01272cam a2200253 4500 121318518 TxAuBib 20070918120000.0 070313s2007||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780060083137 0060083131 BTCTA BTCTA BAKER YDXCP WHP OMP TxAuBib Winik, Jay, 1957- The great upheaval [HC] : America and the birth of the modern world, 1788-1800 / Jay Winik. 1st ed. New York : Harper, 2007. xx, 659 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. 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. Acclaimed historian Jay Winik masterfully illuminates how their fates combined in one extraordinary moment to change the course of civilization. 20070918. Civilization, Modern 18th century. History, Modern 18th century. Eighteenth century. United States History Constitutional period, 1789-1809.