The Unfinished Nation: A Concise History of the American People

by Brinkley, Alan

• ISBN13: 9780072295580
• ISBN10: 0072295589
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-08-01
• Publisher: McGraw Hill College Div

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

The Meeting of Cultures	1	(27)
The English ``Transplantations''	27	(33)
Society and Culture in Provincial America	60	(34)
The Empire Under Strain	94	(28)
The American Revolution	122	(33)
The Constitution and the New Republic	155	(25)
The Jeffersonian Era	180	(38)
Varieties of American Nationalism	218	(24)
Jacksonian America	242	(30)
America's Economic Revolution	272	(38)
Cotton, Slavery, and the Old South	310	(27)
Antebellum Culture and Reform	337	(27)
The Impending Crisis	364	(37)
The Civil War	401	(40)
Reconstruction and the New South	441	(40)
The Conquest of the Far West	481	(34)
Industrial Supremacy	515	(30)
The Age of the City	545	(34)
From Stalemate to Crisis	579	(25)
The Imperial Republic	604	(24)
The Rise of Progressivism	628	(29)
The Battle for National Reform	657	(23)
America and the Great War	680	(26)
The New Era	706	(25)
The Great Depression	731	(30)
The New Deal	761	(30)
The Global Crisis, 1921--1941	791	(18)
America in a World at War	809	(35)
The Cold War	844	(31)
The Affluent Society	875	(39)
The Ordeal of Liberalism	914	(31)
The Crisis of Authority	945	(35)
The ``Age of Limits''	980	(22)
Modern Times	1002