Unto a Good Land, Volume 2 : A History of the American People: From 1865

by Harrell, David Edwin, Jr.

• ISBN13: 9780802829450
• ISBN10: 0802829457
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-08-30
• Publisher: Eerdmans Pub Co

Summary

"Unto a Good Land offers a distinctive narrative history of the American people -- from the first contacts between Europeans and North America's native inhabitants, through the creation of a modern nation, to the standing of the United States as a world power. Written by a team of distinguished historians led by David Edwin Harrell, Jr. and Edwin S. Gaustad, this textbook shows how grasping the uniqueness of the bAmerican experimentb depends on understanding the role of religion as well as social, cultural, political, and economic factors in shaping U.S. history.A common shortcoming of most United States history textbooks is that while, in recent decades, they have expanded their coverage of social and cultural history, they still tend to shortchange the role of religious ideas, practices, and movements in the American past. "Unto a Good Land addresses this shortcoming in a balanced way. The authors recognize that religion is only one of many factors that have influenced our past -- one, however, that has often been neglected in textbook accounts. This volume gives religion its appropriate place in the story."Unprecedented coverage of the forces that have shaped the history of the United States While none of America's rich history is left out, this volume is the first U.S. history textbook to give serious attention to the religious dimension of American life. This textbook is not a religious history; instead, it offers an account of American history that includes religious ideas, practices, and movements whenever they played a shaping role."Comprehensive and current This volume traces the American story from the earliest encounters between the first North Americaninhabitants and Europeans through the 2004 presidential election. Complete and balanced treatment is also given to issues of gender, race, and ethnicity, as well as cultural, political, and economic forces."A clear and compelling narrative The authors are more than expert historians; they are also talented writers who recognize history to be the retelling of human life. United by a seamless narrative structure, these chapters restore the bstoryb to history."Multiple formats specially designed for flexible classroom use "Unto a Good Land is available as a single hardcover edition or as two paperback volumes, offering maximum flexibility when adapting curriculum for one- and two-semester courses in U.S. history. The two paperback volumes can be used for U.S. history survey courses divided at 1865 or 1900 -- or at any date in between."Informative special features to complement the text In addition to the book's exceptional narrative, an array of special features enhances the instructional value of the text and points students to resources for further study."Includes assistance for teaching and test preparation The instructor's manual for "Unto a Good Land provides helpful suggestions for lesson plans and assignments, and the test bank provides multiple-choice and essay questions for use as study aids, quizzes, or tests."Suitable for instruction at both secular and religious colleges and universities Drawing on their experience in both secular and religious schools, the authors have ensured that this textbook is suitable for U.S. history classes in a wide variety of settings.

Table of Contents

Table of Features	xvii
Preface	xix
Reviewer Acknowledgments	xxii
About the Authors	xxiii
Reconstruction and the New South	511	(38)
Wartime Reconstruction	512	(25)
The Thirteenth Amendment	514	(1)
