A History of The United States

A History Of The United States by Cecil Edward Chesterton / [ISBN: 9783748554059 ]
"History of the United States“ by Cecil Chesterton is an easy-to-read synopsis of US history from the perspective of a British scholar.

A History of the United States is a book by English journalist Cecil Chesterton, first published in 1919. The author was the brother of G. K. Chesterton. He fought in WWI, was injured three times, and died shortly after the end of the war. The book is written from a populist view of American history, beginning with America's struggle for independence and the development of the Constitution. Chapters include: The English Colonies; Arms And The Rights Of Man; "We, The People"; The Mantle Of Washington; The Virginian Dynasty; The Jacksonian Revolution; The Spoils Of Mexico; The Slavery Question; Secession And Civil War; "The Black Terror"; and, The New Problems.

"What I then saw and heard of contemporary America so fascinated me that—believing as I do that the key to every people is in its past—I could not rest until I had mastered all that I could of the history of my delightful hosts. This I sought as much as possible from the original sources, reading voraciously, and at the time merely for my pleasure, such records as I could get of old debates and of the speech and correspondence of the dead." "History of the United States" by Cecil Chesterton is an easy-to-read synopsis of US history from the perspective of a British scholar. This is History at it's best.
[Table of Contents]:
Introduction
Chapter 1. The English Colonies
Chapter 2. Arms and the Rights of Man
Chapter 3. "We, the People"
Chapter 4. The Mantle of Washington
Chapter 5. The Virginian Dynasty
Chapter 6. The Jacksonian Revolution
Chapter 7. The Spoils of Mexico

Cecil Edward Chesterton (1879 – 1918) was an English journalist and political commentator.
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