Don't Know Much About History [30th Anniversary Edition]: Everything You Need to Know About American History but Never LearnedHarperCollins, 2020 M11 3 - 752 pages A New York Times bestseller · More than 1.7 Million Copies Sold! “Reading Davis is like returning to the classroom of the best teacher you ever had!” —People magazine From the arrival of Columbus through the historic election of Barack Obama and beyond, Kenneth C. Davis carries readers on a rollicking ride through more than five hundred years of American history. In this 30th anniversary edition of the classic anti-textbook—which includes a new preface by Davis—he debunks, recounts, and serves up the real story behind the myths and fallacies of American history. |
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... issues yet. But we can try to figure out how we got to that awful moment in history. In addition to the new material covering events since the late 1980s, I have included a host of new questions in every chapter. Some of these are ...
... issues yet. But we can try to figure out how we got to that awful moment in history. In addition to the new material covering events since the late 1980s, I have included a host of new questions in every chapter. Some of these are ...
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... issues pertaining to religion, gun control, and a number of other hot-button controversies. I have addressed these both in the text—with questions such as “What three-letter word is not in the Constitution?” (Hint: it begins with “G ...
... issues pertaining to religion, gun control, and a number of other hot-button controversies. I have addressed these both in the text—with questions such as “What three-letter word is not in the Constitution?” (Hint: it begins with “G ...
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... issues where there is no broad consensus, I have tried to avoid any particular stance. It is interesting to me that my work was sometimes described as “liberal.” What I hoped to do in the first edition, and continue to strive for in ...
... issues where there is no broad consensus, I have tried to avoid any particular stance. It is interesting to me that my work was sometimes described as “liberal.” What I hoped to do in the first edition, and continue to strive for in ...
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... issue. Dated between 8,000 and 9,300 years old, these remains raised the question of whether this early American was from Asia at all. North Atlantic route: The discovery of several sites on the North American east coast have suggested ...
... issue. Dated between 8,000 and 9,300 years old, these remains raised the question of whether this early American was from Asia at all. North Atlantic route: The discovery of several sites on the North American east coast have suggested ...
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... issue boiled over into something different in Virginia. This overlooked episode, known as Nat Bacon's Rebellion, can be seen as another in a series of wrongs committed against the Indians. But it was also a demonstration of a new anti ...
... issue boiled over into something different in Virginia. This overlooked episode, known as Nat Bacon's Rebellion, can be seen as another in a series of wrongs committed against the Indians. But it was also a demonstration of a new anti ...
Contents
Jane Roe sue Wade? | |
From the Evil Empire to the Axis of Evil | |
Authors Note | |
Acknowledgments | |
Is the Electoral College a Party School? A Presidential Election Primer | |
Index | |
About the Author | |
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