Age of optimism /  
Editor, Alan Palmer. 
 - New York :   Newsweek Books,  1974.  
 - [160 p.] :   ill. (some col.) ;   30 cm. 
<br/><br/> Includes index.  Together with Nations and empires, forms a rev. and expanded ed. of Age of optimism, published in 1970. 
<br/><br/> Traces milestones in history from the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 through the opening of Japan to international trade in 1854. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>History Modern--19th century
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>D21