Discovering the American Past

by Wheeler, WIlliam Bruce

• ISBN13: 9780395871874
• ISBN10: 0395871875
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-12-12
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
First Encounters: The Confrontation Between Cortes and Montezuma (1519-1521)	1	(28)
The Problem	1	(2)
Background	3	(2)
The Method	5	(2)
The Evidence	7	(18)
Questions to Consider	25	(1)
Epilogue	26	(3)
The Threat of Anne Hutchinson	29	(21)
The Problem	29	(1)
Background	29	(5)
The Method	34	(1)
The Evidence	34	(12)
Questions to Consider	46	(1)
Epilogue	47	(3)
Rhythms of Colonial Life: The Statistics of Colonial Massachusetts Bay	50	(21)
The Problem	50	(1)
Background	51	(3)
The Method	54	(6)
The Evidence	60	(7)
Questions to Consider	67	(2)
Epilogue	69	(2)
What Really Happened in the Boston Massacre? The Trial of Captain Thomas Preston	71	(19)
The Problem	71	(1)
Background	72	(2)
The Method	74	(2)
The Evidence	76	(10)
Questions to Consider	86	(1)
Epilogue	87	(3)
The First American Party System: The Philadelphia Congressional Election of 1794	90	(24)
The Problem	90	(1)
Background	91	(3)
The Method	94	(3)
The Evidence	97	(12)
Questions to Consider	109	(3)
Epilogue	112	(2)
Assessing Historical Alternatives: The Removal of the Cherokees, 1838-1839	114	(25)
The Problem	114	(1)
Background	115	(6)
The Method	121	(1)
The Evidence	122	(13)
Questions to Consider	135	(2)
Epilogue	137	(2)
Away from Home: The Working Girls of Lowell	139	(34)
The Problem	139	(1)
Background	140	(3)
The Method	143	(2)
The Evidence	145	(26)
Questions to Consider	171	(1)
Epilogue	172	(1)
The ``Peculiar Institution'': Slaves Tell Their Own Story	173	(27)
The Problem	173	(1)
Background	174	(3)
The Method	177	(2)
The Evidence	179	(18)
Questions to Consider	197	(1)
Epilogue	198	(2)
The Compromise of 1850: The Rhetoric of the Slavery Question	200	(24)
The Problem	200	(1)
Background	201	(4)
The Method	205	(1)
The Evidence	206	(14)
Questions to Consider	220	(2)
Epilogue	222	(2)
The Price for Victory: The Decision to Use African American Troops	224	(34)
The Problem	224	(1)
Background	225	(4)
The Method	229	(1)
The Evidence	229	(25)
Questions to Consider	254	(1)
Epilogue	255	(3)
The Problems of Reconstruction: Andrew Johnson, Congress, and Southern Suffrage	258	(29)
The Problem	258	(1)
Background	259	(9)
The Method	268
The Evidence	264	(18)
Questions to Consider	282	(2)
Epilogue	284	(3)
Text Credits	287