The Unfinished Nation: A Concise History of the American People: Volume II: From 1865

by Alan Brinkley

Book Overview

Known for its clear narrative voice and impeccable scholarship, Alan Brinkley's best-selling program for the U.S. survey course invites students to think critically about the many forces that... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0073307025
• ISBN13: 9780073307022
• Release Date: December 2006
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Langua
• Length: 564 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

The Unfinished Nation

This book was in EXCELLENT condition and I have had no problems with it. I received this book in a timely manner and it's working out great for class!

American history

A good tour de force history of the United States. The only issue I saw at the time I wished there were more recommended readings.

Easy to read, easy to understand

This book is very easy to read and understand. If you don't know much about U.S. History, and you want an easy to read book, then this book is for you. Brinkley's style of writing is remarkably down-to-earth. You can read this book for pleasure and get a lot out of it!.... Anyways, get the book. It's worth it.

The best available narrative history of the US.

Alan Brinkley has put together a wonderfully readable, balanced, and thorough history of the US, in just under a thousand pages. It would be ideal for college introductory classes (or very sophisticated high school students); particularly welcome are the selections from primary sources ("American Voices") that often represent other-than-white-male views, but include William Bradford on landing at Plymouth and Nixon on China, and the dozen or so segments called "Debating the Past" that review the differing perspectives historians have taken on such topics as slavery, populism, and Viet Nam. I have been a teacher for a quarter of a century, and this is the book I wish I'd had all that time

The best available narrative history of the US.

Alan Brinkley has put together a wonderfully readable, balanced, and thorough history of the US, in just under a thousand pages. It would be ideal for college introductory classes (or very sophisticated high school students); particularly welcome are the selections from primary sources ("American Voices") that often represent other-than-white-male views, but include William Bradford on landing at Plymouth and Nixon on China, and the dozen or so segments called "Debating the Past" that reviw the differing perspectives historians have taken on such topics as slavery, populism, and Viet Nam. I have been a teacher for a quarter of a century, and this is the book I wish I'd had all that time