United States - Volume II: From indigenous territory to the superpower that changed modern world.

The continuation of a decisive history: the rise of the United States as a world power and its impact on the twenty-first century. The United States entered the twentieth century as a growing industrial nation, but it would eventually become one of the most influential forces in the modern world. Its economy, military, culture, technology, and political decisions shaped not only its own destiny, but also the direction of much of the planet.This second volume follows the country's transformation from mass immigration and the growth of major cities to the world wars, the Great Depression, the New Deal, the Cold War, civil rights, globalization, the impact of September 11, and the challenges of contemporary America.Through a clear, wide-ranging, and carefully developed narrative, this work shows how the United States moved from an emerging power to an economic, military, technological, and cultural giant. It also examines the contradictions that accompanied that rise: inequality, racism, political crisis, social tensions, foreign wars, migration, debt, gun violence, and a democracy constantly tested by its own conflicts.More than a simple historical continuation, this book offers a complete look at the country that helped define the twentieth century and remains central to understanding the modern world.An essential work for understanding contemporary America: powerful, divided, admired, questioned, and impossible to ignore.

Pagina's: 403, Paperback, Independently published