American People, The: Creating a Nation and a Society, Volume II (since 1865) (Book Alone)

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

• ISBN13: 9780321337757
• ISBN10: 0321337751
• Edition: 7th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-01-01
• Publisher: Longman

Summary

Providing students with a thought-provoking account of Americars"s past,The American Peopleexamines how American society assumed its present shape and developed its present forms of government.A strong social emphasis underscores the "humanness" of America's history as revealed through the everyday lives of ordinary Americans. In addition, Recovering the Past essays acquaint students with the work that historians do by introducing them to the fascinating variety of materials that historians use to understand and interpret the past. Two new primary source features, "American Voices" and "How Others See Us" enliven the narrative with short passages from both ordinary and extraordinary Americans or from outsiders commenting on the American nation or its people.For anyone interested in a survey of United States History.

Table of Contents

An Expanding People, 1820-1877

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 America 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, 1992-2005

Appendi?

Credits

Index

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