American People, The: Creating a Nation and a Society, Single Volume Edition

by Nash, Gary B.; Jeffrey, Julie Roy; Howe, John R.; Frederick, Peter J.; Davis, Allen F.; Winkler, Allan M.

• ISBN13: 9780321125248
• ISBN10: 032112524X
• Edition: 6th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-01-01
• Publisher: Longman

Summary

Written by an outstanding team of scholars and teachers, The American People seamlessly weaves together the rich and complex story of the creation and development of the American nation and American society. The narrative integrates discussion of public events such as presidential elections, wars, and reform movements with the private stories of ordinary Americans who participated in and responded to these events. As it unfolds the drama of American history, the Sixth Edition of The American People provides the most current scholarship and highlights the connections between the many factorspolitical, social, economic, technological, religious, cultural, international, and intellectualthat have shaped American society.

Table of Contents

Includes Chapters 1-16

Includes Chapters 16-31

A Colonizing People, 1492-1776

Ancient American and Africa

Europeans and Africans Reach the Americas

Colonizing a Continent in the Seventeenth Century

The Maturing of Colonial Society

The Strains of Empire

A Revolutionary People, 1775-1828

A People in Revolution

Consolidating the Revolution

Creating a Nation

Society and Politics in the Early Republic

An Expanding People, 1820-1877

Economic Transformations in the Northeast and the Old Northwest

Slavery and the Old South

Shaping America in the Antebellum Age

Moving West

The Union in Peril

The Union Severed

The Union Reconstructed

An Industrializing People, 1865-1900

Rural America: The West and the New South

The Rise of Smokestack America

Politics and Reform

Becoming a World Power

A Modernizing People, 1900-1945

The Progressives Confront Industrial Capitalism

The Great War

Affluence and Anxiety

The Great Depression and the New Deal

World War II

A Resilient People, 1945-2002

Postwar Growth at Home, 1945 - 1960

Chills and Fever During the Cold War, 1945 - 1960

Reform and Rebellion in the Turbulent Sixties, 1960 - 1969

Disorder and Discontent, 1969 - 1980

The Revival of Conservatism, 1980 - 1992

The Post-Cold War World

Appendix

The Declararation of Independece

The Constitution of the United States of America

Presidential Elections

States of the United States

Population of the United States

Index

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