America and its peoples : a mosaic in the making
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America and its peoples : a mosaic in the making
Pearson/Longman, c2007
5th ed
- v. 1, to 1877 : study ed
- v. 2, from 1865 : study ed
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Description and Table of Contents
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v. 1, to 1877 : study ed ISBN 9780321162137
Description
Social history-with an emphasis on sports, leisure, and popular culture-is effectively integrated with more traditional coverage of military history, politics, and diplomacy. This edition highlights the rich ethnic diversity of the American people with vivid character sketches, colorful anecdotes, primary sources, new pedagogy, and a spirited narrative.
Table of Contents
1. The Peopling and Unpeopling of America.
2. Plantations and Cities Upon a Hill, 1620-1700.
3. Provincial America in Upheaval, 1660-1760.
4. Breaking the Bonds of Empire, 1760-1775.
5. The Times That Tried Many Souls, 1775-1783.
6. Securing the Republic and Its Ideals, 1776-1789.
7. The Formative Decade, 1790-1800.
8. The Jeffersonians in Power, 1800-1815.
9. Nationalism, Economic Growth, and the Roots of Sectional Conflict, 1815-1824.
10. Power and Politics in Jackson's America.
11. America's First Age of Reform.
12. The Divided North, The Divided South.
13. Cultures Collide in the Far West.
14. The House Divided.
15. A Nation Shattered by Civil War, 1860-1865.
16. The Nation Reconstructed: North, South, and the West, 1865-1877.
Appendix.
Credits.
Index.
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v. 2, from 1865 : study ed ISBN 9780321162151
Description
Social history-with an emphasis on sports, leisure, and popular culture-is effectively integrated with more traditional coverage of military history, politics, and diplomacy. This edition highlights the rich ethnic diversity of the American people with vivid character sketches, colorful anecdotes, primary sources, new pedagogy, and a spirited narrative.
Table of Contents
16. The Nation Reconstructed: North, South, and the West, 1865-1877.
17. Emergence as an Economic Power.
18. The Rise of an Urban Society and City People.
19. End-of-the-Century Crisis.
20. Imperial America, 1870-1900.
21. The Progressive Struggle, 1900-1917.
22. The United States and World War I.
23. Modern Times, 1920-1929.
24. The Age of Roosevelt.
25. The End of Isolation: America Faces the World, 1920-1945.
26. Waging Peace and War.
27. Ike's America.
28. Vietnam and the Crisis of Authority.
29. The Struggle for a Just Society.
30. Power Shifts: The Emergence of the South and West.
31. Crises and Resurgence.
32. America in Our Time.
Appendix.
Credits.
Index.
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