Don't know much about history : everything you need to know about history but never learned / Kenneth C. Davis.
Material type: TextSeries: Davis, Kenneth C. Don't know much about ; Publication details: New York, NY : Harper, c2011.Edition: 1st ed. [rev. ed.], Twentieth aniversary edDescription: xxvii, 719 p. ; 24 cmISBN:- 0061960535 :
- 9780061960536 :
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book | Dr. James Carlson Library | NonFiction | 973 D262 | Checked out | water damage/staining on bottom edge of pages at several points throughout book. 11/2/2021 | 06/05/2024 | 33111006550020 | |||
Adult Book | Main Library | NonFiction | 973 D262 | Available | 33111006779033 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
"Reading [Kenneth C. Davis] is like returning to the classroom of the best teacher you ever had." --People
Revised, updated, and expanded, the Twentieth Anniversary Edition of Kenneth C. Davis's classic anti-textbook Don't Know Much About History revitalizes the landmark book's ability to revolutionize the way we look at our past. Like Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States, Davis's Don't Know Much About History captivates readers with a wry and lucid, comprehensive and comprehensible narrative. With a new section covering the twenty-first century's most significant events, from the Great Recession to Hurricane Katrina to the election of Barack Obama and more, the Twentieth Anniversary Edition of Don't Know Much About History reinvigorates the book's crucial promise of delivering fascinating, insight-driven learning to a new generation of readers.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [665]-694) and index.
Brave new world -- Say you want a revolution -- Growth of a nation: from the creation of the Constitution to manifest destiny -- Apocalypse then: to civil war and reconstruction -- When Monopoly wasn't a game: the growing empire from the Wild West to World War I -- Boom to bust to big boom: from the Jazz Age and the Great Depression to HIroshima -- Commies, containment, and Cold War: America in the Fifties -- The torch is passed: from Camelot to Hollywood on the Potomac -- From the evil empire to the Axis of Evil -- The Bill of Rights and other Constitutional amendments -- Is the Electoral College a party school? A presidential election primer -- U.S. Presidents and their administrations.
Davis has brought his groundbreaking work up to the present, including the history of an "Era of Broken Trust," from the end of the Clinton administration through the recent Great Recession. This additional material covers the horrific events of 9/11 and the rise of conspiracy theorists, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Hurricane Katrina and the failure of the New Orleans levees, the global financial meltdown, the election of Barack Obama, and the national controversy of same-sex marriage.