A Brief History of the United States
John, Bach McMaster,
Publisher: Cosimo Classics
ISBN: 1596058447
DDC: 973
Edition: Paperback; 2006-04-01
Summary:
A bestseller when it was first published in 1883, this first volume
of historian John Bach McMaster's magnum opus is a lively history of
the United States that is as entertaining as it is informative.
Eventually stretching to eight volumes, McMaster's epic was original
in its emphasis on social and economic conditions as deciding factors
in shaping a nation's culture: in addition to the words and actions
of great men and the outcomes of significant skirmishes and battles,
McMaster indulges his obsession with fascinating trivia, from which
fruits and vegetables were to be found in the markets of 18th-century
Boston to the cost of books in Pennsylvania before the Revolution.
American historian JOHN BACH McMASTER (1852-1932) taught at the
Wharton School of Finance and Economy at the University of
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, from 1883 to 1919. He also wrote Benjamin
Franklin as a Man of Letters (1887) and A School History of the
United States (1897), which became a definitive textbook.
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