guide® to American History explains the changing tides in America's most pivotal periods.
? From a seasoned author and researcher
? The most current and comprehensive series title on American history
? Heightened interest right now in the question of how America got where we are - a question that can only be answered by an understanding of history
About the author
Alan Axelrod is a renowned historian and business writer. He was the co author of the New York Times bestseller What Every American Should Know About American History as well as the BusinessWeek bestsellers Patton on Leadership and Elizabeth I, CEO. He has written extensively on the Civil War.
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