American Native History Brief

by TINDALL G

• ISBN13: 9780393974430
• ISBN10: 039397443X
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-01-01
• Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc

Summary

Breadth, Brevity, and Balance: One-third shorter than its parent text, the new brief version of America: A Narrative History retains the coherent and balanced narrative of the full version while incorporating innovative pedagogy and an attractive two-color design. The authors have also introduced the theme of popular culture as a theoretical framework for viewing important political, social, cultural, and economic developments. With its winning combination of breadth, brevity, and balance, America is the ideal text for courses in American history. Strengthened Pedagogy New pedagogical elements guide students through the narrative and help them to identify connections between events and across chapters. Elements include: * New Part Timelines have narrative-style entries that show the relationships between political, global, social, and economic events across chapters and over long periods of time. The new narrative-style entries make these timelines an ideal study tool for students * Chapter Organizers introduce each chapter by outlining major points to be considered in that chapter. * "Making Connections" Boxes at the close of each chapter help students see the connections among events discussed throughout the book. * Two-Color Maps are easy to understand and read; the number of maps has been expanded in this edition.

Table of Contents

List of Maps	xv
Preface	xvii
Part One / A NEW WORLD
Discovery and Settlement	9	(54)
Pre-Columbian Indian Civilizations	10	(2)
First Contacts	12	(6)
Exploration and Conquest of The New World	18	(11)
Settling The Chesapeake	29	(6)
Settling New England	35	(11)
Renewed Settlement	46	(12)
Thriving Colonies	58	(2)
Further Reading	60	(3)
Colonial Ways of Life	63	(42)
The Shape of Early America	64	(6)
Society and Economy in The Southern Colonies	70	(7)
Society and Economy in New England	77	(11)
Society and Economy in The Middle Colonies	88	(3)
Colonial Cities	91	(4)
The Enlightenment	95	(3)
The Great Awakening	98	(5)
Further Reading	103	(2)
The Imperial Perspective	105	(24)
English Administration of The Colonies	106	(5)
The Habit of Self-Government	111	(3)
Troubled Neighbors	114	(6)
The Colonial Wars	120	(7)
Further Reading	127	(2)
From Empire to Independence	129	(40)
The Heritage of War	130	(2)
Western Lands	132	(1)
Grenville's Colonial Policy	133	(5)
Fanning The Flames	138	(5)
Discontent on The Frontier	143	(1)
A Worsening Crisis	144	(6)
Shifting Authority	150	(5)
Independence	155	(4)
Further Reading	159	(10)
Part Two / BUILDING A NATION
The American Revolution	169	(64)
1776: Washington's Narrow Escape	170	(3)
American Society at War	173	(5)
1777: Setbacks for The British	178	(3)
1778: Both Sides Regroup	181	(4)
The War in The South	185	(5)
Negotiations	190	(3)
The Political Revolution	193	(3)
The Social Revolution	196	(6)
Emergence of an American Culture	202	(4)
Further Reading	206	(2)
Shaping a Federal Union
The Confederation	208	(11)
Adopting The Constitution	219	(12)
``A More Perfect Union''	231	(1)
Further Reading	232	(1)
The Federalists: Washington and Adams	233	(34)
A New Nation	233	(5)
Hamilton's Vision of America	238	(6)
The Republican Alternative	244	(3)
Crises Foreign and Domestic	247	(5)
Land Settlement	252	(4)
Transfer of Power	256	(2)
The Adams Years	258	(7)
Further Reading	265	(2)
Republicanism: Jefferson and Madison	267	(28)
Jefferson in Office	268	(8)
Division in The Republican Party	276	(2)
War in Europe	278	(4)
The War of 1812	282	(11)
Further Reading	293	(2)
Nationalism and Sectionalism	295	(34)
Economic Nationalism	296	(3)
``Good Feelings''	299	(5)
Crises and Compromises	304	(3)
Judical Nationalism	307	(2)
Nationalist Diplomacy	309	(2)
One-Party Politics	311	(8)
Further Reading	319	(10)
Part Three / AN EXPANSIVE NATION
The Jacksonian Impulse	329	(33)
A New Political Culture	331	(2)
Jackson Takes Office	333	(3)
Nullification	336	(6)
Racial Prejudice in The Jacksonian Era	342	(5)
The Bank Controversy	347	(5)
Van Buren and The New Party System	352	(6)
Assessing The Jackson Years	358	(2)
Further Reading	360	(2)
The Dynamics of Growth	362	(35)
Agriculture and The National Economy	363	(3)
Transportation and The National Economy	366	(8)
The Growth of Industry	374	(6)
The Popular Culture	380	(4)
Immigration	384	(8)
Organized Labor	392	(2)
Jacksonian Inequality	394	(2)
Further Reading	396	(1)
An American Renaissance: Religion, Romanticism, and Reform	397	(34)
Rational Religion	398	(2)
The Second Great Awakening	400	(6)
Romanticism in America	406	(4)
The Flowering of American Literature	410	(5)
Education	415	(4)
Some Movements for Reform	419	(10)
Further Reading	429	(2)
Manifest Destiny	431	(42)
The Tyler Years	432	(2)
The Western Frontier	434	(9)
Moving West	443	(6)
Annexing Texas	449	(4)
Polk's Presidency	453	(3)
The Mexican War	456	(8)
Further Reading	464	(9)
Part Four / A HOUSE DIVIDED AND REBUILT
The Old South: An American Tragedy	473	(34)
Distinctive Features of The Old South	474	(3)
White Society in The South	477	(8)
Black Society in The South	485	(7)
The Culture of The Southern Frontier	492	(4)
Antislavery Movements	496	(8)
Further Reading	504	(3)
The Crisis of Union	507	(38)
Slavery in The Territories	508	(6)
The Compromise of 1850	514	(6)
Foreign Adventures	520	(2)
The Kansas-Nebraska Crisis	522	(7)
The Deepening Sectional Crisis	529	(8)
The Center Comes Apart	537	(6)
Further Reading	543	(2)
The War of the Union	545	(48)
End of the Waiting Game	546	(6)
The War's Early Course	552	(15)
Emancipation	567	(3)
Women and The War	570	(2)
Government During The War	572	(5)
The Faltering Confederacy	577	(5)
The Confederacy's Defeat	582	(7)
A Modern War	589	(1)
Further Reading	590	(3)
Reconstruction: North and South	593
The War's Aftermath	594	(5)
The Battle over Reconstruction	599	(8)
Reconstructing The South	607	(6)
The Reconstructed South	613	(9)
The Grant Years	622	(9)
Further Reading	631
Appendix	A1
The Declaration of Independence	A3
Articles of Confederation	A8
The Constitution of The United States	A16
Presidential Elections	A36
Admission of States	A44
Population of The United States	A45
Immigration to The United States, Fiscal Years 1820-1990	A46
Immigration by Region and Selected Country of Last Residence, Fiscal Years 1820--1989	A48
Presidents, Vice-Presidents, and Secretaries of State	A55
Credits	A61
Index	A65