American Century
- List Price: $60.00
- Binding: Hardcover
- Edition: 1
- Publisher: Random House Inc
- Publish date: 10/01/1998
Evans begins in the 1880s, when it was still uncertain whether America, with its diverse peoples, manifold beliefs, and impossible ideals, would even survive its own democratic experiment or manage to reconcile an increasingly headlong materialism with the original virtues of the Republic. He shows how, from that time forward, the citizens of the United States saw increases in material wealth and personal freedom unequaled in history, paralleled by the growing power and influence of the country abroad. He covers upheavals and victories with succinct and insightful prose, aided by a splendid array of fresh, remarkable images.
The American Century is an epic work, an incomparable telling of the rise of the most powerful nation in the world.
