American Journey : Update Edition, Combined Volume

by Goldfield, David; Abbott, Carl E.; Anderson, Virginia DeJohn; Argersinger, Jo Ann E.; Argersinger, Peter H.; Barney, William; Weir, Robert M.

• ISBN13: 9780205739141
• ISBN10: 0205739148
• Edition: 6th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-01-01
• Publisher: Prentice Hall

Summary

This highly visual survey of American history introduces students to the key features of American political, social, and economic history in an exciting format designed to ignite students passion to know history. Worlds Apart; Transplantation, 1600-1685; The Creation of New Worlds; Convergence and Conflict, 1660s-1763; Imperial Breakdown, 1763-1774; The War for Independence, 1774-1783; The First Republic, 1776-1789; A New Republic and the Rise of the Parties, 1789-1800; The Triumph and Collapse of Jeffersonian Republicanism, 1800-1824; The Jacksonian Era, 1824-1845; Slavery and the Old South, 1800-1860; The Market Revolution and Social Reform, 1815-1850; The Politics of Sectionalism, 1846-1861; Battle Cries and Freedom Songs: The Civil War, 1861-1865; Reconstruction, 1865-1877; A New South: Economic Progress and Social Tradition, 1877-1900; Industry, Immigrants, and Cities, 1870-1900; Transforming the West, 1865-1890; Politics and Government, 1877-1900; The Progressive Era, 1900-1917; Creating an Empire, 1865-1917; America and the Great War, 1914-1920; Toward a Modern America: The 1920s; The Great Depression and the New Deal, 1929-1939; World War II, 1939-1945; The Cold War at Home and Abroad, 1946-1952; The Confident Years, 1953-1964; Shaken to the Roots, 1965-1980; The Reagan Revolution and a Changing World, 1981-1992; Complacency, Crisis, and Global Reengagement,19932007. Any professional or individual seeking to better understand U.S. History.

Table of Contents

Worlds Apart

Native American Societies before 1492 Paleo-Indians and the Archaic Period

The Development of Agriculture Nonfarming Societies Mesoamerican Civilizations North Americarsquo;s Diverse Cultures

The Caribbean Islanders West African Societies Geographical and Political Differences

Family Structure and Religion European Merchants in West Africa and theSlave Trade Western Europe on the Eve of Exploration

The Consolidation of Political and MilitaryAuthority Religious Conflict and the ProtestantReformation Contact

The Lure of Discovery Christopher Columbus and the Westward Routeto Asia

The Spanish Conquest and Colonization

The Columbian Exchange Cultural Perceptions and Misperceptions

Competition for a Continent Early French Efforts in North America English Attempts in the New World

Transplantation, 1600-1685

The French in North America The Quest for Furs and Converts

The Development of New France

The Dutch Overseas Empire

The Dutch East India Company

The West India Company and New Netherland English Settlement in the Chesapeake

The Ordeal of Early Virginia

The Importance of Tobacco Maryland: A Refuge for Catholics Life in the Chesapeake Colonies

The Founding of New England

The Pilgrims and Plymouth Colony Massachusetts Bay

Colony and Its Offshoots Families, Farms, and Communities in Early New England Competition in the Caribbean Sugar and Slaves

A Biracial Society

The Restoration Colonies Early Carolina: Colonial Aristocracy and SlaveLabor Pennsylvania: The Dream of Toleration andPeace New Netherland Becomes New York

The Creation of New Worlds

Indians and Europeans

Indian Workers in the Spanish Borderlands

The Web of Trade Displacing Native Americans in the English Colonies

Bringing Christianity to Native Peoples

After the First Hundred Years: Conflict and War Africans and Europeans Labor

Needs and the Turn to Slavery

The Shock of Enslavement African Slaves in the New World

African American Families and Communities Resistance and Rebellion European Laborers in Early America

A Spectrum of Control New European Immigrants

Convergence and Conflict,

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