America, 1908 : the dawn of flight, the race to the Pole, the invention of the Model T, and the making of a modern nation /
Introduces the year 1908 as a pivotal turning point in American history marked by such events as the first flight and Peary's quest to the North Pole, in an account that explains how each spectacle contributed to the nation's growing dominance as a worldpower
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Μορφή: | Βιβλίο |
Γλώσσα: | English |
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New York :
Scribner,
2007.
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Περίληψη: | Introduces the year 1908 as a pivotal turning point in American history marked by such events as the first flight and Peary's quest to the North Pole, in an account that explains how each spectacle contributed to the nation's growing dominance as a worldpower |
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Περιγραφή τεκμηρίου: | 1st Scribner hardcover ed. |
Φυσική περιγραφή: | vii, 307 σ. : εικ. ; 24 εκ.. |
Βιβλιογραφία: | Περιλαμβάνει βιβλιογραφικές παραπομπές (σ. 283-290) και ευρετήριο. |
ISBN: | 9780743280778 0743280776 |