Andrew Johnson and ``Restoration''	515	(1)
A Defiant South	516	(2)
The First Congressional Reconstruction Plan	518	(2)
The Fourteenth Amendment	520	(2)
The Second Congressional Reconstruction Plan	522	(1)
The Impeachment of Johnson	522	(1)
The Fifteenth Amendment	523	(1)
The Supreme Court and Reconstruction	524	(1)
Forming Reconstruction Governments in the South	525	(2)
The New Southern Electorate	527	(1)
Republican Governments in Action	528	(2)
White Violence	530	(2)
The Disputed Election of 1876	532	(2)
Democratic Governments in a ``Redeemed'' South	534	(1)
The Populist Challenge and the End of Black Voting	535	(2)
The Rise of Jim Crow	537	(1)
The Supreme Court and Jim Crow	538	(1)
Black Exertions for Freedom	538	(7)
The Church	539	(2)
The School	541	(1)
Booker T. Washington and Self-Help	542	(1)
Land and Labor	543	(2)
The ``New South'' Promise	545	(2)
Conclusion: The South at Century's End	547	(2)
Remaking the Trans-Mississippi Wests	549	(38)
Native Peoples	550	(3)
Diverse Ways of Life in the Southwest and Northwest	550	(1)
Hunting Buffalo on the Great Plains	551	(1)
Tribal Beliefs, Relations, and Practices	552	(1)
The Indian Wars	553	(7)
Challenges of White Settlement	553	(1)
Local Militia	554	(1)
Total War	554	(1)
Negotiations and Reservations	555	(2)
The Great Sioux War	557	(2)
Devastation of the Buffalo Herds	559	(1)
Surrender and Flight	560	(1)
Attempts at Assimilation	560	(5)
Partnership of Church and State	560	(1)
Arousing Public Concern	561	(1)
A Three-Pronged Approach: Education, Suppression, and Allotment	561	(4)
New Settlers in the West	565	(3)
Long Overland Journeys	565	(1)
The Rise of the Railroads	566	(1)
Settlers from Overseas and the Eastern States	567	(1)
Mining the West	568	(5)
Dreams of Gold	569	(1)
Booming Towns and States	570	(1)
Boom and Bust Economies	571	(1)
Establishing Law and Order	572	(1)
Cattle and Cowboys on the Plains	573	(4)
Driving Cattle to Market	573	(1)
Cowboy Culture	574	(1)
Fences and Water Rights	575	(1)
Natural Changes and Challenges	576	(1)
Sheep versus Cattle	577	(1)
Farming the West	577	(4)
Free Land, Harsh Conditions	578	(1)
New Technologies and Tactics	579	(1)
The Rise of Agribusiness	579	(2)
Farm Life and Community on the Plains	581	(2)
Challenges of Settling Down	581	(1)
Coming Together as Communities	582	(1)
Immigrant Settlements and Americanization	582	(1)
The West(s) of Imagination	583	(1)
Conclusion: Profits and ``Progress''	584	(3)
The New Industrial Order	587	(34)
Post-Civil War National Economic Expectations	588	(1)
The Railroads	589	(6)
Building an Integrated Railway System	591	(1)
Government Aid to Railroad Construction	592	(1)
Travel by Train	593	(2)
The Managerial Revolution	595	(5)
Managerial Control	595	(1)
Information and Management	596	(1)
Business Education	597	(1)
Taylorism and Scientific Management	598	(2)
Thomas Edison and Industrial Technology	600	(3)
Big Business America	603	(9)
Andrew Carnegie and Big Steel	603	(2)
Vertical and Horizontal Integration	605	(2)
Competition and Combination	607	(2)
Competition and Government Regulation	609	(2)
The Bankers Step In	611	(1)
The Character of Wealth	612	(1)
Organized Labor	612	(7)
Working-Class Protests and Strikes	614	(3)
National Unions	617	(2)
Conclusion: New Divides	619	(2)
The Modern Industrial City, 1850-1900	621	(36)
Peopling the Modern City	621	(3)
Urban Growth	622	(2)
The Lure of the City	624	(1)
The New Immigration	624	(9)
The Golden Door	625	(2)
Restrictions on Immigration	627	(1)
Immigrant Employment and Destinations	628	(2)
The Immigrant Enclave	630	(1)
Immigrant Religion	630	(1)
Community and Identity	631	(1)
Becoming American in the Immigrant City	632	(1)
The New Face of the City	633	(11)
The Development of Mass Transportation	634	(1)
The Skyscraper	635	(1)
The Palace of Consumption	636	(2)
Urban Lifestyles	638	(3)
Slums	641	(3)
The Struggle for Control of the City	644	(3)
City Machine Politics	644	(3)
Awakening Social Conscience	647	(7)
Early Efforts at Reform	647	(3)
The Social Gospel	650	(3)
The Settlement House	653	(1)
The City Enters the New Century	654	(1)
Conclusion: Points of Convergence in the American City	655	(2)
Post-Civil War Thought and Culture	657	(36)
National Culture and Faith in Progress	658	(12)
Publishing: National and Local	659	(1)
Modern Metropolitan Culture: The Growing Authority of Science and Progress	660	(4)
Expertise	664	(5)
Pragmatism and Religion	669	(1)
Dissenting Views of Progress	670	(8)
Rural and Small-Town North	670	(4)
Negotiating Change in the Rural North	674	(3)
The Distinctive South	677	(1)
Divergent Subcultures	678	(13)
Immigrants Encounter the New World	679	(3)
Workers Respond to Industrial Progress	682	(4)
Radical Visions of Progress	686	(2)
Radical Critiques of Progress	688	(3)
Conclusion: Voicing Alternatives	691	(2)
The Politics of the Gilded Age	693	(30)
Political Parties and Political Stalemate	694	(4)
A Delicate Balance of Power	694	(1)
Muted Differences	694	(2)
Political Culture	696	(1)
Lingering Effects of the Civil War	697	(1)
Getting Out the Vote	698	(4)
The Spectacle of Campaigns	698	(2)
Women's Influence	700	(2)
Reining in the Spoilsmen	702	(4)
The Appeal of Civil Service Reform	703	(1)
Newspapers and Reform	703	(1)
Impetus for Reform	704	(2)
The Presidency and Congress Remade	706	(4)
The Money Question	710	(1)
The Depression of 1893 and the Gold Standard	711	(4)
The Populist Challenge	715	(3)
Farmers Come Together	715	(2)
Populist Themes	717	(1)
The Cross of Gold and the Election of 1896	718	(3)
Conclusion: The End of the Old and the Rise of the New	721	(2)
Innocents Abroad: Expansion and Empire, America and the World, 1865-1900	723	(26)
Limits on Expansionism and Empire	724	(2)
Forces for Expansion and Interest Overseas	726	(3)
Securing North America	729	(1)
Latin American Relations	730	(3)
Pan-Americanism	731	(1)
Rattling Sabers at the British	732	(1)
American Business Interests	733	(1)
Island Hopping in the Pacific	733	(3)
An Open Door to China	736	(2)
The Cuban Crisis	738	(2)
A ``Splendid Little War''	740	(2)
The Great Debate over Imperialism	742	(4)
Annexation?	743	(3)
A Foundation for Nation-Building	746	(1)
Conclusion: America and the World in 1900	746	(3)
In Search of Efficiency: The Values and Ideology of Progressivism, 1900--1917	749	(36)
The Promise of a New Century	750	(9)
Foundations of the American Dream	751	(1)
Prosperity and Industrial Concentration	751	(2)
Advertising the Nation's Success	753	(2)
The Mass Pursuit of the Good Life	755	(4)
The Search for Order and a Place in the Republic	759	(14)
Diluting the WASP Consensus	759	(3)
Sectional Variations on the American Theme	762	(2)
African Americans --- the Invisible Americans	764	(2)
Women --- Americans Who Would Be Heard	766	(1)
``A Christian People''	767	(1)
Protestants	768	(1)
Catholics	768	(1)
The Growth of Class Consciousness	769	(1)
Religion from the Bottom Up	769	(1)
The Growth of Professionalism	770	(1)
Labor Gains and Labor Radicalism	771	(2)
From Providence to Progress	773	(10)
The Populist Heritage	774	(1)
Muckrakers	774	(1)
The Secularization of the American University	775	(1)
Progressive Education	776	(2)
A Theoretical Base for Progressivism	778	(1)
The Heyday of American Socialism	779	(1)
The Divided Mind of American Protestantism	780	(3)
Conclusion: Progress and Progressivism	783	(2)
Progressivism in American Politics, 1901 to World War I	785	(30)
The Core of the Progressive Agenda	786	(4)
The Urban Social Justice Movement	786	(2)
Saving the WASP Empire	788	(2)
Local and State Political Reform	790	(4)
Reorganizing American Cities	790	(1)
Progressivism in the States	791	(1)
Electoral Reform --- Democratic and Undemocratic	792	(1)
States Provide Models for Progressive Legislation	793	(1)
Theodore Roosevelt and the Selling of National Progressivism	794	(8)
Theodore Roosevelt Takes Center Stage	794	(2)
The Extension of Regulation and Trustbusting	796	(2)
Political Victory and the Square Deal	798	(2)
A Beginning for Conservation	800	(2)
Roosevelt Drifts to the Left	802	(1)
Competing Progressive Visions	802	(6)
Roosevelt Picks His Successor	802	(1)
Taft Alienates the Progressives	803	(3)
The Rift between Roosevelt and Taft	806	(1)
The Election of 1912	806	(2)
Wilsonian Progressivism	808	(5)
The Scholar President	808	(1)
Congress Backs the President	809	(2)
Expanding the New Freedom	811	(2)
Conclusion: The Legacy of Political Progressivism	813	(2)
A Sense of Mission: The United States in World Affairs, 1900--1920	815	(38)
Roosevelt, Taft, and the World	816	(9)
Missions Lead the Way Abroad	817	(1)
Roosevelt and the Expansion of American Influence	818	(1)
Peacemaking in the Pacific	819	(2)
Tensions in Europe	821	(1)
Wielding a ``Big Stick'' in Latin America	821	(3)
Taft's Dollar Diplomacy	824	(1)
Wilson Defines America's Moral Mission	825	(7)
The Flowering of the American Peace Movement	825	(1)
Wilson as Moralist and Realist	826	(1)
Wilson and the Mexican Revolution	826	(2)
Keeping Us out of War	828	(3)
The Election of 1916	831	(1)
Making the World Safe for Democracy	832	(11)
Germany's Fateful Decision and Wilson's Troubled Choice	832	(2)
The Call to Arms	834	(2)
The American Expeditionary Force Contributes	836	(2)
Organizing the Nation for War	838	(2)
Rallying around the Flag	840	(2)
Patriotism and Repression	842	(1)
From Victory to Disillusionment	843	(8)
From the Fourteen Points to the Peace of Paris	844	(3)
America Rejects the Treaty of Versailles	847	(1)
A Troubled Society	848	(2)
The Red Scare	850	(1)
Conclusion: The United States Becomes a World Power	851	(2)
An Exhilarating Decade: American Life in the 1920s	853	(34)
A Decade of Relative Prosperity	855	(8)
Welfare Capitalism and the Decline of Unionism	855	(1)
The Consumer Boom Gathers Steam	856	(1)
Americans on the Road and in the Air	857	(3)
A Leisure Society	860	(3)
Winds of Change	863	(5)
The New Science	863	(1)
The Literature of Revolt	864	(1)
The New Morality and the New Woman	865	(1)
The ``New Negro''	866	(2)
Conservative Backlash	868	(8)
Religious Diversity and Confrontation	868	(4)
Nativist Fears and Immigration Restrictions	872	(1)
The Case against Foreigners	873	(1)
The Ku Klux Klan Defines ``Pure Americanism''	874	(1)
The Failure of Prohibition	874	(2)
The Spread of Organized Crime	876	(1)
High Republican Politics	876	(9)
The Election of 1920	876	(1)
Harding and the Return to ``Normalcy''	877	(3)
Calvin Coolidge Rides the Boom	880	(1)
The Coolidge Boom	881	(1)
The Election of 1928	882	(1)
The Great Engineer at the Wheel	883	(1)
Boom and Bust in the Stock Market	884	(1)
Conclusion: A Decade of Prosperity and Self-Analysis	885	(2)
The Great Depression and the New Deal	887	(36)
Hoover Struggles with a Deepening Depression	888	(7)
The Great Depression and Its Causes	888	(1)
Hoover's Considered Response to a Worsening Collapse	889	(2)
Too Little Too Late: Democrats and Republicans Attempt Reform	891	(1)
The Election of 1932	892	(2)
The Interregnum --- the Depression's Darkest Hour	894	(1)
Franklin D. Roosevelt and the First New Deal, 1933--1934	895	(12)
The Roosevelt Persona	895	(3)
The Hundred Days	898	(1)
Roosevelt and the Moneychangers	899	(2)
Relief and Public Works	901	(1)
Conservation and Regional Planning	902	(2)
The Beginning of Agricultural Subsidies	904	(2)
The Blue Eagle Soars and Falters	906	(1)
Labor Supports the New Deal	907	(1)
Completing the First New Deal	907	(1)
The Second New Deal and the Emergence of the Welfare State, 1935--1936	907	(8)
A Democratic Sweep in 1934	908	(1)
Radical Alternatives	909	(2)
Launching the Second New Deal	911	(1)
Extending Relief and Hoping for Recovery	911	(1)
Agriculture and the Second New Deal	912	(1)
Social Security and the Wealth-Tax Act	913	(2)
The Triumph of Labor	915	(1)
The Limits of Reform	915	(5)
The Democratic Sweep of 1936	915	(1)
A Faltering Recovery and Labor Unrest	916	(2)
The ``Court-Packing'' Fight	918	(1)
The Primaries Purge of 1938	919	(1)
The New Deal Ends	920	(1)
Conclusion: The Depression and the Political Transformation of America	920	(3)
Depression Decade	923	(32)
Depression Moods	924	(11)
A People Beset	925	(1)
On the Road	926	(1)
Family Strains and Future Hopes	926	(2)
Extremist Echoes in Depression Thought	928	(1)
The Red Romance	929	(2)
The Center Holds	931	(1)
The Great Education Debate	931	(3)
Religion Retreats from Reform	934	(1)
The Regrouping of America: Ethnicity, Class, and Religion in the Depression Decade	935	(9)
Accelerating Ethnic Assimilation	936	(1)
Decentralizing Tendencies in Unions and Churches	936	(2)
Gains and Setbacks for Women	938	(1)
Patterns of Discrimination	939	(4)
Expanding Regional Sensibilities	943	(1)
The Arts Serve the Nation	944	(9)
Depression Literature: Suffering, Endurance, Patriotism	944	(3)
Art and Architecture Turn Serious	947	(1)
Radio Unites the Nation	948	(2)
Movies Come of Age	950	(1)
Life Goes On	951	(2)
Conclusion: The Depression Legacy	953	(2)
The Dilemmas of Power: America and the World, 1921-1945	955	(34)
The Ambivalent Giant	956	(2)
Internationalism and Its Limits in the 1920s	956	(1)
Assertiveness in Latin America	957	(1)
Tensions with Japan and Russia	958	(1)
The Long Shadows of War	959	(10)
The Rise of the Axis Powers	960	(1)
Appeasement and Isolationism	961	(2)
The Outbreak of War in Europe, 1938--1939	963	(1)
American Response to European War: 1939--1941	964	(2)
Toward Belligerency	966	(2)
The Open Door Shuts	968	(1)
Pearl Harbor	968	(1)
The United States at War	969	(10)
Forging Allied Strategy	969	(2)
Turning the Pacific Tide	971	(1)
Mobilizing ``the Arsenal of Democracy''	972	(2)
Loyalty on the Home Front	974	(1)
The Return of Prosperity and the Wartime Consumer	974	(1)
Women at War	975	(1)
Wartime Roots of the Civil Rights Movement	975	(1)
Other Outsiders	976	(1)
The Japanese Internment	977	(1)
God at War	978	(1)
``Dr. Win-the-War'' and the 1944 Election	978	(1)
Victory	979	(9)
Wartime Diplomacy	979	(1)
Liberating Western Europe	980	(2)
Ending of the War in the Pacific	982	(1)
The Manhattan Project and the Beginning of the Nuclear Age	983	(1)
The GI's War	984	(1)
Learning of the Holocaust	985	(1)
Creating a New International Order	985	(2)
Constructing the United Nations and an International Framework	987	(1)
Conclusion: A Nation Transformed by War	988	(1)
In the Shadow of the Bomb: The Cold War in the Truman Years	989	(30)
Paths Back to Normal Life	990	(5)
Harry S Truman	990	(1)
Reconversion and the Baby Boom	991	(1)
Prices, Wages, and Strikes	992	(1)
The Eightieth Congress	993	(1)
Toward the Good Life	993	(1)
``To Secure These Rights''	994	(1)
The Cold War Begins	995	(7)
The Iron Curtain Descends	996	(1)
Planning for National Security	996	(1)
The Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan	997	(2)
Strategies for the Cold War	999	(1)
``Containment'' Takes Shape	1000	(1)
Reviving Western Germany and the Berlin Blockade	1001	(1)
Truman's Second Administration: The Fair Deal and a Global Cold War	1002	(9)
Truman's Stunning Victory	1002	(2)
The Fair Deal	1004	(1)
Ever-Colder War	1004	(1)
NATO and the Building of the Western Alliance	1005	(1)
The Soviet Atom Bomb and the Remobilization of the American Military	1006	(1)
Cold War in Asia	1007	(2)
The Korean War	1009	(2)
Espionage, Anti-Communism, and McCarthyism	1011	(6)
Espionage and Security	1011	(2)
The Politics and Religion of Anti-Communism	1013	(2)
McCarthyism	1015	(2)
Conclusion: An Anxious Age	1017	(2)
Containment, Contentment, Discontent: Eisenhower Republicanism and the Fifties	1019	(32)
Dwight D. Eisenhower and the New Republicanism	1020	(5)
The Election of 1952	1020	(1)
An American Hero	1021	(2)
Curtailing Federal Influence	1023	(1)
The Interstate Highway System	1023	(1)
The Election of 1956	1024	(1)
The Second Reconstruction	1025	(4)
Patterns of Inequality	1025	(1)
Judicial Action and Southern Resistance	1026	(2)
New Strategies and New Leaders	1028	(1)
Confronting International Communism: The Eisenhower Strategy of Containment	1029	(7)
John Foster Dulles: Moralist and Pragmatist	1029	(1)
Leashing Chiang	1030	(1)
Nationalism and Marxism in the Third World	1030	(1)
The New Look for Defense	1031	(1)
America and the Third World	1032	(2)
The ``Missile Gap''	1034	(1)
The Cold War Warms and Thaws	1035	(1)
Society and Culture at Mid-Century	1036	(13)
Affluent America	1036	(2)
Dwindling Diversity	1038	(1)
The Flowering of American Education	1038	(1)
Fifties Families	1039	(1)
Cars and Subdivisions Alter the Landscape	1040	(1)
Consumer Goods and Entertainment	1041	(1)
Art and Literature, Popular and Critical	1042	(2)
Music: Serious, Popular, and ``Rock `n' Roll''	1044	(1)
The Religious Boom	1044	(2)
Religious Superstars and Media Religion	1046	(2)
Consensus, Conformity, and Criticism	1048	(1)
Conclusion: Conservatism, Consensus, and Conscience	1049	(2)
The Climax of Liberalism in the Sixties and Seventies	1051	(30)
The Ideological and Cultural Sources of Sixties Liberalism	1052	(11)
The Flowering of Postwar Liberalism	1052	(1)
The Accelerating Civil Rights Revolution	1053	(3)
The Black Pride Movement and the Rise of Black Militancy	1056	(2)
The New Women's Movement	1058	(2)
Gay and Lesbian Rights	1060	(1)
The Rising Hispanic Consciousness	1060	(2)
Native Americans Assert Their Rights	1062	(1)
The New Left and the Counterculture	1063	(6)
The Rise of the New Left	1064	(1)
Revolt on Campus	1064	(2)
Hippies and the Counterculture	1066	(1)
From Folk to Rock	1067	(1)
Drug Use and New Sexual Mores	1068	(1)
Environmentalism	1068	(1)
Conservatism and Mainstream American Culture in the Sixties and Seventies	1069	(10)
The Postwar Conservative Intelligentsia	1070	(1)
Popular Conservatism	1071	(1)
Backlash against Social Change and Disruption	1071	(1)
Mainstream Issues: Crime and Education	1072	(1)
Trouble in the Religious Mainstream	1073	(1)
The Changing Face of American Catholicism	1073	(1)
New Religious Movements	1074	(1)
The Evangelical Revival and the Rise of the Religious Right	1075	(1)
The Pentecostal Revival and the Rise of Televangelism	1076	(1)
Television, Movies, and Popular Music	1076	(2)
The Burgeoning Sports Craze	1078	(1)
The Arts and Literature	1078	(1)
Conclusion: Coming Apart and Holding Together	1079	(2)
The Liberal Hour: Politics in the Sixties	1081	(30)
John F. Kennedy and the New Frontier	1082	(6)
The Election of 1960	1082	(1)
The Kennedy Mystique	1083	(2)
The Best and the Brightest	1085	(1)
The New Frontier at Home	1085	(1)
Kennedy and Civil Rights	1086	(2)
The Perils of Containment: The Kennedy Foreign Policy	1088	(5)
Cold War Legacy	1088	(1)
The Bay of Pigs	1088	(1)
Kennedy and Khrushchev	1089	(1)
The Cuban Missile Crisis	1090	(1)
Growing Crisis in Vietnam	1091	(1)
Assassination and Legacy	1092	(1)
Lyndon Johnson and the Reshaping of America	1093	(8)
A Rage for Reform: The Political Character of Lyndon Johnson	1093	(1)
Johnson Takes Charge	1094	(2)
The Election of 1964	1096	(1)
