America

by Tindall, George Brown; Shi, David E.

• ISBN13: 9780393968736
• ISBN10: 0393968731
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1996-03-01
• Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc

Summary

Over three editions, with more than 1,200 adoptions at colleges and universities in the United States and around the world, America: A Narrative History has provided countless students with their introduction to American history. Students and instructors alike have been drawn to the narrative - full of vivid characters and events, it unfolds like a story; the format - compact, handy, elegant; the price - affordable, it makes America the best buy for the course. The Fourth Edition is thoroughly revised, with new discussions throughout the book on the theme of frontiers in American history. Focusing on the perimeters of rapid change that have risen and receded at various times in American history, these discussions expand the book's coverage of social history in the context of the broader narrative. The Fourth Edition also provides students additional guidance with part openers that survey the major themes and events of a series of chapters.

Table of Contents

List of Maps
Preface
The Collision of Cultures	p. 5
England and Its Colonies	p. 48
Colonial Ways of Life	p. 106
The Imperial Perspective	p. 163
From Empire to Independence	p. 195
The American Revolution	p. 240
Shaping a Federal Union	p. 283
The Federalists: Washington and Adams	p. 319
Republicanism: Jefferson and Madison	p. 360
Nationalism and Sectionalism	p. 396
The Jacksonian Impulse	p. 432
The Dynamics of Growth	p. 469
An American Renaissance: Romanticism and Reform	p. 512
Manifest Destiny	p. 560
The Old South: An American Tragedy	p. 602
The Crisis of Union	p. 644
The War of the Union	p. 690
Reconstruction: North and South	p. 751
New Frontiers: South and West	p. 796
The Rise of Big Business	p. 838
The Emergence of Modern America	p. 877
Gilded-Age Politics and Agrarian Revolt	p. 926
The Course of Empire	p. 971
Progressivism: Roosevelt, Taft, and Wilson	p. 1004
Wilson and the Great War	p. 1046
The Modern Temper	p. 1092
Republican Resurgence and Decline	p. 1120
Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal	p. 1155
From Isolation to Global War	p. 1203
The World at War	p. 1235
The Fair Deal and Containment	p. 1287
Through the Picture Window: Society and Culture, 1945-1960	p. 1326
Conflict and Deadlock: The Eisenhower Years	p. 1357
New Frontiers: Kennedy and Johnson	p. 1395
Rebellion and Reaction in the 1960s and 1970s	p. 1437
A New Gilded Age	p. 1493
Cultural Politics	p. 1536
App. The Declaration of Independence	p. A1
App. Articles of Confederation	p. A5
App. The Constitution of the United States	p. A12
App. Presidential Elections	p. A30
App. Admission of States	p. A38
App. Population of the United States	p. A39
App. Immigration to the United States, Fiscal Years 1820-1990	p. A40
App. Immigration by Region and Selected Country of Last Residence, Fiscal Years 1820-1989	p. A42
Presidents, Vice-Presidents, and Secretaries of State	p. A49
Chronology of Significant Events	p. A54
Illustration Credits	p. A65
Index	p. A73
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