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Days of destiny, crossroads in American history : America's greatest historians examine thirty-one uncelebrated days that changed the course of history, general editors, James M. McPherson, Alan Brinkley ; editor, David Rubel

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Days of destiny, crossroads in American history : America's greatest historians examine thirty-one uncelebrated days that changed the course of history, general editors, James M. McPherson, Alan Brinkley ; editor, David Rubel

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Days of destiny

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general editors, James M. McPherson, Alan Brinkley ; editor, David Rubel

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crossroads in American history : America's greatest historians examine thirty-one uncelebrated days that changed the course of history

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Introduction / James M. McPherson -- June 17, 1675 King Philip's quarell / James Axtell -- October 23, 1740 Whitefield awakens America / John Demos -- May 24, 1775 Silas Deane's diary / Jack n. Rakove -- October 19, 1781 The battle of Yorktown / Robert Middlekauff -- July 16, 1787 The day the Constitution was saved / Gordon S. Wood -- June 20, 1790 Mr. Jefferson's dinner party / Joseph J. Ellis -- March 4, 1801 The second American revolution / Joyce Appleby -- Mid-February 1824 The way West / William H. Goetzmann -- January 1, 1831 The liberator / Ira Berlin -- July 20, 1848 The Seneca Falls convention / Christine Stansell -- March 6, 1857 The day of Dred Scott / Sean Wilentz -- September 13, 1862 The lost orders / James M. McPhersonJune 13, 1866 Equality before the law / Eric Foner -- Ocotber 5, 1877 "I will fight no more forever" / Elliott West -- February 24, 1908 Affirming the sexual division of labor / Alice Kessler-Harris -- August 14, 1908 The end of accommodation / David Levering Lewis -- January 1, 1913 The routine arrest that launched a revolution / Geoffrey C. Ward -- June 20, 1917 The great demand / Nancy F. Cott -- July 20, 1925 The Scopes trial; Darrow v. Bryan / Alan Brinkley -- May 22, 1933 Harry Hopkins brings relief / Linda Gordon -- April 2, 1943 Testing America / Nicholas Lemann -- July 25, 1945 "The most terrible bomb in the history of the world" / John W. Dower -- September 19, 1946 The President learns about civil rights / William E. Leuchtenburg -- May 3, 1948 Hollywood at the crossroads / Ann Douglas -- January 17, 1961 A farewell to arms / Douglas BrinkleyJune 21, 1961 The decision to publish Kuhn / David A. Hollinger -- July 28, 1965 End of an era, start of a war / David Kaiser -- January 14, 1967 The human be-in / David Farber -- July 12, 1967 Days of rage; the life and death of Newark / Kenneth T. Jackson -- November 22, 1971 Sally Reed demands equal treatment / Linda K. Kerber -- June 14, 1973 The battle over biotechnology / Daniel J. Kevles

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Crossroads in American history

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