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America Ascendant

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Description for America Ascendant Paperback. A lively tour of the United States in the first half of the twentieth century, this book traces the development of America's industrial power and its commercial deployment, at home and abroad. It sets the American story within the dramatic context of the rise and fall of political empires in Europe and Asia and two devastating world wars. Num Pages: 561 pages, 104 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1134.

Traces the development of American industrial power and the hurdles that threatened the country's ascendenceC
A lively tour of the United States in the first half of the twentieth century, America Ascendant traces the development of America's tremendous industrial power and its commercial deployment, at home and abroad. Emphasizing the contributions of those charismatic presidents who shaped the future of politics—Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, and Franklin Delano Roosevelt—the book also covers pioneers such as Henry Ford and the Wright brothers, whose technological contributions transformed societies the world over.
The book investigates the phenomena that threatened America's ascendance—the ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
561
Condition
New
Number of Pages
561
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780814715666
SKU
V9780814715666
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99-50

About Sean Dennis Cashman
Sean Dennis Cashman is the author of various popular books on American history, most recently the third edition of his classic America in the Gilded Age, also available from NYU Press.

Reviews for America Ascendant
"A brilliant book in this competitive market. . . . an excellent synthesis of the history of the United States from Theodore Roosevelt's succession to the Presidency in 1901 to Franklin D. Roosevelt's death in 1945 or, actually, the end of the war in the Pacific. . . . [It] reads well and has a compelling fascination."
Francis M. ... Read more

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