Livro The Oxford History Of The American People 1965 Morison

Descrição

Oxford History of the American People by Samuel Eliot Morrison is not your usual history book.

This brilliant history of the people of the United States of America is the work of a man of action who is also a scholar. It is also a very personal history in which America's most distinguished historian presents his intellectual and literary legacy to his country. For the general reader, this is the perfect one-volume American history. Without neglecting political history, it contains more social history than any other book of similar size. It treats of popular sports and pastimes, such as shooting, fishing, horse racing, and sailing; eating and drinking customs; developments in fine arts, music and medicine, and pays particular attention to the American Indian. The parallel history of Canada is also briefly told. There are new and fresh accounts of the nation's wars, written not for specialists but for the general reader. The book is profusely illustrated with reproductions of paintings, engravings, caricatures, coins, portraits, photographs, coat of arms, maps, musical excerpts.

Mr. Morison is steeped in his country's history, as is evident in every page of his narrative, which has the sweep of a novel. This unique achievement traces the major strands in America's history from prehistoric man to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. As befits a disciple of Alfred Thayer Mahan, Admiral Morison has a good deal to say about sea power, from the discovery of America to the present. New maps have been drawn, and illustrations have been chosen for their artistic quality as well as their historical interest; many chapters close with appropriate musical excerpts.

Oxford University Press, New York, 1965. Ediçao antiga amarelada pelo tempo.
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0195000307
ISBN-13: 978-0195000306