This guide will give you an overview of American history from early, Native American history to modern times. It covers the milestones of the country's history, provides biographical sketches of the most important figures of each era, gives a chronologies of the nation's leaders, and defines key historical terms.
The Complete Idiot's Guide to American History, 4E
and over one million other books are available for Amazon Kindle.
Learn more
FREE Two-Day Shipping for Students. Learn more |
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
There is a newer edition of this item:
|
Book Description
Editorial Reviews
From the Back Cover
This guide will give you an overview of American history from early, Native American history to modern times. It covers the milestones of the country's history, provides biographical sketches of the most important figures of each era, gives a chronologies of the nation's leaders, and defines key historical terms.
About the Author
Alan Axelrod, Ph.D. is the author of dozens of works, including The Complete Idiot's Guide® to the American Revolution, The Complete Idiot's Guide® to the Civil War, and The Complete Idiot's Guide® to 20th Century History. Dr. Axelrod lives in Atlanta, Georgia, and holds a Ph.D. in American Literature and Culture.
Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
More About the Author
Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.
Customer Reviews
|
Share your thoughts with other customers:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Interesting,
By
This review is from: The Complete Idiot's Guide to American History (Paperback)
After reading the previous reviews, I fully expected to get "American History Lite" when I read this book. What I did get instead was a book that while being primarily an overview describes the history of America in a clear, concise, and objective manner. As I enjoyed US history in school, reading through various chapters reminded me of "names from our past," George Washington, Davy Crockett, Kit Carson, "Blackjack" Pershing, Teddy Roosevelt, FDR, etc. It also makes it easy to recount historical facts. One thing that stood out as I read through the book: the amount of violence in our past, be it wars with either the Indians in the early days of our history or with other countries. Of course, both World Wars were major conflagrations that required our assistance in stopping.I will agree with one other reviewer on one point. This book I feel would have benefitted from some maps showing the routes that early voyagers to America took, progress of the colonies, what parts of the US were acquired through various treaties or purchases, etc. Perhaps these could be added in a future edition. Other than that, this book gives a good recounting of our history, up to Y2K.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Oh? America didn't always exist?,
By
This review is from: The Complete Idiot's Guide to American History (Paperback)
I thought this book was a wonderful resource for the non-historian. It is a great way to read all about that history you learned in junior high and then immediately deleted to make space in your brain for good dirty hallway jokes. I have felt a real deficiently in my education in the history of my own country, and this book filled in some gaps. Don't get me wrong, it is not an extensive study. It is obviously an overview at best. But if you just want to skim the surface of history (and then move on to The complete Idiot's guide to Understanding Einstein) then this is the book for you.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
An Intersting Read,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Complete Idiot's Guide to American History (Paperback)
As a person who is just starting to get interested in history, I really enjoyed reading the Idiot's Guide. Although at times Axelrod went a little skimpish on big topics (only 5 pages on World War I) and he didn't have much about the growth of the United States until about 1870, I would reccomend this book to anyone who has a taste for history!
Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
|
|
Inside This Book
(learn more)
First Sentence:
Look at a map that shows the north Pacific Ocean. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, New York, What's the Word, Vital Statistic, The Least You Need, American Echo, North America, Cold War, New England, Soviet Union, South Carolina, African Americans, White House, Native Americans, New Mexico, Supreme Court, North Carolina, New Jersey, Santa Anna, George Washington, New Netherland, President Reagan, Black Hawk, Continental Congress, League of Nations New!
Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
Look at a map that shows the north Pacific Ocean. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, New York, What's the Word, Vital Statistic, The Least You Need, American Echo, North America, Cold War, New England, Soviet Union, South Carolina, African Americans, White House, Native Americans, New Mexico, Supreme Court, North Carolina, New Jersey, Santa Anna, George Washington, New Netherland, President Reagan, Black Hawk, Continental Congress, League of Nations New!
Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Suggested Tags from Similar Products(What's this?)Be the first one to add a relevant tag (keyword that's strongly related to this product).
|
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
Listmania!
So You'd Like to...
|
|
