The American pageant : a history of the Republic
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The American pageant : a history of the Republic
Houghton Mifflin Company, c2002
12th ed
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Rev. ed. of: The American pageant / Thomas A. Bailey, David M. Kennedy, Lizabeth Cohen. 11th ed. 1997
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Supported by colorful anecdotes, first-person quotations, and its trademark wit, The American Pageant is one of the most readable, popular, and effective American history textbooks available. Pedagogy includes chapter-ending chronologies, numerous interesting quotes from historical figures, and incisive part openers that contextualize six major periods in American history. The Appendix includes "Suggested Readings" for every chapter, an annotated Constitution of the United States, and an extensive statistical profile of the United States.
Table of Contents
I. Founding the New Nation, c. 33,000 B.C.-A.D. 1783
1. New World Beginnings, 33,000 B.C.-A.D. 1769
2. The Planting of English America, 1500-1733
3. Settling the Northern Colonies, 1619-1700
4. American Life in the Seventeenth Century, 1607-1692
5. Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution, 1700-1775
6. The Duel for North America, 1608-1763
7. The Road to Revolution, 1763-1775
8. America Secedes from the Empire, 1775-1783
II. Building the New Nation, 1776-1860
9. The Confederation and the Constitution, 1776-1790
10. Launching the New Ship of State, 1789-1800
11. The Triumphs and Travails of the Jeffersonian Republic, 1800-1812
12. The Second War for Independence and the Upsurge of Nationalism, 1812-1824
13. The Rise of a Mass Democracy, 1824-1840
14. Forging the National Economy, 1790-1860
15. The Ferment of Reform and Culture, 1790-1860
III. Testing the New Nation, 1820-1877
16. The South and the Slavery Controversy, 1793-1860
17. Manifest Destiny and Its Legacy, 1841-1848
18. Renewing the Sectional Struggle, 1848-1854
19. Drifting Toward Disunion, 1854-1861
20. Girding for War: The North and the South, 1861-1865
21. The Furnace of Civil War, 1861-1865
22. The Ordeal of Reconstruction, 1865-1877
IV. Forging an Industrial Society, 1865-1899
23. Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age, 1869-1896
24. Industry Comes of Age, 1865-1900
25. America Moves to the City, 1865-1900
26. The Great West and the Agricultural Revolution, 1865-1896
27. The Path of Empire, 1890-1899
V. Struggling for Justice at Home and Abroad, 1899-1945
28. America on the World Stage, 1899-1909
29. Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt, 1901-1912
30. Wilsonian Progressivism at Home and Abroad, 1912-1916
31. The War to End War, 1917-1918
32. American Life in the Roaring Twenties, 1919-1929
33. The Politics of Boom and Bust, 1920-1932
34. The Great Depression and the New Deal, 1933-1939
35. Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Shadow of War, 1933-1941
36. America in World War II, 1941-1945
VI. Creating Modern America, 1945 to the Present
37. The Cold War Begins, 1945-1952
38. The Eisenhower Era, 1952-1960
39. The Stormy Sixties, 1960-1968
40. The Stalemated Seventies, 1968-1980
41. The Resurgence of Conservatism, 1980-2000
42. The American People Face a New Century
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