Arthur Johnson Memorial Library

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Age of optimism Edited by Alan Palmer - New York Newsweek Books 1970 - 159 p. - Milestones of History Volume 8 .

Includes bibliographical references and index

Introduction : Linking passages : 1803-1854 The Louisiana Purchase, Beethoven's Rededicated Masterpiece, The voyage of "Fulton's Folly", "General" Lud's Army, Retreat from Russia, The Reshaping of Europe, End of an Empire, Death of a Poet, The people's president, The age of steam, A Revolution in Agriculture, Remember the Alamo, A Manifesto for the masses, The compromise of 1850, Queen victoria's Crystal Palace, Perry opens Japan

Traces milestones in history from the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 through the opening of Japan to international trade in 1854.

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History, Modern--19th century

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