Nación que suele suscitar las más encontradas reacciones, la imagen de los Estados Unidos de América se compone, sin embargo, en gran medida, de prejuicios y estereotipos. Esta " Breve historia de Estados Unidos " recorre...
This succinct account of the United States? history gives a clear, introductory overview of the nation from European settlement in 1492 through colonial times, the Revolution, Western expansion, slavery, the Civil War and the wars of the 20 th century....
This established introductory text provides a lucid, authoritative account of the course of American history, discussing political, social, economic and cultural developments. In this revised and updated new edition, Jenkins reviews the 2008 presidential...
This book tells a surprising story. Many think of Christianity as a Western faith, which grew out of its origins in the Middle East towards Rome and into Europe, paving the way for the Enlightenment, science and modernity. However, Philip Jenkins reveals,...
In assessing the concern that popular fears and stereotypes have. exaggerated the actual scale of multiple homicides, Jenkins has. produced an innovative synthesis of approaches to social problem. construction that includes an historical and social-scient...
One of the most significant industrial states in the country, with a powerful radical tradition, Pennsylvania was, by the early 1950s, the scene of some of the fiercest anti-Communist activism in the United States. Philip Jenkins examines the political...