America and Its Peoples

by Martin, James Kirby; Roberts, Randy; Mintz, Steven; McMurry, Linda O.; Jones, James H.

• ISBN13: 9780321079848
• ISBN10: 0321079841
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-07-01
• Publisher: Addison-Wesley

Summary

America and Its Peoples presents American history filled with the drama and conflict that holds the attention of all students. Social history-with an emphasis on sports, leisure, and popular culture-is effectively integrated with more traditional coverage of military history, politics, and diplomacy. This edition highlights the rich ethnic diversity of the American people with vivid character sketches, colorful anecdotes, primary sources, new pedagogy, and a spirited narrative.

Table of Contents

Detailed Contents	vii
Maps	xxi
Tables and Figures	xxiii
Preface	xxv
About the Authors	xxxi
The Peopling and Unpeopling of America	3	(32)
Plantations and Cities upon a Hill, 1620--1700	35	(30)
Provincial America in Upheaval, 1660--1760	65	(34)
Breaking the Bonds of Empire, 1760--1775	99	(28)
The Times that Tried Many Souls, 1775--1783	127	(32)
Securing the Republic and Its Ideals, 1776--1789	159	(30)
The Formative Decade, 1790--1800	189	(22)
The Jeffersonians in Power, 1800--1815	211	(22)
Nationalism, Economic Growth, and the Roots of Sectional Conflict 1815--1824	233	(24)
Power and Politics in Jackson's America	257	(26)
America's First Age of Reform	283	(36)
The Divided North, the Divided South	319	(34)
Cultures Collide in the Far West	353	(30)
The House Divided	383	(26)
A Nation Shattered by Civil War, 1860--1865	409	(36)
The Nation Reconstructed: North, South, and the West, 1865--1877	445	(34)
Emergence as an Economic Power	479	(36)
The Rise of an Urban Society and City People	515	(34)
End-of-the-Century Crisis	549	(30)
Imperial America, 1870--1900	579	(26)
The Progressive Struggle, 1900--1917	605	(34)
The United States and World War I	639	(32)
Modern Times, 1920--1929	671	(28)
The Age of Roosevelt	699	(28)
The End of Isolation: America Faces the World, 1920--1945	727	(36)
Waging Peace and War	763	(28)
Ike's America	791	(28)
Power Shifts: The Emergence of the South and West	819	(26)
Vietnam and the Crisis of Authority	845	(30)
The Struggle for a Just Society	875	(36)
America in Our Time	911
Appendix	A-1
Glossary	G-1
Credits	C-1
Index	I-1