Opis: Reader's Digest 1975 str 528, stan bdb- ISBN Editor: Carroll C. Calkins Art Director: Richard J. Berenson Associate Editors: Priscilla B. Balaban, Mary Kelleher, Frank B. Latham Assistant Editor: A. Denman Pierce-Grove Editorial Assistant: Dolores H. Damm Art Staff: Evelyn Bauer, Janet G. Iannacone, Barbara J. Schneit Copy Editors: Rosemarie Conefrey, Robert V. Huber, Georgea A. Pace Picture Editor: Robert J. Woodward Picture Researcher: Richard J. Pasqual Contents Why It Happened Here Chapter One Backgrounds and Beginnings The Crucial Year: 1775 Chapter Two The War for Independence Evolution of the Flag Chapter Three Creating a System of Government Giants of the Senate Chapter Four The Advancing Frontier The War of 1812 Chapter Five Religion in a Free Country Human Liberties Shared by All Chapter Six Putting the Land to Work American Food and Drink Chapter Seven Education for All Chapter Eight The Tragic Civil War Chapter Nine Trailblazers and Mountain Men Heroes of Our Folklore Chapter Ten A New Nation Goes to Sea Chapter Eleven The American Knack of Getting There Chapter Twelve Crafts and Craftsmen in a Growing Land Chapter Thirteen Achievement in Architecture and Planning Great Fairs and Expositions Chapter Fourteen Great American Inventors Setting New Standards Chapter Fifteen Growth of a National Economy Chapter Sixteen The March of Medicine Chapter Seventeen A Scientific Revolution Chapter Eighteen The Saga of Immigration A Remembrance of Presidents Past Chapter Nineteen Developing a Social Conscience Turning Points Chapter Twenty The Power of the Press Chapter Twenty-One Vigor in the Visual Arts Chapter Twenty-Two America's Music Chapter Twenty-Three A Fresh Spirit in Literature Chapter Twenty-Four Women's Role in the Making of Ameri Fashions Through the Years Chapter Twenty-Five Battles Fought in Foreign Lands Reaching Out for New Horizons Chapter Twenty-Six Entertainment for All the People Chapter Twenty-Seven Sports and Recreation Seven Wonders of the Modern World Inspiration for the Future Index and Credits
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