File Format | PDF
File Size | 3.70 MB
Pages | 640
Language | English
Category | America
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Description: This is an
in-depth portrait of a great people, from their fragile origins through their
struggles for independence and nationhood, their heroic efforts and sacrifices
to deal with the `organic sin' of slavery and the preservation of the Union to
its explosive economic growth and emergence as a world power and its sole superpower.
Johnson
discusses such contemporary topics as the politics of racism, education,
Vietnam, the power of the press, political correctness, the growth of
litigation, and the rising influence of women.
He sees
Americans as a problem-solving people and the story of America as essentially
one of difficulties being overcome by intelligence and skill, by faith and
strength of purpose, by courage and persistence...Looking back on its past, and
forward to its future, the auguries are that it will not disappoint humanity.
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A History of the American People