A People and a Nation A History of the United States, Volume I: To 1877

by Norton, Mary Beth; Sheriff, Carol; Katzman, David M.; Blight, David W.; Chudacoff, Howard

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8th

ISBN13:

9780618947164

ISBN10:

0618947167

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Paperback

Pub. Date:

10/22/2007

Publisher(s):

Wadsworth Publishing

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A People and a Nation offers a spirited narrative that challenges students to think about American history. The authors' attention to race and racial identity and their inclusion of everyday people and popular culture brings history to life, engaging student readers and encouraging them to imagine what life was really like in the past. The Eighth Edition offers highly readable stories and the latest scholarship throughout.

Preface
Three Old Worlds Create a New, 1492-1600
Europeans Colonize North America, 1600-1650
North America in the Atlantic World, 1650-1720
American Society Transformed, 1720-1770
Severing the Bonds of Empire, 1754-1774
A Revolution, Indeed, 1774-1783
Forging a National Republic, 1776-1789
The Early Republic: Conflicts at Home and Abroad, 1789-1800
Defining the Nation, 1801-1823
The Rise of the South, 1815-1860
The Modernizing North, 1815-1860
Reform and Politics in the Age of Jackson, 1824-1845
The Contested West, 1815-1860
Slavery and America's Future: The Road to War, 1845-1861
Transforming Fire: The Civil War, 1861-1865
Reconstruction: An Unfinished Revolution, 1865-1877
Appendix
Index
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