The American journey : a history of the United States
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The American journey : a history of the United States
Pearson/Prentice Hall, c2004
3rd ed
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"Combined volume"
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
For one and two-semester, freshman/sophomore-level survey courses in U.S. History.
Get the book that gets your students. The authors of The American Journey get your students with the best storyline, the best pedagogy, the best maps, the best in-text documents and the most inspiring student-oriented material available in a U.S. History text. Written in a clear, engaging style with a straightforward chronological organization, The American Journey motivates students to learn more about the key features of American political, social, and economic history. Prominent coverage is given to the West and the South, and the text highlights the importance of religion in American history. With an improved, streamlined organization, this new edition focuses more closely on social and cultural history showing that our attempt to live up to our American ideals is an ongoing journey that has become ever more inclusive of different groups and ideas. All volumes include U.S. History Documents CD-ROM.
Table of Contents
- (NOTE: Volume I includes Chapters 1-16
- Volume II includes Chapters 16-31.) Volume I 1. Worlds Apart. 2. Transplantation, 1600-1685. 3. The Creation of New Worlds. 4. Convergence and Conflict, 1660s-1763. 5. Imperial Breakdown, 1763-1774. 6. The War for Independence, 1774-1783. 7. The First Republic, 1776-1789. 8. A New Republic and the Rise of the Parties, 1789-1800. 9. The Triumph and Collapse of Jeffersonian Republicanism, 1800-1824. 10. The Jacksonian Era, 1824-1845. 11. Slavery and the Old South, 1800-1860. 12. The Market Revolution and Social Reform, 1815-1850. 13. The Way West. 14. The Politics of Sectionalism, 1846-1861. 15. Battle Cries and Freedom Songs: The Civil War, 1861-1865. 16. Reconstruction, 1865-1877. Volume II 16. Reconstruction, 1865-1877. 17. A New South: Economic Progress and Social Tradition, 1877-1900. 18. Industry, Immigrants, and Cities, 1870-1900. 19. Transforming the West, 1865-1890. 20. Politics and Government, 1877-1900. 21. The Progressive Era, 1900-1917. 22. Creating an Empire, 1865-1917. 23. America and the Great War, 1914-1920. 24. Toward a Modern America: The 1920s. 25. The Great Depression and the New Deal, 1929-1939. 26. World War II, 1939-1945. 27. The Cold War at Home and Abroad, 1946-1952. 28. The Confident Years, 1953-1964. 29. Shaken to the Roots, 1965-1980. 30. The Reagan Revolution and a Changing World, 1981-1992. 31. Complacency and Crisis, 1993-2003.
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