| International Standard Book Number |
9780593597552
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| Dewey Decimal Classification Number |
306.20973
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| Title Statement |
American struggle : democracy, dissent, and the pursuit of a more perfect union : an anthology / [introduction and commentary by] Jon Meacham.
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| Varying Form of Title |
Democracy, dissent, and the pursuit of a more perfect union : an anthology
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| Imprint |
New York : Random House, [2026]
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| Physical Description |
xxvi, 509 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
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| General Note |
Includes index.
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| Formatted Contents Note |
In the beginning: origins to 1776 -- Revolution to republic: 1776-1815 -- The union and its discontents: 1815-1860 -- The fiery trial: 1860-1865 -- A troubled peace: 1865-1932 -- Depression and world war: 1933-1945 -- Victory and conspiracy: 1945-1962 -- Rights and reaction: 1962-1968 -- Fraying consensus: 1969-
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| Summary, Etc. |
This "collection covers a wide spectrum of history, from 1619 to the twenty-first century, with primary-source documents that take us back to critical moments in which Americans fought over the meaning and the direction of the national experiment. From the founders to Lincoln to Obama, from Andrew Jackson to Theodore Roosevelt to Ronald Reagan, from Seneca Falls to the March on Washington, this chorus ... tells the story of the country and of its people. As clashes over liberty and slavery, inclusion and exclusion, play out, these voices, ... framed by Meacham's singular commentary, remind us that contentious citizenship and fair-minded observations are essential to bringing about the more perfect union envisioned in the Preamble to the Constitution, which Frederick Douglass called a 'glorious liberty document'"-- Provided by publisher.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Right and left (Political science) United States History Sources.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Democracy United States History Sources.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Political culture United States History Sources.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Citizenship United States History Sources.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Dissenters United States History.
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| Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term |
United States History Sources.
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| Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term |
United States Politics and government Sources.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Primary sources.
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| Added Entry, Personal Name |
Meacham, Jon, writer of introduction, writer of added commentary.
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