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Oxford University Press (2006), Edition: 3 Revised, 224 pages
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Covers American history from the French and Indian War to the Constitutional Convention.
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LibraryThing member Hamburgerclan
Volume three of A History of US covers the Revolutionary War and the subsequent establishment of the federal government. Ah, what can I say? It's interesting reading, as I've come to expect from the series. But it's also reminiscent of a fan magazine--or website, in this here 21st Century. Ms.
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Hakim seems to gush on and on about the founders and the documents they created. She doesn't ignore their faults, as that would counter her ongoing equal rights agenda, but she does her best to excuse them. Of course, the problem is that when I encounter such partisan propaganda, I tend to start pulling the other way. So by the end of the book, I was in no mood to cut Jefferson and the rest of those durn Virginians any slack. Even if they do write good rhetoric.--J.
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LibraryThing member jenniebooks
explains why the french and Indian war was fought.
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English
Physical description
224 p.; 9.3 inches
ISBN
0195188969 / 9780195188967
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