The Great Upheaval: America and the Birth of the Modern World, 1788-1800 PUB199604 ISBN13: 9781880510599

ISBN13: 9781880510599

33 US Binding: Paperback: 460 pagesPub Date: January 17

SAVAGE is a Consulting Professor of Management Science and Engineering at Stanford University

Few traditional swords were made and the Japanese adopted western style cavalry sabers

over 60 illustrations and index

The Great Upheaval: America and the Birth of the Modern World, 1788-1800 PUB199604 ISBN13: 9781880510599It 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. Now, for the first time, acclaimed historian Jay Winik masterfully illuminates how their fates combined in one extraordinary moment to change the course