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1、AlsobyKennethC.DavisTwo-BitCulture:ThePaperbackingofAmericaDon’tKnowMuchAbout?GeographyDon’tKnowMuchAbout?theCivilWarDon’tKnowMuchAbout?theBibleDon’tKnowMuchAbout?theUniverseDON’TKNOWMUCHABOUT?HISTORYEVERYTHINGYOUNEEDTOKNOWABOUTAMERICANHISTORYBUTNEVERLEARNEDKENNETHC.DAVISTomychildren,JennyandCol
2、inCONTENTSPREFACETOTHEREVISEDEDITIONixINTRODUCTIONxiAUTHOR’SNOTExxiiiCHAPTER1BraveNewWorld1CHAPTER2SayYouWantaRevolution47CHAPTER3GrowthofaNation:FromtheCreationoftheConstitutiontoManifestDestiny107CHAPTER4ApocalypseThen:ToCivilWarandReconstruction183CHAPTER5WhenMonopolyWasn’taGame:TheGrowingEmp
3、irefromWildWesttoWorldWarI253CHAPTER6BoomtoBusttoBigBoom:FromtheJazzAgeandtheGreatDepressiontoHiroshima319viiiContentsCHAPTER7Commies,Containment,andColdWar:AmericaintheFifties397CHAPTER8TheTorchIsPassed:FromCamelottoHollywoodonthePotomac437CHAPTER9FromtheEvilEmpiretotheAxisofEvil533AFTERWORD589
4、APPENDIX1TheBillofRightsandOtherConstitutionalAmendments595APPENDIX2IstheElectoralCollegeaPartySchool?APresidentialElectionPrimer618APPENDIX3U.S.PresidentsandTheirAdministrations624SelectedReadings631Acknowledgments657SearchableTerms659AbouttheAuthorAlsobyKennethC.DavisCreditsCoverCopyrightAbout
5、thePublisherChapterTitletoComeixPREFACETOTHEREVISEDEDITIONhenDon’tKnowMuchAbout?History?rstappearedin1990,itWwassimplymeanttoserveasafreshnewtakeonAmericanhis-tory.Bustingmythswithadoseofhumorandrealstoriesaboutrealpeople,thebookwasconceivedasanantidotetothedull,drearytext-bookswesufferedthrough
6、inhighschoolorcollege.NobodywasmoresurprisedthanIwaswhenthebookspent35weeksontheNewYorkTimesBest-sellerlistandbecamean“antitextbook”thathassold1.3millioncopies.Ifnothingelse,thislittlebookprovedthatAmeri-cansdon’thatehistory—theyjusthatethedullversiontheygotwhentheyweregrowingup.Withthesamequest
7、ion-and-answerstyle,thisupdated,revised,andgreatlyexpandededitionbringshistoryrightuptoBillClinton’simpeachmentandthebizarre2000election.Incorporatingnewdis-coveries,revelations,andtheoriesaboutAmerica’spast,thisrevisededi-t
