The American People: Creating a Nation and a Society

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

• ISBN13: 9780321195173
• ISBN10: 0321195175
• Edition: 6th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-07-30
• Publisher: Pearson

Table of Contents

Specialized Contents	xiii
Preface	xvii
Supplements	xxiii
Acknowledgments	xxviii
About the Authors	xxx
Note to the Student	xxxii
Part One A Colonizing People, 1492--1776	2	(190)
Ancient America and Africa	2	(36)
The Peoples of America Before Columbus	4	(18)
Recovering the Past Archaeological Artifacts	12	(10)
Africa on the Eve of Contact	22	(8)
Europe on the Eve of Invading the Americas	30	(8)
Conclusion The Approach of a New Global Age	34	(4)
Europeans and Africans Reach the Americas	38	(36)
Breaching the Atlantic	40	(5)
The Spanish Conquest of America	45	(12)
Analyzing History The Columbian Exchange	51	(6)
England Looks West	57	(8)
Recovering the Past Illustrated Travel Accounts	60	(5)
African Bondage	65	(9)
Conclusion Converging Worlds	70	(4)
Colonizing a Continent in the Seventeenth Century	74	(44)
The Chesapeake Tobacco Coast	76	(12)
Recovering the Past Houses	82	(5)
Analyzing History The Atlantic Slave Trade	87	(1)
Massachusetts and Its Offspring	88	(11)
From the St. Lawrence to the Hudson	99	(2)
Proprietary Carolina: A Restoration Reward	101	(2)
The Quakers' Peaceable Kingdom	103	(4)
New Spain's Northern Frontier	107	(1)
An Era of Instability	108	(10)
Conclusion The Achievement of New Societies	114	(4)
The Maturing of Colonial Society	118	(42)
The North: A Land of Family Farms	120	(6)
The Plantation South	126	(8)
Contending for a Continent	134	(7)
The Urban World of Commerce and Ideas	141	(7)
Recovering the Past Household Inventories	144	(4)
The Great Awakening	148	(5)
Political Life	153	(7)
Conclusion America in 1750	190
The Strains of Empire	160	(32)
The Climactic Seven Years' War	162	(10)
The Crisis with England	172	(10)
The Ideology of Revolutionary Republicanism	182	(2)
The Turmoil of a Rebellious People	184	(8)
Recovering the Past Poetry	186
Conclusion On the Brink of Revolution	157	(35)
Part Two A Revolutionary People, 1775--1828	192	(140)
A People in Revolution	192	(34)
Bursting the Colonial Bonds	194	(2)
The War for American Independence	196	(11)
The Experience of War	207	(9)
Recovering the Past Military Muster Rolls	210	(6)
The Ferment of Revolutionary Politics	216	(10)
Conclusion The Crucible of Revolution	223	(3)
Consolidating the Revolution	226	(30)
Struggling with the Peacetime Agenda	228	(5)
Sources of Political Conflict	233	(6)
Political Tumult in the States	239	(2)
Toward a New National Government	241	(15)
Recovering the Past Patriotic Paintings	248	(5)
Conclusion Completing the Revolution	253	(3)
Creating a Nation	256	(36)
Launching the National Republic	258	(6)
The Republic in a Threatening World	264	(10)
Recovering the Past Foreign Travel Journals	266	(8)
The Political Crisis Deepens	274	(6)
Restoring American Liberty	280	(3)
Building an Agrarian Nation	283	(3)
A Foreign Policy for the New Nation	286	(6)
Conclusion A Period of Trial and Transition	288	(4)
Society and Politics in the Early Republic	292	(40)
A Nation of Regions	294	(11)
Analyzing History The Movement of White and Black Population into Trans-Appalachia, 1790--1830	300	(2)
Recovering the Past Census Returns	302	(3)
Indian--White Relations in the Early Republic	305	(5)
Perfecting a Democratic Society	310	(8)
The End of Neo-Colonialism	318	(3)
Knitting the Nation Together	321	(5)
Politics in Transition	326	(6)
Conclusion The Passing of an Era	328	(4)
Part Three An Expanding People, 1820--1877	332	(244)
Economic Transformations in the Northeast and the Old Northwest	332	(38)
