A People & A Nation Volume 1: To 1877

by Norton, Mary Beth; Katzman, David M.; Blight, David W.; Chudacoff, Howard; Logevall, Fredrik

• ISBN13: 9780618391769
• ISBN10: 0618391762
• Edition: 7th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-10-20
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

This spirited narrative challenges students to think about the meaning of American history. Thoughtful inclusion of the lives of everyday people, cultural diversity, work, and popular culture preserves the text's basic approach to American history as a story of all the American people. The Seventh Edition maintains the emphasis on the unique social history of the United States and engages students through cutting-edge research and scholarship. New content includes expanded coverage of modern history (post-1945) with discussion of foreign relations, gender analysis, and race and racial relations.

Table of Contents

Special Features	xiii
Maps	xiii
Figures	xiv
Tables	xiv
Links to the World	xv
Legacy for a People and a Nation	xvi
Preface	xvii
The Authors	xxiii
Three Old Worlds Create a New, 1492--1600	3	(30)
American Societies	5	(2)
North America in 1492	7	(3)
African Societies	10	(3)
European Societies	13	(3)
Early European Explorations	16	(3)
The Voyages of Columbus, Cabot, and Their Successors	19	(3)
Spanish Exploration and Conquest	22	(2)
The Columbian Exchange	24	(4)
Links to the World: Maize	25	(3)
Europeans in North America	28	(2)
Summary	30	(3)
Legacy for a People and a Nation: Columbus Day	31	(2)
Europeans Colonize North America, 1600--1640	33	(26)
New Spain, New France, and New Netherland	35	(3)
The Caribbean	38	(3)
Links to the World: Wampum	39	(2)
English Interest in Colonization	41	(2)
The Founding of Virginia	43	(3)
Life in the Chesapeake	46	(2)
The Founding of New England	48	(6)
Life in New England	54	(2)
Summary	56	(3)
Legacy for a People and a Nation: The Foxwoods Casino and the Mashantucket Pequot Museum	57	(2)
North America in the Atlantic World, 1640--1720	59	(28)
The Growth of Anglo-American Settlements	61	(6)
A Decade of Imperial Crises: The 1670s	67	(4)
African Slavery on the Mainland	71	(2)
The Web of Empire and the Atlantic Slave Trade	73	(5)
Links to the World: International Piracy	75	(3)
Enslavement of Africans and Indians	78	(3)
Imperial Reorganization and the Witchcraft Crisis	81	(3)
Summary	84	(3)
Legacy for a People and a Nation: Americans of African Descent	85	(2)
American Society Transformed, 1720--1770	87	(28)
Population Growth and Ethnic Diversity	89	(5)
Economic Growth and Development	94	(5)
Colonial Cultures	99	(6)
Links to the World: Exotic Beverages	103	(2)
Colonial Families	105	(3)
Politics: Stability and Crisis in British America	108	(2)
A Crisis in Religion	110	(2)
Summary	112	(3)
Legacy for a People and a Nation: ``Self-Made Men''	112	(3)
Severing the Bonds of Empire, 1754--1774	115	(26)
Renewed Warfare Among Europeans and Indians	117	(6)
Links to the World: The First Worldwide War	121	(2)
1763: A Turning Point	123	(2)
The Stamp Act Crisis	125	(5)
Resistance to the Townshend Acts	130	(3)
Confrontations in Boston	133	(3)
Tea and Turmoil	136	(2)
Summary	138	(3)
Legacy for a People and a Nation: The Census and Reapportionment	138	(3)
A Revolution, Indeed, 1774--1783	141	(24)
Government by Congress and Committee	143	(2)
Contest in the Backcountry	145	(1)
Choosing Sides	146	(4)
Links to the World: New Nations	149	(1)
War and Independence	150	(4)
The Struggle in the North	154	(3)
Life in the Army and on the Home Front	157	(2)
Victory in the South	159	(3)
Summary	162	(3)
Legacy for a People and a Nation: Revolutionary Origins	163	(2)
Forging a National Republic, 1776--1789	165	(28)
Creating a Virtuous Republic	167	(4)
Links to the World: Novels	169	(2)
The First Emancipation and the Growth of Racism	171	(3)
Designing Republican Governments	174	(3)
Trials of the Confederation	177	(2)
Order and Disorder in the West	179	(3)
From Crisis to the Constitution	182	(5)
Opposition and Ratification	187	(2)
Summary	189	(4)
Legacy for a People and a Nation: Women's Education	190	(3)
The Early Republic: Conflicts at Home and Abroad, 1789--1800	193	(22)
Building a Workable Government	195	(1)
Domestic Policy Under Washington and Hamilton	196	(5)
The French Revolution and the Development of Partisan Politics	201	(2)
