A History of the United States: Volume 1: The Birth of the United States

📖 This volume is the first of a two-volume "History of the U.S.A." now revised and brought completely up to date, which represents a collaborative effort by an Englishman and an American to study American history from its beginnings to the present day. With each supplying to the other an understanding of naturally different points of view, the result is an interpretation of men, trends, and events that often differs from that usually found in briefer histories of the United States. The authors are convinced that the history of the United States cannot be divorced from that of the rest of the world and have paid especial attention to the place of the United States in the pattern of world events. But because they are equally certain that America is American and must be understood on its own terms they have given most attention to the development of its own distinctive way of life. Aimed at providing readers on both sides of the Atlantic - and all over the world - with a fresh understanding of the American past, this history places more than usual emphasis on the growth of American ideas, in politics, the arts, religion, and society. Here, in relatively small compass, is a survey of the American spirit and mind as it has matured over three centuries of swift and complex development.