Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0070150338, Paperback)

The Unfinished Nation is known for its clear, lively literary style, for its comprehensiveness, for its clear and straightforward organization, and for its success in balancing social and cultural history with traditional political and diplomatic themes. This book tells the story of the diversity and complexity of the United States and also the forces that have drawn it together and allowed it to survive and flourish despite division.