Student Study Guide with Map Exercises for use with The Unfinished Nation

by Jackson, Harvey H.; Rice

• ISBN13: 9780072295627
• ISBN10: 0072295627
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-09-24
• Publisher: MCG

Summary

This concise, trade-like survey text is known for Alan Brinkley's clear narrative voice, impeccable scholarship, and reliability at a low price. New to this edition is increased coverage of the history of science and technology and popular and cultural history. Each chapter now includes a new and pedagogically useful summary conclusion. The annotated lists of Suggested Readings are now found at the end of each chapter to provide a more accessible resource for students. Also, every copy of the book will be shrinkwrapped with a free, handy study reference card!

Table of Contents

Introduction	vii
The Meeting of Cultures	1	(10)
The English ``Transplantations''	11	(10)
Society and Culture in Provincial America	21	(11)
The Empire Under Strain	32	(11)
The American Revolution	43	(11)
The Constitution and the New Republic	54	(12)
The Jeffersonian Era	66	(14)
Varieties of American Nationalism	80	(10)
Jacksonian America	90	(11)
America's Economic Revolution	101	(14)
Cotton, Slavery, and the Old South	115	(11)
An Age of Reforms	126	(8)
The Impending Crisis	134	(12)
The Civil War	146	(12)
Reconstruction and the New South	158	(15)
The Conquest of the Far West	173	(11)
Industrial Supremacy	184	(11)
The Age of the City	195	(11)
From Stalemate to Crisis	206	(10)
The Imperial Republic	216	(10)
The Rise of Progressivism	226	(11)
The Battle for National Reform	237	(10)
America and the Great War	247	(11)
The New Era	258	(10)
The Great Depression	268	(11)
The New Deal	279	(12)
The Global Crisis, 1921-1941	291	(11)
America in a World at War	302	(12)
The Cold War	314	(12)
The Affluent Society	326	(13)
The Ordeal of Liberalism	339	(13)
The Crisis of Authority	352	(12)
The ``Age of Limits''	364	(12)
Modern Times	376	(13)
Writing a Historical Book Review	389	(3)
Preparing a Historical Research Paper	392	(3)
Answeres to Self-Test Questions	395