American People, Volume I - To 1877, The: Creating a Nation and a Society

by Nash

• ISBN13: 9780321071064
• ISBN10: 0321071069
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-01-01
• Publisher: Longman

Summary

Emphasizing social history, especially as it applies to discussions of race, class, and gender,The American People, 5/e presents the lives and experiences of all Americans--all national origins and cultural backgrounds, at all levels of society, and in all regions of the country. 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 American People highlights the political, social, economic, technological, religious, cultural, and intellectual events that have shaped American society. Appropriate for anyone with an interest in American history and the Social history of the United States. Previous ISBNs: 0-673-98576-8

Table of Contents

Detailed Contents	vii
Specialized Contents	xiii
Preface	xix
Note to the Student	xxv
Supplements	xxvii
Acknowledgments	xxx
About the Authors	xxxii
Part One A COLONIZING PEOPLE, 1492--1776
Three Worlds Meet	2	(30)
Colonizing a Continent	32	(30)
Mastering the New World	62	(28)
The Maturing of Colonial Society	90	(40)
Bursting the Colonial Bonds	130	(32)
Part Two A REVOLUTIONARY PEOPLE, 1775--1828
A People in Revolution	162	(30)
Consolidating the Revolution	192	(28)
Creating a Nation	220	(26)
Society and Politics in the Early Republic	246	(44)
Part Three AN EXPANDING PEOPLE, 1820--1877
Currents of Change in the Northeast and the Old Northwest	290	(36)
Slavery and the Old South	326	(34)
Shaping America in the Antebellum Age	360	(36)
Moving West	396	(34)
The Union in Peril	430	(30)
The Union Severed	460	(32)
The Union Reconstructed	492	(36)
Part Four AN INDUSTRIALIZING PEOPLE, 1865--1900
The Realities of Rural America	528	(34)
The Rise of Smokestack America	562	(40)
Politics and Reform	602	(30)
Becoming a World Power	632	(30)
Part Five A MODERNIZING PEOPLE, 1900--1945
The Progressives Confront Industrial Capitalism	662	(38)
The Great War	700	(30)
Affluence and Anxiety	730	(38)
The Great Depression and the New Deal	768	(36)
World War II	804	(34)
Part Six A RESILIENT PEOPLE, 1945--2000
Postwar Growth and Social Change	838	(34)
Chills and Fever During the Cold War	872	(40)
High Water and Ebb Tide of the Liberal State	912	(34)
The Struggle for Social Reform	946	(36)
The Revival of Conservatism	982
Appendix	A-1
Declaration of Independence	A-1
Constitution of the United States of America	A-3
Presidential Elections	A-11
Supreme Court Justices	A-14
States of the United States	A-15
Territorial Expansion of the United States	A-16
Population of the United States	A-17
Index	I-1