Enduring Vision : A History of the American People

by Boyer, Paul S.; Clark, Clifford E.; Halttunen, Karen; Kett, Joseph F.; Salisbury, Neal

• ISBN13: 9780495793595
• ISBN10: 0495793590
• Edition: 7th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-01-01
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

THE ENDURING VISION'S engaging narrative integrates political, social, and cultural history within a chronological framework. Known for its focus on the environment and the land, the text is also praised for its innovative coverage of cultural history, public health and medicine, and the West--including Native American history. The 7th Edition brings the work fully up-to-date, and was revised line-by-line to create a sharper narrative. A new feature, called "Going to the Source," is a one page excerpt of a primary source. These appear throughout each chapter with analysis questions to serve as review. Chapters 26-29 have been reorganized to consolidate coverage of the Cold War, the civil rights movement, and the Vietnam War, so that each is addressed cohesively.

Table of Contents

Native Peoples of America, to 1500

The Rise of the Atlantic World, 1400-1625

The Emergence of Colonial Societies, 1625-1700

The Bonds of Empire, 1660-1750

Roads to Revolution, 1750-1776

Securing Independence, Defining Nationhood, 1776-1788

Launching the New Republic, 1788-1800

Jeffersonianism and the Era of Good Feelings, 1801-1824

The Transformation of American Society 1815-1840

Democratic Politics, Religious Revi and Reform, 1824-1840

Technology, Culture, and Everyday Life, 1840-1860

The Old South and Slavery, 1830-1860

Immigration, Expansion, and Sectional Conflict, 1840-1848

From Compromise to Secession, 1850-1861

Crucible of Freedom: Civil War, 1861-1865

The Crises of Reconstruction, 1865-1877

The Transformation of the Trans-Mississippi West, 1860-1900

The Rise of Industrial America, 1865-1900

Immigration, Urbanization, and Everyday Life, 1860-1900

Politics and Expansion in an Industrializing Age, 1877-1900

The Progressive Era, 1900-1917

Global Involvements and World War I, 1902-1920

The 1920s: Coping with Change, 1920-1929

The Great Depression and the New Deal, 1929-1939

Americans and a World in Crisis, 1933-1945

The Cold War Abroad and at Home, 1945-1960

America at Midcentury, 1945-1961

Liberalism, Civil Rights, and War in Vietnam, 1960-1975

A Time of Upheaval, 1961-1980

Conservatism on the March at Home as the Cold War Ends , 1980-2000

Global Dangers, Global Challenges, 2001 to the Present

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