| Description |
517 pages ; 21 cm |
|
text txt rdacontent |
|
unmediated n rdamedia |
|
volume nc rdacarrier |
| Note |
Stock no. V-358. |
|
The second volume of the author's trilogy; the first of which is The Americans, the colonial experience; and the third of which is The Americans, the democratic experience. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
The nation was beginning not at one time or place, but again and again, under men's very eyes. Americans were forming new communities and reforming old communities all over the world expanse of the western world. Explores problems of community and the search for a national identity. Winner of the Francis Parkman Prize. |
| Contents |
Part 1. The versatiles : New Englanders -- pt. 2. The transients : joiners -- pt. 3. The upstarts : boosters -- pt. 4. The rooted & the uprooted : Southerners, White & Black -- pt. 5. Vagueness of the land -- pt. 6. American ways of talking -- pt. 7. Search for symbols -- pt. 8. A spacious republic. |
| Subject |
United States -- Civilization -- 1783-1865.
|
|
National characteristics, American.
|
|
Civilization. (OCoLC)fst00862898
|
|
National characteristics, American. (OCoLC)fst01033342
|
|
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
|
| Chronological Term |
1783-1865
|
| ISBN |
0394703588 (pbk.) |
|
9780394703589 (pbk.) |
|
0685294617 |
|
9780685294611 |
|