Partisan Politics and Relations with Great Britain	203	(3)
John Adams and Political Dissent	206	(2)
Indians and African Americans at the End of the Century	208	(4)
Links to the World: Haitian Refugees	209	(3)
Summary	212	(3)
Legacy for a People and a Nation: Dissent During Wartime	213	(2)
Partisan Politics and War: The Democratic-Republicans in Power, 1801--1815	215	(24)
The Jefferson Presidency and Marshall Court	217	(3)
Louisiana and Lewis and Clark	220	(2)
A New Political Culture	222	(3)
Indian Resistance	225	(1)
American Shipping Imperiled	226	(4)
Links to the World: Industrial Piracy	229	(1)
``Mr. Madison's War''	230	(5)
Peace and Consequences	235	(1)
Summary	236	(3)
Legacy for a People and a Nation: States' Rights and Nullification	237	(2)
Nationalism, Expansion, and the Market Economy, 1816--1845	239	(32)
Postwar Nationalism	241	(4)
The Market Economy and Government's Role	245	(4)
Transportation Links	249	(3)
Links to the World: The United States as a Developing Nation	250	(2)
Commercial Farming	252	(2)
The Rise of Manufacturing and Commerce	254	(4)
Workers and the Workplace	258	(3)
Americans on the Move	261	(2)
American Indian Resistance and Removal	263	(5)
Summary	268	(3)
Legacy for a People and a Nation: A Mixed Economy	269	(2)
Reform and Politics in the Age of Jackson, 1824--1845	271	(26)
From Revival to Reform	273	(4)
Abolitionism and the Women's Movement	277	(5)
Links to the World: The International Antislavery Movement	279	(3)
Jacksonianism and Party Politics	282	(3)
Federalism at Issue: The Nullification and Bank Controversies	285	(2)
The Whig Challenge and the Second Party System	287	(3)
Manifest Destiny and Expansionism	290	(4)
Summary	294	(3)
Legacy for a People and a Nation: The Bible Belt	294	(3)
People and Communities in the North and West, 1830--1860	297	(28)
Country Life	299	(3)
The West	302	(2)
Links to the World: Gold in California	303	(1)
City Life	304	(6)
Extremes of Wealth	310	(2)
Family Life	312	(2)
Immigrant Lives in America	314	(5)
Free People of Color	319	(3)
Summary	322	(3)
Legacy for a People and a Nation: White Fascination with and Appropriation of Black Culture	322	(3)
People and Communities in a Slave Society: The South, 1830--1860	325	(28)
The ``Distinctive'' South?	327	(5)
Free Southerners: Farmers, Free Blacks, and Planters	332	(7)
Links to the World: ``King Cotton'' in the World Economy	336	(3)
Slave Life and Labor	339	(2)
Slave Culture	341	(5)
Slave Resistance and Rebellion	346	(2)
Harmony and Tension in a Slave Society	348	(2)
Summary	350	(3)
Legacy for a People and a Nation: Reparations for Slavery	350	(3)
Slavery and America's Future: The Road to War, 1845--1861	353	(28)
The War with Mexico and Its Consequences	355	(5)
1850: Compromise or Armistice?	360	(5)
Slavery Expansion and Collapse of the Party System	365	(6)
Links to the World: Annexation of Cuba	366	(5)
Slavery and the Nation's Future	371	(3)
Disunion	374	(4)
Summary	378	(3)
Legacy for a People and a Nation: Terrorist or Freedom Fighter?	379	(2)
Transforming Fire: The Civil War, 1861--1865	381	(38)
America Goes to War, 1861--1862	383	(6)
War Transforms the South	389	(3)
Wartime Northern Economy and Society	392	(4)
The Advent of Emancipation	396	(4)
The Soldiers' War	400	(3)
1863: The Tide of Battle Turns	403	(1)
Disunity, South, North, and West	404	(5)
1864--1865: The Final Test of Wills	409	(6)
Links to the World: The Civil War in Britain	410	(5)
Summary	415	(4)
Legacy for a People and a Nation: The Confederate Battle Flag	416	(3)
Reconstruction: An Unfinished Revolution, 1865--1877	419	(2)
Wartime Reconstruction	421	(2)
The Meanings of Freedom	423	(4)
Johnson's Reconstruction Plan	427	(2)
The Congressional Reconstruction Plan	429	(7)
Reconstruction Politics in the South	436	(5)
Reconstruction Reversed	441	(6)
Links to the World: The Grants' Tour of the World	442	(5)
Summary	447	(1)
Legacy for a People and a Nation: The Fourteenth Amendment	447
Appendix	1	(1)
Suggestions for Further Reading	1	(22)
Documents	23	(13)
Declaration of Independence in Congress, July 4, 1776	23	(1)
Articles of Confederation	24	(3)
Constitution of the United States of America and Amendments	27	(9)
The American People and Nation: A Statistical Profile	36	(5)
Presidential Elections	41	(5)
Presidents and Vice Presidents	46	(2)
Party Strength in Congress	48	(3)
Justices of the Supreme Court	51
Index	1