Economic Growth	334	(9)
Early Manufacturing	343	(1)
A New England Textile Town	344	(6)
Urban Life	350	(11)
Recovering the Past Family Paintings	356	(5)
Rural Communities	361	(9)
Conclusion The Character of Progress	366	(4)
Slavery and the Old South	370	(34)
Building a Diverse Cotton Kingdom	372	(10)
Analyzing History Slavery Expands with the Cotton Boom	377	(5)
Morning: Master and Mistress in the Big House	382	(3)
Noon: Slaves in House and Fields	385	(5)
Night: Slaves in Their Quarters	390	(6)
Recovering the Past Folktales	394	(2)
Resistance and Freedom	396	(8)
Conclusion Douglass's Dream of Freedom	401	(3)
Shaping America in the Antebellum Age	404	(36)
Religious Revival and Reform Philosophy	406	(3)
The Political Response to Change	409	(11)
Perfectionist Reform and Utopianism	420	(4)
Reforming Society	424	(3)
Abolitionism and the Women's Rights Movement	427	(13)
Recovering the Past Slave Narratives	430	(6)
Conclusion Perfecting America	436	(4)
Moving West	440	(36)
Probing the Trans-Mississippi West	442	(4)
Winning the Trans-Mississippi West	446	(7)
Going West and East	453	(5)
Recovering the Past Personal Diaries	456	(2)
Living in the West	458	(9)
Cultures in Conflict	467	(9)
Conclusion Fruits of Manifest Destiny	473	(3)
The Union in Peril	476	(32)
Slavery in the Territories	478	(7)
Recovering the Past Senate Speeches	480	(5)
Political Disintegration	485	(7)
Kansas and the Two Cultures	492	(3)
Polarization and the Road to War	495	(7)
The Divided House Falls	502	(6)
Conclusion The ``Irrepressible Conflict''	504	(4)
The Union Severed	508	(34)
Organizing for War	510	(5)
Clashing on the Battlefield, 1861--1862	515	(7)
The Tide Turns, 1863--1865	522	(7)
Changes Wrought by War	529	(13)
Recovering the Past Photography	534	(5)
Conclusion An Uncertain Future	539	(3)
The Union Reconstructed	542	(34)
The Bittersweet Aftermath of War	544	(6)
National Reconstruction Politics	550	(5)
The Lives of Freedpeople	555	(7)
Reconstruction in the Southern States	562	(14)
Recovering the Past Novels	568	(4)
Conclusion A Mixed Legacy	572	(4)
Part Four An Industrializing People, 1865--1900	576	(130)
Rural America: The West and the New South	576	(32)
Modernizing Agriculture	578	(2)
The West	580	(10)
Resolving the Indian Question	590	(6)
Recovering the Past Magazines	594	(2)
The New South	596	(6)
Farm Protest	602	(6)
Conclusion Farming in the Industrial Age	606	(2)
The Rise of Smokestack America	608	(40)
The Texture of Industrial Progress	610	(6)
Analyzing History Steel: The Engine of Industrial Growth	612	(4)
Urban Expansion in the Industrial Age	616	(5)
The Industrial City, 1880--1900	621	(3)
The Life of the Middle Class	624	(3)
Industrial Work and the Laboring Class	627	(9)
Recovering the Past Congressional Hearings	632	(4)
Capital Versus Labor	636	(12)
Conclusion The Complexity of Industrial Capitalism	644	(4)
Politics and Reform	648	(28)
Politics in the Gilded Age	650	(5)
Middle-Class Reform	655	(7)
Politics in the Pivotal 1890s	662	(14)
Recovering the Past Political Campaign Artifacts: Buttons and Posters	670	(3)
Conclusion Looking Forward	673	(3)
Becoming a World Power	676	(30)
Steps Toward Empire	678	(4)
Expansionism in the 1890s	682	(2)
War in Cuba and the Philippines	684	(9)
Recovering the Past Political Cartoons	690	(3)
Theodore Roosevelt's Energetic Diplomacy	693	(13)
Conclusion The Responsibilities of Power	703	(3)
Part Five A Modernizing People, 1900--1945	706	(182)
The Progressives Confront Industrial Capitalism	706	(38)
The Social Justice Movement	708	(11)
Recovering the Past Documentary Photographs	714	(5)
The Worker in the Progressive Era	719	(5)
Reform in the Cities and States	724	(4)
Theodore Roosevelt and the Square Deal	728	(10)
