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Don't Know Much About History: Everything You Need to Know About American History but Never Learned: Don't Know Much About Series

Autor Kenneth C Davis
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 31 mar 2003
“Reading [Kenneth C. Davis] is like returning to the classroom of the best teacher you ever had.” —PeopleRevised, updated, and expanded, the Twentieth Anniversary Edition of Kenneth C. Davis’s classic anti-textbookDon’t Know Much About Historyrevitalizes the landmark book’s ability to revolutionize the way we look at our past. Like Howard Zinn’sA People’s History of the United States, Davis’sDon’t Know Much About Historycaptivates 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 ofDon’t Know Much About Historyreinvigorates the book’s crucial promise of delivering fascinating, insight-driven learning to a new generation of readers.
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ISBN-13: 9780060083816
ISBN-10: 0060083816
Pagini: 704
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 39 mm
Greutate: 0.89 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: HarperCollins Publishers
Colecția Harper
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A new, completely revised, expanded and updated edition of the million-sellingNew York Timesbestseller that launched the entire Don't Know Much About® series
When Don't Know Much About® Historyfirst appeared thirteen years ago, it created a sensation. With humor, wit, great stories, and a trademark conversational style, the book brought Americans a fresh new take on history. Shattering myths and vividly bringing the past to life, it spent thirty-five consecutive weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. Davis proved that Americans don't hate history -- they just hate the dull textbook version they were force-fed in school. The book became an instant classic, an "anti -textbook" that has sold more than 1.3 million copies.
In his irreverent and popular question-and- answer style, Davis now returns with a completely revised edition that brings history right up to the moment -- covering such topics as the end of the Cold War, Clinton's impeachment, the bizarre election of 2000, and the events that led to September 11.
Incorporating new research and discoveries, Davis also updates and expands on such long-standing American controversies as the Jefferson-Hemings affair, the Alger Hiss trial, and the Rosenberg spy case. And he includes an expanded "civics lesson" that examines some of America's hottest social and political issues, such as the death penalty, gun control, and school prayer.
For history buffs and history-phobes alike, longtime fans who need a refresher course, and for a new generation of Americans who are still in the dark about America's past, Davis proves once more whyPeoplemagazine said, "Reading him is like returning to the classroom of the best teacher you ever had."