American passages : a history of the United States
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American passages : a history of the United States
Harcourt College Publishers, c2000
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Other authors: Lewis L. Gould, David M. Oshinsky, Jean R. Soderlund
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
American Passages follows a thoroughly chronological sequence of American history with each chapter devoted to particular years. Thus, the course of events carefully follows the contours of sequence, event, and connection, emphasizing the most significant events and changes of the period, weaving politics, economics, and culture into an interrelated pattern. The readers attention is focused on the twists and turns of history, to the way various facets of history interacted and connected. This organisation not only makes for a good story, it makes sense. It makes clear to the reader the most critical context of history- time. The authors have developed unique features titled "Passages" which serve to illustrate the passage of time through visual and narrative means. These are essays that appear every fourth chapter and provide the reader with an introduction to the forthcoming chapters. The features contain maps which indicate political boundaries, extent of settlement, and other geographical changes throughout the given time period. Charts of population growth, a comprehensive timeline, and photographs also accompany the essays.
Table of Contents
Passages - Prehistory to 1763. Contact, Conflict, and Exchange in the Atlantic World to 1590. Colonization of North America, 1590-1675. Crisis and Change, 1675-1720. The Expansion of Colonial British America, 1720-1763. Passages - 1764 to 1814. Wars for Independence, 1764-1783. Toward a More Perfect Union, 1783-1788. The Federalist Republic. The New Republic Faces a New Century, 1800-1814. Passages - 1815 to 1855. Exploded Boundaries. The Years of Andrew Jackson, 1827-1836. Panic and Boom: 1837-1845. Expansion and Reaction: 1846-1854. Passages - 1855-1867. Broken Bonds: 1855-1861. Descent into War, 1861-1862. Blood and Freedom,1863-1867. Reconstruction Abandoned, 1867-1877. Passages - 1877-1909. The Economic Transformation of America, 1877-1887. Urban Growth and Farm Protest. Domestic Turmoil and Overseas Expansion, 1893-1901. Theodore Roosevelt and Progressive Reform. Passages - 1909-1933. Progressivism at its Height. Over There and Over Here: The Impact of World War I. The Age of Jazz and Mass Culture. The Great Depression. Passages - 1933-1960. The New Deal, 1933-1939. The Second World War, 1940-1945. Post War America, 1946-1952. The White House Years, 1953-1960. Passages - 1961-Present. Turbulent Years, 1961-1968. Crisis of Confidence, 1969-1980. The Reagan-Bush Years. Toward the Twenty-First Century: The Clinton Presidency.
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