Title:
America: the atlas
Author:
Carballo, David M., author.
ISBN:
9781645178422
Physical Description:
384 pages : chiefly color illustrations, charts, maps, photographs ; 31 cm
General Note:
Includes a fold-out map at the beginning of the book.
Contents:
Foreword by John Stauffer -- Introduction by Keidrick Roy -- Comparative archaeology of the Americas: ca. 50,000 BC - ca. AD 1600 -- First peoples of the Americas: ca. 50,000 BC - ca. AD 1400 -- Contact, conquest, and conflict: 1492-1638 -- Before independence: 1639-1754 -- The road to independence: 1755-1800 -- Growth of a nation: 1800-1860 -- Division and amplification: 1860-1900 -- Preserving the nation: 1900-1930 -- The Depression era: 1930-1950 -- Questions of progress: 1950 to present. Chronology -- Presidential birthplaces -- The states of America -- Resources -- The authors -- General index -- Index of place names -- Credits and acknowledgments.
Abstract:
A depiction of the history of North America and the United States told through maps old and new. The history starts with the peoples who first settled the land tens of thousand years ago, and continues to the present day. Includes a timeline of American history, a guide to the fifty U.S. states, and a map showing the birthplace of every U.S. president.
Geographic Term:
