United States History To 1877

Excellent summaries of facts, important names and dates, plus extensive reading lists and timelines. The first volume begins with English colonization of North America and extends to the Civil War and the Reconstruction era. The second volume surveys the late-nineteenth-century industrial growth in America, the twentieth century development of the U.S. as a world power, and contemporary economic, social, racial, and cultural issues.Klose, Nelson is the author of 'United States History To 1877', published 1994 under ISBN 9780812018349 and ISBN 0812018346.