Reader's Digest THE STORY OF AMERICA
Producent: AMERYKA, USA
Cena: 28,00 zł
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
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