American Past: Enhanced : A Survey of American History

by Conlin,Joseph R.

• ISBN13: 9780495566229
• ISBN10: 0495566225
• Edition: 8th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-01-10
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

Author Joseph R. Conlin's award-winning teaching and writing styles are reflected in this colorful and engaging look at the individuals, events, and ideas that have shaped this nation's past. Organized into short, easy-to-read chapters, this text sets the story in a political context, weaving in social, cultural, economic, intellectual, constitutional, diplomatic, and military events along the way. American history has never been so eye-opening--and enjoyable. This Enhanced Edition also shows you how to use the maps, images, and charts in the book to gain an edge in your studies. A brief introduction to the text--"Studying from Primary Source Materials"--reveals some of the tricks to uncovering the past that your instructor wants you to know. "Discovery" sections at the end of every chapter assist you in practicing these skills, helping you to connect the text's main ideas and excel in your course.

Table of Contents

Aftermath: Reconstructing the Union Failing the Freedmen 1865+1877

Parties, Patronage, and Pork: Politics in the Late Nineteenth Century

Technology, Industry, and Business: Economic Revolution in the Late Nineteenth Century

Living with Leviathan: Reactions to Big Business and Great Wealth

We Who Built America: Factories and Immigrants

Urban America: The Growth of Big Cities and Big City Problems

The Last Frontier: Winning the Last of the West 1865-1900

Stressful Times Down Home: American Agriculture 1865-1896

The Days of McKinley: The United States as a World Power 1896-1903

The World of Teddy Roosevelt: American Society and Culture in Transition 1890-1917

Age of Reform: The Progressives

The Progressive Presidents: Roosevelt, Taft, and Wilson

Over There: The United States and the First World War 1914-1918

Over Here: World War I at Home 1917-1920

Troubled Years: America after the Great War 1919-1923

Calvin Coolidge and the New Era: When America Was a Business 1923-1929

Hard Times: The Great Depression 1930-1933

Rearranging America: FDR and the New Deal 1933-1938

The Second Great War: America and the World 1933-1942

World War II: The Pinnacle of Power 1942-1945

Cold War: The United States and the Nuclear Age 1946-1952

"Happy Days": Popular Culture in the Fifties, 1947-1963

Cold War and Civil Rights: The Eisenhower and Kennedy Years 1953-1963

Johnson's Great Society: Reform and Conflict 1961-1968

The Presidency in Crisis: The Nixon, Ford, and Carter Administrations 1968-1980

Morning in America: The Age of Reagan 1980-1993

The Millennium Years: Decadence? Renewal? 1993-2006

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