HIST Volume I: To 1877 (with Review Cards and History CourseMate with eBook, History Premium Web Site, Wadsworth American History Resource Center 2-Semester Printed Access Card)

by Schultz, Kevin M.

• ISBN13: 9780495005285
• ISBN10: 0495005282
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-01-07
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

Created through a ?student-tested, faculty-approved? review process, HIST is a concise, visually appealing text that introduces the essential concepts of U.S history. This brief, affordable paperback includes a full suite of learning aids to accommodate the busy, diverse lifestyles of today?s learners, including flashcards and a fantastic ebook with primary source documents, historical simulations, maps, images, field trips, audio, video, interactive modules, and other features that allow students to study wherever they are, whenever they have time. Designed for today?s students in every detail, HIST was developed through conversations, focus groups, interviews, surveys, and input from over 100 students and over 150 faculty members like you. From its abbreviated, no-nonsense title, to its engaging, effective content, HIST is the perfect introductory U.S. History text for modern learners.

Table of Contents

Three Societies on the Verge of Contact

Contact and Settlement, 1492-1660

Expansion and Its Costs, 1660-1700

Expansion and Control, 1700-1763

Toward Revolution, 1763-1775

The Revolution

Confederation and Constitution, 1783-1789

Securing the New Nation, 1789-1800

Jeffersonian Democracy, 1800-1814

The Market Revolution

Politics of the Market Revolution

A Regionalized America, 1830-1860

The Revived Move West

The Impending Crisis

The Civil War

Reconstruction, 1865-1877.

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