Woodrow Wilson and the New Freedom	738	(6)
Conclusion The Limits of Progressivism	741	(3)
The Great War	744	(34)
The Early War Years	746	(8)
The United States Enters the War	754	(5)
The Military Experience	759	(7)
Recovering the Past Government Propaganda	760	(6)
Domestic Impact of the War	766	(5)
Planning for Peace	771	(7)
Conclusion The Divided Legacy of the Great War	776	(2)
Affluence and Anxiety	778	(36)
Postwar Problems	780	(4)
A Prospering Economy	784	(9)
Recovering the Past Advertising	786	(3)
Analyzing History The Impact of the Automobile	789	(4)
Hopes Raised, Promises Deferred	793	(11)
The Business of Politics	804	(10)
Conclusion A New Era of Prosperity and Problems	811	(3)
The Great Depression and the New Deal	814	(38)
The Great Depression	816	(1)
Economic Decline	817	(3)
Roosevelt and the First New Deal	820	(2)
One Hundred Days	822	(6)
The Second New Deal	828	(9)
The Last Years of the New Deal	837	(3)
The Other Side of the 1930s	840	(12)
Recovering the Past The Movies	844	(4)
Conclusion The Mixed Legacy of the Great Depression and the New Deal	848	(4)
World War II	852	(36)
The Twisting Road to War	854	(6)
The Home Front	860	(7)
Social Impact of the War	867	(5)
A War of Diplomats and Generals	872	(16)
Recovering the Past History, Memory, and Monuments	880	(4)
Conclusion Peace, Prosperity, and International Responsibilities	884	(4)
Part Six A Resilient People, 1945--2002	888	(1)
Postwar America at Home, 1945--1960	888	(42)
Economic Boom	890	(6)
Demographic and Technological Shifts	896	(8)
Consensus and Conformity	904	(6)
Recovering the Past Clothing	906	(4)
Origins of the Welfare State	910	(6)
The Other America	916	(14)
Conclusion Qualms Amid Affluence	925	(5)
Chills and Fever During the Cold War, 1945--1960	930	(34)
Origins of the Cold War	932	(3)
Containing the Soviet Union	935	(8)
Recovering the Past Public Opinion Polls	940	(3)
Containment in Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America	943	(8)
Atomic Weapons and the Cold War	951	(4)
The Cold War at Home	955	(9)
Conclusion The Cold War in Perspective	961	(3)
Reform and Rebellion in the Turbulent Sixties, 1960--1969	964	(38)
John F. Kennedy: The Camelot Years	966	(9)
Recovering the Past Television	968	(7)
Lyndon B. Johnson and the Great Society	975	(8)
Continuing Confrontations with Communists	983	(4)
War in Vietnam and Turmoil at Home	987	(15)
Analyzing History The Vietnam War	991	(7)
Conclusion Political and Social Upheaval	998	(4)
Disorder and Discontent, 1969--1980	1002	(34)
The Decline of Liberalism	1004	(7)
The Ongoing Effort in Vietnam	1011	(4)
Recovering the Past Popular Music	1012	(3)
Constitutional Conflict and Its Consequences	1015	(6)
The Continuing Quest for Social Reform	1021	(15)
Conclusion Sorting Out the Pieces	1033	(3)
The Revival of Conservatism, 1980--1992	1036	(36)
The Conservative Transformation	1038	(9)
An End to Social Reform	1047	(6)
Analyzing History The Computer	1052	(1)
Economic and Demographic Change	1053	(7)
Recovering the Past The Internet and the World Wide Web	1054	(6)
Foreign Policy and the End of the Cold War	1060	(12)
Conclusion Conservatism in Context	1068	(4)
The Post--Cold War World, 1992--2002	1072	(2)
The Changing Face of the American People	1074	(5)
Economic and Social Change	1079	(13)
Recovering the Past Autobiography	1084	(8)
Democratic Revival	1092	(3)
The Second Bush Presidency	1095	(3)
Foreign Policy in the Post--Cold War World	1098	(5)
Conclusion The Recent Past in Perspective	1103
Appendices	1	(1)
Declaration of Independence	1	(2)
Constitution of the United States of America	3	(9)
Presidential Elections	12	(3)
States of the United States	15	(1)
Population of the United States	16
Index	1