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  • A Concise History of the United States of America

  • By: Susan-Mary Grant
  • Narrated by: Robert G. Slade
  • Length: 18 hrs and 20 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (5 ratings)

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A Concise History of the United States of America

By: Susan-Mary Grant
Narrated by: Robert G. Slade
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Born out of violence and the aspirations of its early settlers, the United States of America has become one of the world's most powerful nations. This audiobook begins in colonial America as the first Europeans arrived, lured by the promise of financial profit, driven by religious piety, and accompanied by diseases that would ravage the native populations. It explores the tensions inherent in a country built on slave labor in the name of liberty, one forced to assert its unity and reassess its ideals in the face of secession and civil war and one that struggled to establish moral supremacy, military security, and economic stability during the financial crisis and global conflicts of the 20th century.

Woven through this richly crafted study of America's shifting social and political landscapes are the multiple perspectives of the nation's history: slaves and slave owners, revolutionaries and reformers, soldiers and statesmen, immigrants and refugees. Each of these help define the United States at the dawn of a new century.

©2011 Susan-Mary Grant (P)2019 Naxos Audiobooks
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  • Categories: History
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so much good info

It ended with Vietnam war years, I would have liked a bit more. Such a tough topic to end on.

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