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Great Upheaval America and the Birth of the Modern World, 1788-1800

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ISBN-10: 0061363944

ISBN-13: 9780061363948

Edition: Large Type 

Authors: Jay Winik

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"It is an era that redefined history. As the 1790s began, a fragile America teetered on the brink of oblivion. Russia towered as a vast imperial power, and France plunged into revolution. But in contrast to the way conventional histories tell it, none of these remarkable events occurred in isolation. In The Great Upheaval, Jay Winik illuminates how their fates combined in one moment to change the course of civilization." "In this drama, Winik brings his vast research to the battlefields and clashes of ideologies that defined this age. Here is a savage world war, the toppling of a great dynasty, and an America struggling to survive at home and abroad. Here, too, is the first modern holy war…    
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Book details

List price: $29.95
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 896
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.65" tall
Language: English

JAY WINIK is the author of the New York Times bestseller APRIL 1865, which received wide international acclaim. He is a regular contributor to the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times. A senior scholar of history and public policy at the University of Maryland, he is a member of the governing council of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Winik lives in Chevy Chase, Maryland.