A Short History of the United States by Robert Remini

A Short History of the United States by Robert Remini

Offering an abbreviated, accessible, and lively narrative history of the United States, this erudite volume contains the essential facts about the discovery, settlement, growth, and development of the American nation and its institutions. Robert V. Remini explores the arrival and migration of Native Americans throughout the Western Hemisphere and their achievements; the discovery of the New World by Europeans and the establishment of colonies by the Spanish, French, English, and Dutch; the causes of the American Revolution; the founding of a republic under the Constitution; the formation of political parties; the War of 1812 and the resulting economic and cultural changes; the democratic impetus during the Jacksonian era; westward expansion and the Mexican War; the struggle over slavery, which led to the Civil War; Reconstruction and the rise of big business; the emergence of the United States as a world power; the descent into the Great Depression; the global conflicts of the twentieth century; the rise of conservatism; and the outbreak of terrorism here and abroad. In addition, Remini illustrates how former English subjects slowly transformed themselves into Americans, and shows how a collection of sovereign, independent colonies united to create a workable, constantly evolving republican government whose democratic principles reflect the changing mores and attitudes of the citizens it represents. He explains the reasons for the nation's unique and enduring strengths, its artistic and cultural accomplishments, its genius in developing new products to sell to the world, and its abiding commitment to individual freedoms.

Robert V. Remini, preeminent authority of the life and times of Andrew Jackson, was a History and Research Professor of the Humanities emeritus at the University of Illinois at Chicago, where he taught and did scholarly research beginning in 1965. From 1982 to 1987 he was the Director of UIC's Institute for the Humanities. In addition to teaching at both Columbia and Fordham universities early in his career, Dr. Remini was the Southall Freeman Professor at the University of Richmond in 1992, and the W. Harold and Martha Welsh Professor of American Studies at the University of Notre Dame in 1995 and 1996.

Dr. Remini received many awards and honors in his illustrious career, including the National Book Award for his three-volume biography of Andrew Jackson in 1984. He lectured on King Andrew at the White House and for the Smithsonian Institution, and he received the George Washington Medal of Honor from the Freedom Foundation.

As well as other distinguished books on Jackson, Dr. Rimini was the author of Henry Clay, Statesman for the Union, Martin Van Buren and the Making of the Democratic Path, and Daniel Webster: The Man and His Time.

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ISBN 13	9780060831448
ISBN 10	0060831448
Title	A Short History of the United States
Author	Robert Remini
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Year published	2008-10-07
Number of pages	384
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