America Past and Present, Brief Edition, Volume I (Chapters 1-16)

by Divine, Robert A.; Breen, T. H.; Frederickson, George M.; Williams, R. Hal; Gross, Ariela J.; Brands, H. W.; Roberts, Randy

• ISBN13: 9780321183057
• ISBN10: 0321183053
• Edition: 6th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-01-01
• Publisher: Longman

Summary

America Past and Present, Brief presents a balanced and manageable overview of the United States as an unfolding story of national development, blending the best in past historical interpretation with new scholarship. This edition features all of the strengths found in the successful comprehensive text: a compelling narrative, clear organization, and exceptional pedagogy. An attractive four-color design highlighted with numerous maps and photos will engage students and instructors alike.

Table of Contents

New World Encounters

Clash of Cultures: The Meaning of Murder in Early Maryland

Native American Histories Before Conquest

A World Transformed

West Africa: Ancient and Complex Societies

Europe on the Eve of Conquest

Imagining a New World

French Exploration and Settlement

The English New World

Rehearsal in Ireland for American Colonization

An Unpromising Beginning: Mystery at Roanoke

Conclusion: Propganda for Empire

Conflicting Visions: England's Seventeenth-Century Colonies

Profit and Piety: Competing Blueprints for English Settlement

Breaking Away

The Chesapeake: Dreams of Wealth

Reforming England in America

Diversity in the Middle Colonies

Quakers in America

Planting the Carolinas

The Founding of Georgia

Conclusion: Living with Diversity

Putting Down Roots: Opportunity and Oppression in Colonial Society

Families in an Atlantic Empire

Sources of Stability: New England Colonies of the Seventeenth Century

The Challenge of the Chesapeake Environment

Race and Freedom in British America

Rise of a Commercial Empire

Colonial Factions Spark Revolt, 1676-1691

Conclusion: Local Aspirations Within an Atlantic Empire

Frontiers of Empire: Eighteenth-Century America

Constructing an Anglo-American Identity: The Journal of

Growth and Diversity

Spanish Borderlands of the Eighteenth Century

The Impact of European Ideas on American Culture

Religious Revivals in Provincial Societies

Clash of Political Cultures

Century of Imperial War

Conclusion: Rule Britannia? ?

We Americans: Learning to Live with Diversity in the Eighteenth Century: What Is an American?

The American Revolution: From Gentry Protest to Popular Revolt, 1763-1783

Rethinking the Meaning of Equality

Structure of Colo

Table of Contents provided by Publisher. All Rights Reserved.