DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT HISTORY: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT AMERICAN HISTORY BUT NEVER LEARNED (Don't Know Much About...(Paperback))

846 Pages·2004·2.47 MB·English

by  Davis Kenneth C

A l s o b y K e n n e t h C . D a v i s Two-Bit Culture: The Paperbacking of
America Don’t Know Much About® Geography Don’t Know Much About® the
Civil War Don’t Know Much About® the Bible Don’t Know Much About® the
Universe
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K E N N E T H C . D A V I S

To my children, Jenny and Colin
C O N T E N T S
PREFACE TO THE REVISED EDITION
ix
INTRODUCTION
xi
AUTHOR’S NOTE
xxiii
CHAPTER 1
Brave New World
1
CHAPTER 2
Say You Want a Revolution
47
CHAPTER 3
Growth of a Nation:
From the Creation of the Constitution to Manifest Destiny 107