Quatrième de couverture : Pour chacune de ces dates : un exposé principal en anglais, un éclairage complémentaire en français, des rubriques d'accompagnement (keywords, figures, people, places), des cartes et des illustrations, un index et des tableaux récapitulatifs. Sommaire The Mayflower: December 16, 1620 / The Stamp Act: March 22, 1765 / The Declaration of Independance: July 4, 1776 / The Constitution of the United States: September 17, 1787 / The Louisiana Purchase: May 2, 1803 / Andrew Jackson President: March 4, 1829 / The Gold Rush: January 24, 1848 / Abraham Lincoln Assassinated: April 14, 1865 / The Pacific Railroad: May 10, 1869 / The Sherman Antitrust Act: July 2, 1890 / Theodore Roosevelt President: September 15, 1901 / The Great Crash: October 24, 1929 / Hiroshima: August 6, 1945 / The Cuban Missile Crisis: October 22-28, 1962 / Richard Nixon Resigns: August 8, 1974 / Victory in the Gulf: February 27, 1991 / A day of infamy: September 11, 2001 / A Black President in the white House: January 20, 2009
Biographie de l'auteur : Pierre Lagayette est professeur à l'université de Paris-Sorbonne (Paris IV).
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