Discovering U.S. History spans the complex and varied history of the United States from prehistoric times to the present day. This new chronological set can be read as a whole, providing readers with a comprehensive history, or as stand-alone volumes, with each title serving as a time capsule of a particular era. Each title brings to life the people and events that have shaped the nation through a clear and entertaining narrative, interesting boxed insets, and lively full-color and black-and-white photographs and illustrations...Students will find these books valuable for reports, prime supplements to textbooks, or simply engaging reading.

The set includes 12 titles:

The New World: Prehistory to 1542
Colonial America 1543-1763
Revolutionary America 1764-1789
Early National America 1790-1850
The Civil War Era 1851-1865
The New South and the Old West 1866-1890
The Gilded Age and Progressivism 1891-1913
World War I and the Roaring Twenties 1914-1928
The Great Depression 1929-1938
World War II 1939-1945
The Cold War and Postwar America 1946-1963
Modern America 1964-present

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