Witness to America

图书标准信息

• 作者 Henry Steele、Allan Nevins 著；Douglas Brinkley 编
• 出版社 HarperCollins
• 出版时间 1999-12
• ISBN 9780062716118
• 定价 433.20元
• 装帧 精装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 464页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

ThiscollectionofprimarydocumentstellsthestoryofthehistoryoftheUnitedStatesthroughoutitsexistence,fromfirstpersonperspectivesofthepeoplewholivedit.BasedonthetextoriginallyeditedbyHenrySteeleCommagerandAllanNevinsandrevisedwithStephenAmbrose,thisneweditionof"WitnesstoAmerica"updatesthecollectionthroughthepresentday.Includingfirst-personessays,diaries,letters,newspaperarticles,speeches,andtraveljournals,thisisanextraordinarycollectionofeyewitnessaccountsofthemajoreventsintheAmericanexperience,including:JohnAdamswitnessesthewritingof"TheDeclarationofIndependence";GeorgeWashingtonbidsfarewelltohisnation;MarkTwainencountersthePonyExpress;DavyCrockettdefendstheAlamo;AbrahamLincolndeliverstheEmancipationProclamation;HenryFordconstructsagasolinebuggy;RosaParksrefusestogiveupherseat;MalcolmXaddresseshisfollowers;JackKerouacpersonifiestheBeatGeneration;BettyFriedanreflectsonthewomen'sliberationmovement;NeilArmstrongwalksonthemoon;BillGatesshapesthecomputerrevolution;thedivisive2000Presidentialelection;thetraumaof9/11;thewarsinIraqandAfghanistan;thetragedyofHurricaneKatrina;and,BarackObama'sascenttothepresidency.

【作者简介】

DouglasBrinkleyisaProfessorofHistoryandBakerInstituteFellowatRiceUniversity.Brinkley'spublicationsincludeTheWildernessWarrior,TheGreatDeluge,TourofDuty,TheBoysofPointeduHoc,ParishPriest,andWheelsoftheWorld,.HealsoeditedTheReaganDiaries.