America 250 All-In-One For Dummies - Softcover

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ISBN 10: 139441000X ISBN 13: 9781394410002

Verlag: For Dummies, 2026

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Discover (or rediscover!) America’s history and how it’s shaped the United States today

On July 4, 2026, the United States is going to celebrate its semi-quincentennial―the 250 years since the signing of the Declaration of Independence. There are going to be fireworks, parties, celebrations, commemorations of extraordinary parts of American history, reflections on what it means to be American today, and much more.

America 250 All-In-One For Dummies is an informative and thorough walkthrough of the America of yesterday, today, and tomorrow. You’ll discover America’s history, how you fit into a country that’s always changing and transforming, and how you can invoke this change and inspire generations to come.

Inside:

• Accurate descriptions of key moments from America’s past and how these moments impact the lives of Americans today
• Explorations of the histories and cultures of specific groups of Americans and how they’ve contributed to the development of the United States
• In-depth coverage of the people and events that influenced the structure and foundation of America―including a focus on government and politics.

For everyone who wants to understand the past, present, and future of the United States, or anyone who’s interested in how American became the country it is now, America 250 All-In-One For Dummies is a comprehensive walkthrough you can trust.

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Features content from the works of these expert authors: Brian Cassity and Maxine Levaren, Ann M. DeLaney, Keith D. Dickson, Jennifer Gagliardi, Dororthy Lippert, PhD and Stephen J. Spignesi, Ronda Racha Penrice, Marcus A. Stadelmann, and Steve Wiegand.

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Celebrate the U.S. on its semiquincentennial

The United States of America has a rich and complex history for a country that’s so relatively young. America 250 All-in-One For Dummies offers you an informative glimpse into the origins, growing pains, conflicts, social and political structures, and accomplishments that took America from 1776 to 2026 ― and created the country that exists today. In this book, you discover the role of exploration and expansion in the founding and growth of the United States. And you find out about all the people who immigrated to, founded, fought for, and led America to establish, populate, and contribute to a country with a government for and by the people. Celebrate the 250 years of life in America!

7 Books inside…

• Shaping the USA
• Expanding America into Its Current Shape
• The Wars That Influenced the Shape
• The Hands That Guided the Shape
• The People Who Infused the Shape
• American Government and Politics
• American Society and the Economy

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: For Dummies
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2026
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 139441000X
• ISBN 13: 9781394410002
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 656
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Wiley-VCH GmbH; product_safety@wiley.com; ; Boschstrasse 12; Weinheim; 69469; Deutschland