Cengage Advantage Books: A People and a Nation A History of the United States

by Norton, Mary Beth; Sheriff, Carol; Blight, David W.; Chudacoff, Howard

• ISBN13: 9780495916246
• ISBN10: 0495916242
• Edition: 9th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-01-13
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

Developed to meet the demand for a low-cost, high-quality history book, this economically priced version of A PEOPLE AND A NATION, Ninth Edition, offers readers the complete text while limiting the number of features, photos and maps. All volumes feature a paperback, two-color format that appeals to those seeking a comprehensive, trade-sized history text. A PEOPLE AND A NATION is a best-selling text offering a spirited narrative that tells the stories of all people in the United States. The authors' attention to race and racial identity and their inclusion of everyday people and popular culture brings history to life, engaging readers and encouraging them to imagine what life was really like in the past.

Table of Contents

Three Old Worlds Create a New, 1492û1600

Europeans Colonize North America, 1600û1650

North America in the Atlantic World, 1650û1720

American Society Transformed, 1720û1770

Severing the Bonds of Empire, 1754û1774

A Revolution, Indeed, 1774û1783

Forging a National Republic, 1776û1789

The Early Republic: Conflicts at Home and Abroad, 1789û1800

Defining the Nation, 1801û1823

The Rise of the South, 1815û1860

The Restless North, 1815û1860

Reform and Politics, 1824û1845

The Contested West, 1815û1860

Slavery and AmericaÆs Future: The Road to War, 1845û1861

Transforming Fire: The Civil War, 1861û1865

Reconstruction: An Unfinished Revolution, 1865û1877

The Development of the West, 1865û1900

The Machine Age, 1877û1920

The Vitality and Turmoil of Urban Life, 1877û1920

Gilded Age Politics, 1877û1900

The Progressive Era, 1895û1920

The Quest for Empire, 1865û1914

Americans in the Great War, 1914û1920

The New Era, 1920û1929

The Great Depression and the New Deal, 1929û1941

The United States in a Troubled World, 1920û1941

The Second World War at Home and Abroad, 1941û1945

The Cold War and American Globalism, 1945û1961

America at Midcentury, 1945û1960

The Tumultuous Sixties, 1960û1968

Continuing Divisions and New Limits, 1969û1980

Conservatism Revived, 1980û1992

Into the Global Millennium: America Since 1992

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