The Oxford History of the American People [Hardcover]

Samuel Eliot Morison (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 31, 1965

A political as well as social history which traces the major strands in America's history from prehistoric man to the assasination of President Kennedy. The parallel history of Canada is also briefly told.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 1178 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (December 31, 1965)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0195000307
• ISBN-13: 978-0195000306
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 2.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,167,110 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars thorough but right wing, July 2, 2010

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Joe (Havana, Cuba) - See all my reviews

I decided I need to know my country's history better, so for the next few years I am reading my way through American history chronologically. I have chosen several books, such as The Federalist Papers and biographies of Andrew Jackson and Theodore Roosevelt, but I am using Morison's tome as a guide, stopping along the way to read the other books as the subjects come up in Morison's narrative. For that purpose it is wonderful because it is complete and sequential. But contemporary readers may be put off by his neglect of Native Americans and African Americans. If you want an original interpretation, this isn't it; if you want the mainline, traditional, stars and stripes version of American history, this is the exemplar.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars good standard history of USA, November 3, 2010

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Alice Roddy (Linden, VA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Oxford History of the American People (Hardcover)

Copyrighted in 1965, this is obviously not a new book but it is an excellent one volume history. Morison writes well and is a pleasure to read. I haven't yet read it cover-to-cover yet as I read it intermittently with other books. I also use it as a reference for things that come up in news or conversation.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best, September 5, 2008

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John W. Westcott "Fr John" (Bloomfield, CT United States) - See all my reviews
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This is one of the best summaries of AmericanHistory ever written.
NOT Politically Correct- No Liberal revisionism.
Excellent stories about those who made our country great