TY - GEN TI - Age of optimism / AV - D21 PY - 1974///. CY - New York : PB - Newsweek Books KW - History Modern KW - 19th century N1 - Includes index; Together with Nations and empires, forms a rev. and expanded ed. of Age of optimism, published in 1970 N2 - Traces milestones in history from the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 through the opening of Japan to international trade in 1854 ER -