The Unfinished Nation: A Concise History of the American People, Combined Hardcover

by Brinkley, Alan

• ISBN13: 9780073307008
• ISBN10: 0073307009
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-12-15
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages

Summary

Known for its clear narrative voice, impeccable scholarship, and affordability, Alan Brinkley'sThe Unfinished Nationoffers a concise but comprehensive examination of American History. Balancing social and cultural history with traditional political and diplomatic themes, it tells the story of the diversity and complexity of the United States and the forces that have enabled it to survive and flourish despite division. This fifth edition features eight new essays and enhanced coverage of recent events and developments in the continuing American story.

Table of Contents

The Meeting of Cultures

America Before Columbus

Europe Looks Westward

The Arrival of the English Conclusion For Further Reference Debating the Past: The American Population Before Columbus America in the World: The Atlantic Context of Early American History

Transplantations and Borderlands

The Early Chesapeake

Caribbean Colonization

The Growth of New England

The Restoration Colonies

The Development of Empire Conclusion For Further Reference

Society and Culture in Provincial America

The Colonial Population

The Colonial Economies

Patterns of Society

Awakenings and Enlightenments Conclusion For Further Reference Debating the Past: The Origins of Slavery

The Empire in Transition

Loosening Ties

The Struggle for the Continent

The New Imperialism

Stirrings of Revolt

Cooperation and War Conclusion For Further Reference

The American Revolution

The States United

The War for Independence

War and Society

The Search for a National Government Conclusion For Further Reference Debating the Past: The American Revolution America in the World: The Age of Revolutions

The Constitution and the New Republic

Farming a New Government

Adoption and Adaptation

Federalists and Republicans

Establishing National Sovereignty

The Downfall of the Federalists Conclusion For Further Reference

The Jeffersonian Era

The Rise of Cultural Nationalism

Stirrings of Industrialism

Jefferson the President

Doubling the National Domain

Expansion and War

The War of 1812 Conclusion For Further Reference America in the World: The Global Industrial Revolution

Varieties of American Nationalism

Jacksonian America

The Rise of Mass Politics

"Our Federal Union"

The Removal of the Indians

Jackson and the Bank War

The Emergence of the Second Party System

Politics After Jackson Conclusion For Further Reference Debating the Past: Jacksonian Democracy

America’s Economic Revolution

The Changing American Population

Transportation and Communications Revolutions

Commerce and Industry

Men and Women at Work

Patterns of Society

The Agricultural North Conclusion For Further Reference

Cotton, Slavery, and the Old South

The Cotton Economy

Southern White Society

The "Peculiar Institution"

The Culture of Slavery Conclusion For Further Reference Debating the Past: The Character of Slavery

Antebellum Culture and Reform

The Romantic Impulse

Remaking Society

The Crusade Against Slavery Conclusion For Further Reference America in the World: The Abolition of Slavery

The Impending Crisis

Looking Westward

Expansion and War

The Sectional Debate

The Crisis of the 1850s Conclusion For Further Reference

The Civil War

The Secession Crisis

The Mobilization of the North

The Mobilization of t

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