American People, Brief Edition, The: Creating a Nation and a Society, Volume I (to 1877)

by Nash, Gary B.; Jeffrey, Julie Roy; Howe, John R.; Frederick, Peter J.; Davis, Allen F.; Winkler, Allan M.

• ISBN13: 9780321316417
• ISBN10: 032131641X
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-01-01
• Publisher: Longman

Summary

A condensed version ofThe American People, Fifth Edition,this engaging text examines U.S. history as revealed through the experiences of all Americans, both ordinary and extraordinary.With a thought-provoking and rich presentation, the authors explore the complex lives of Americans of all national origins and cultural backgrounds, at all levels of society, and in all regions of the country. A vibrant four-color design and compact size make this book accessible, convenient, and easy-to read.

Table of Contents

Recovering the Past	xvii
Maps	xviii
Preface	xxi
Supplements	xxix
About the Authors	xxxv
PART 1 A Colonizing People, Prehistory-1776	1	(151)
CHAPTER 1 Ancient America and Africa	1	(23)
The Peoples of America Before Columbus	3	(9)
Africa on the Eve of Contact	12	(5)
Europe on the Eve of Invading the Americas	17	(5)
Conclusion: The Approach of a New Global Age	22	(2)
CHAPTER 2 Europeans and Africans Reach the Americas	24	(26)
Breaching the Atlantic	26	(3)
The Spanish Conquest of America	29	(8)
England Looks West	37	(1)
RECOVERING THE PAST
Illustrated Travel Accounts	38	(6)
African Bondage	44	(4)
Conclusion: Converging Worlds	48	(2)
CHAPTER 3 Colonizing a Continent in the Seventeenth Century	50	(40)
The Chesapeake Tobacco Coast	52	(2)
RECOVERING THE PAST
Houses	54	(7)
Massachusetts and Its Offspring	61	(10)
From the St. Lawrence to the Hudson	71	(2)
Proprietary Carolina: A Restoration Reward	73	(2)
The Quakers' Peaceable Kingdom	75	(4)
New Spain's Northern Frontier	79	(2)
An Era of Instability	81	(6)
Conclusion: The Achievement of New Societies	87	(3)
CHAPTER 4 The Maturing of Colonial Society	90	(36)
The North: A Land of Family Farms	92	(6)
The Plantation South	98	(6)
Contending for a Continent	104	(7)
The Urban World of Commerce and Ideas	111	(4)
The Great Awakening	115	(4)
Political Life	119	(5)
Conclusion: America in 1750	124	(2)
CHAPTER 5 The Strains of Empire	126	(26)
The Climactic Seven Years' War	128	(6)
The Crisis with England	134	(4)
RECOVERING THE PAST
Poetry	138	(5)
The Ideology of Revolutionary Republicanism	143	(2)
The Turmoil of a Rebellious People	145	(4)
Conclusion: On the Brink of Revolution	149	(3)
PART 2 A Revolutionary People, 1775-1828	152	(128)
CHAPTER 6 A People in Revolution	152	(36)
Bursting the Colonial Bonds	154	(3)
The War for American Independence	157	(12)
The Experience of War	169	(1)
RECOVERING THE PAST
Military Muster Rolls	170	(8)
The Ferment of Revolutionary Politics	178	(8)
Conclusion: The Crucible of Revolution	186	(2)
CHAPTER 7 Consolidating the Revolution	188	(30)
Struggling with the Peacetime Agenda	190	(5)
Sources of Political Conflict	195	(6)
Political Tumult in the States	201	(2)
Toward a New National Government	203	(1)
RECOVERING THE PAST
Patriotic Paintings	204	(11)
Conclusion: Completing the Revolution	215	(3)
CHAPTER 8 Creating a Nation	218	(28)
Launching the National Republic	220	(6)
The Republic in a Threatening World	226	(6)
The Political Crisis Deepens	232	(5)
Restoring American Liberty	237	(2)
Building an Agrarian Nation	239	(3)
A Foreign Policy for the New Nation	242	(2)
Conclusion: A Period of Trial and Transition	244	(2)
CHAPTER 9 Society and Politics in the Early Republic	246	(34)
A Nation of Regions	248	(6)
Indian-White Relations in the Early Republic	254	(6)
Perfecting a Democratic Society	260	(7)
The End of Neo-Colonialism	267	(4)
Knitting the Nation Together	271	(4)
Politics in Transition	275	(3)
Conclusion: The Passing of an Era	278	(2)
PART 3 An Expanding People, 1820-1877	280	(215)
CHAPTER 10 Currents of Change in the Northeast and the Old Northwest	280	(29)
Economic Growth	282	(7)
Early Manufacturing	289	(1)
A New England Textile Town	290	(3)
Factories on the Frontier	293	(2)
Urban Life	295	(7)
Rural Communities	302	(4)
Conclusion: The Character of Progress	306	(3)
CHAPTER 11 Slavery and the Old South	309	(30)
Building a Diverse Cotton Kingdom	311	(8)
Morning: Master and Mistress in the Big House	319	(4)
Noon: Slaves in House and Fields	323	(3)
Night: Slaves in Their Quarters	326	(2)
RECOVERING THE PAST
Folktales	328	(3)
Resistance and Freedom	331	(6)
Conclusion: Douglass's Dream of Freedom	337	(2)
CHAPTER 12 Shaping America in the Antebellum Age	339	(35)
Religious Revival and Reform Philosophy	341	(3)
The Political Response to Change	344	(11)
Perfectionist Reform and Utopianism	355	(4)
Reforming Society	359	(3)
RECOVERING THE PAST
Family Paintings	362	(3)
Abolitionism and Women's Rights	365	(7)
Conclusion: Perfecting America	372	(2)
CHAPTER 13 Moving West	374	(31)
Probing the Trans-Mississippi West	376	(3)
Winning the Trans-Mississippi West	379	(6)
Going East and West	385	(1)
RECOVERING THE PAST
Personal Diaries	386	(5)
Living in the West	391	(6)
Cultures in Conflict	397	(6)
Conclusion: Fruits of Manifest Destiny	403	(2)
CHAPTER 14 The Union in Peril	405	(30)
Slavery in the Territories	407	(1)
RECOVERING THE PAST
Senate Speeches	408	(6)
Political Disintegration	414	(6)
Kansas and the Two Cultures	420	(5)
Polarization and the Road to War	425	(4)
The Divided House Falls	429	(4)
Conclusion: The "Irrepressible Conflict"	433	(2)
CHAPTER 15 The Union Severed	435	(31)
Organizing for War	436	(5)
Clashing on the Battlefield, 1861-1862	441	(8)
The Tide Turns, 1863-1865	449	(5)
Changes Wrought by War	454	(2)
RECOVERING THE PAST
Photography	456	(8)
Conclusion: An Uncertain Future	464	(2)
CHAPTER 16 The Union Reconstructed	466	(29)
The Bittersweet Aftermath of War	467	(5)
National Reconstruction Politics	472	(2)
RECOVERING THE PAST
Novels	474	(4)
The Lives of Freedpeople	478	(7)
Reconstruction in the States	485	(7)
Conclusion: A Mixed Legacy	492	(3)
Index	495