TY - BOOK AU - Norton, Mary Beth TI - A People and a nation: a history of the United States SN - 039535952X AV - E 182 .P46 1988 PY - 1988/// CY - Boston, Massachusetts PB - Houghton Mifflin Company KW - UNITED STATES -- HISTORY N1 - Includes index; Chapter 1. The meeting of old world and new -- Chapter 2. American society takes shape -- Chapter 3. Growth and diversity -- Chapter 4. Severing the dons of empire -- Chapter 5. A revolution, indeed -- Chapter 6. Forging a national republic -- Chapter 7. Politics and society in the early republic -- Chapter 8. The empire of liberty -- Chapter 9. A market and industrial economy N2 - This text is a condensation of the very successful second edition of a people and a nation. It preserves all the strengths of that full-length edition - its readability, its comprehensives, and most importantly, its blend of social, political, diplomatic, and economic history ER -