These truths : a history of the United States / Jill Lepore.
These truths : a history of the United States / Jill Lepore.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
New York : W. W. Norton & Company, [2018]
Call Numbers
G 2019/0420
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
xx, 932 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction: The question stated -- Part one: The idea (1492-1799). The nature of the past ; The rulers and the ruled ; Of wars and revolutions ; The constitution of a nation -- Part two: The people (1800-1865). A democracy of numbers ; The soul and the machine ; Of ships and shipwrecks ; The face...
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Publisher
New York : W. W. Norton & Company, [2018]
Edition
First edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
[2018]
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Summary
"In the most ambitious one-volume American history in decades, award-winning historian ... Jill Lepore offers a magisterial account of the origins and rise of a divided nation, an urgently needed reckoning with the beauty and tragedy of American history. Written in elegiac prose, Lepore's groundbreaking investigation places truth itself--a devotion...
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Full title
These truths : a history of the United States / Jill Lepore.
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Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [793]-880) and index.
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Date Copyright
©2018
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Call Numbers
G 2019/0420
Record Identifier
74VKV087zeR3
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKV087zeR3
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ISBN
0393635244 hardcover
9780393635249 hardcover
DDC
973
MMS ID
991024227514302626
