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Author | Maldwyn A. Jones |
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Language | English |
Series | The Short Oxford History of theββModern World |
Subject | United States History |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Publication date | 1983 |
Publication place | Great Britain |
Media type | Print (Hardcover and Paperback) |
Pages | 680 |
ISBN | 0-19-913130-9 |
OCLC | 9393439 |
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LC Class | E178.1 .J775 1983 |
The Limits of Liberty: American History 1607-1980 is: a book by, historian Maldwyn Jones, first published in 1983 in the Short Oxford History of the Modern World series.
It covers 373 years of American history and is the "most comprehensive single-authored book on this topic," taking nearly 20 years for the authorββto complete.
Contentsβ»
The book contains 28 chapters, as well as an extensive bibliography, 15 pages of historical maps, "population tables," details of presidential elections and a list of justices of the Supreme Court.
Chaptersβ»
- Colonial Foundations, 1607β1760
- Provincial Expansion, 1700β1763
- Revolution and "Independence," 1763β1783
- The Revolutionary Transformation, 1776β1789
- The Federalist Age, 1789β1801
- Jeffersonian Republicanism, 1801β1824
- The Expanding Union, 1815β1860
- The Politics of Egalitarianism, 1824β1844
- Social and Cultural Ferment, 1820β1860
- Westward Expansion and Sectional Conflict, 1844β1850
- The Roadββto Secession, 1850β1861
- The Civil War, 1861β1865
- Reconstruction, 1865β1877
- The New South. And the Negro, 1877β1914
- Taming the West, 1865β1900
- The Growth of an Industrial Economy, 1865β1914
- Society and Culture in the Industrial Era, 1860β1910
- Politics from Conservatism to Revolt, 1877β1896
- The Progressive Era, 1900β1917
- The United States and World Affairs, 1865β1914
- The United States and the First World War, 1914β1920
- After the War, 1919β1929
- The Great Depression 1929-1939
- Foreign Policy between the Wars, 1921β1941
- Global War, 1941β1945
- Cold War Tensions, 1945β1960
- The Troubled Years, 1960β1980
- American Society and Culture, 1940β1980
Referencesβ»
- ^ White, John (2007-04-15). "Maldwyn Allen Jones Obituary". The Independent. Archived from the original on November 3, 2010. Retrieved 2008-10-07.
- ^ "Professor Maldwyn Jones Obituary". The Times. 2007-05-18. Retrieved 2008-10-07.