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245 10 a| America, empire of libertyh| [electronic resource] :b| a new history of the United States /c| David Reynolds.;

260 a| New York :b| Basic Books,;

300 a| xvii, 563 p. :b| maps ;c| 25 cm.;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

505 0 a| Natives and Europeans -- Empire and liberties -- Independence and republicanism -- Liberty and security -- East and West -- Slave or free? -- North and South -- White and Black -- Capital and labor -- Reform and expansion -- War and peace -- From boom to bomb -- Red or dead? -- Rights and riots -- The impotence of omnipotence -- Détente and discontent -- Revolution and democracy -- Pride and prejudice.;

506 a| Available only to authorized users.;

520 a| It was Thomas Jefferson who envisioned the United States as a great "empire of liberty." This paradoxical phrase may be the key to the American saga: How could the anti-empire of 1776 become the world's greatest superpower? And how did the country that offered unmatched liberty nevertheless found its prosperity on slavery and the dispossession of Native Americans? In this new single-volume history spanning the entire course of US history--from 1776 through the election of Barack Obama--historian David Reynolds explains how tensions between empire and liberty have often been resolved by faith--both the evangelical Protestantism that has energized American politics for centuries and the larger faith in American righteousness that has driven the country's expansion.--From publisher description.;

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America, empire of liberty a new history of the United States / David Reynolds.

Author/creator	Reynolds, David, 1952-
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	New York : Basic Books,
Description	xvii, 563 p. : maps ; 25 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects	United States--History.

Contents	Natives and Europeans -- Empire and liberties -- Independence and republicanism -- Liberty and security -- East and West -- Slave or free? -- North and South -- White and Black -- Capital and labor -- Reform and expansion -- War and peace -- From boom to bomb -- Red or dead? -- Rights and riots -- The impotence of omnipotence -- Détente and discontent -- Revolution and democracy -- Pride and prejudice.
Abstract	It was Thomas Jefferson who envisioned the United States as a great "empire of liberty." This paradoxical phrase may be the key to the American saga: How could the anti-empire of 1776 become the world's greatest superpower? And how did the country that offered unmatched liberty nevertheless found its prosperity on slavery and the dispossession of Native Americans? In this new single-volume history spanning the entire course of US history--from 1776 through the election of Barack Obama--historian David Reynolds explains how tensions between empire and liberty have often been resolved by faith--both the evangelical Protestantism that has energized American politics for centuries and the larger faith in American righteousness that has driven the country's expansion.--From publisher description.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2009017831
ISBN	9780465015009 (alk. paper)
ISBN	046501500X (alk. paper)

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