Constructing the Great Society	1097	(2)
The Warren Court under Siege	1099	(1)
Johnson Presses Civil Rights	1099	(1)
The Johnson Domestic Legacy	1100	(1)
Lyndon Johnson, the Cold War, and the Dilemma of Vietnam	1101	(6)
The Vietnam Quagmire	1101	(1)
Gulf of Tonkin and the Expansion of the War	1102	(1)
New Tactics --- Search and Destroy	1103	(1)
The United States at War	1103	(1)
Growing Dissent at Home	1104	(1)
The Wages of Globalism --- Latin America, the Middle East, and Detente	1105	(1)
Tet and the Devolution of the Johnson Administration	1106	(1)
Winding Down the Liberal Experiment	1107	(2)
More Assassinations	1107	(1)
The Raucous Democratic Convention in Chicago	1108	(1)
The Political Reincarnation of Richard Nixon	1108	(1)
The Election of 1968	1109	(1)
Conclusion: The Legacy of Sixties Liberalism	1109	(2)
A Nation Beset: Politics from Nixon to Reagan	1111	(30)
The Nixon Years on the Home Front	1112	(6)
The Political Persona of Richard Nixon	1112	(1)
The Southern Strategy and the Building of Modern Republicanism	1113	(1)
The Supreme Court Moves to the Right	1114	(1)
The War on Crime and Radicalism	1114	(1)
Opening the Debate on Welfare and the Family Assistance Program	1115	(1)
The New Federalism	1116	(1)
Seeking a Balance on the Environment	1116	(1)
Stagflation and the Decline of the American Economy	1117	(1)
Equal Rights?	1118	(1)
Nixon, Kissinger, and Realpolitik	1118	(6)
Nixon and Kissinger	1118	(1)
``Peace with Honor'' in Vietnam	1119	(1)
Arms Control Stalemate	1120	(1)
Mounting Opposition to the War in Vietnam	1120	(1)
Cambodia and Kent State	1121	(2)
Congressional Revolt and the Deterioration of Public Support	1123	(1)
To the Brink of Peace	1123	(1)
Openings to Beijing and Moscow	1123	(1)
Nixon's Disastrous Second Term	1124	(5)
The Election of 1972	1124	(1)
Exiting the Quagmire	1125	(1)
The Yom Kippur War	1126	(1)
Watergate	1127	(1)
The Unraveling of the Presidency	1127	(2)
America on Hold	1129	(11)
Interregnum: The Presidency of Gerald R. Ford	1130	(1)
The Election of 1976	1131	(1)
Discovering Jimmy Carter	1132	(1)
The Economic Crisis and Carter's Domestic Agenda	1133	(1)
Losing the Battle for Energy Independence	1134	(1)
The Carter Foreign Policy --- Human Rights and Open Diplomacy	1134	(1)
A Freeze on Detente	1135	(1)
The United States and the Developing Nations	1135	(2)
The Middle East: Breakthrough and Hostages	1137	(1)
The Election of 1980	1138	(2)
Conclusion: A Nation Beset	1140	(1)
A Turn to the Right: The Reagan and First Bush Presidencies	1141	(26)
American Politics Turns to the Right	1142	(5)
Ronald Reagan and the Politics of Conservatism	1143	(1)
Constructing a Republican Coalition	1143	(1)
The Reagan Administration	1144	(1)
Supply Side Economics	1145	(1)
Economic Resurgence	1145	(1)
Expanding the Military	1146	(1)
Cutting Government	1147	(1)
Reheating the Cold War	1147	(3)
Terrorism	1148	(1)
An Easy Victory: Grenada	1148	(1)
A Protracted Mess: Iran, Nicaragua, and Iran-Contra	1148	(1)
Reagan, Gorbachev, and Perestroika	1149	(1)
Four More Years	1150	(3)
The Deficit Spiral	1151	(1)
Deregulation and the Downsizing of American Business	1151	(1)
Employment Patterns and Labor Organization	1152	(1)
The New World Order, Economic Drift, and Gridlock: The Bush Years	1153	(9)
The Election of 1988	1153	(1)
George Herbert Walker Bush	1154	(1)
Holding the Line on the Home Front	1154	(1)
Politics and the Conservative Social Agenda	1155	(1)
The Clarence Thomas Confirmation Fight	1156	(1)
The End of the Cold War	1157	(2)
The China Puzzle	1159	(1)
Policing the Caribbean	1159	(1)
The Gulf War	1160	(1)
Desert Storm	1161	(1)
The Culture Wars and the Election of 1992	1162	(3)
The Challenge of Pluralism, Diversity, and Multiculturalism: The American Salad Bowl	1162	(2)
The Election of 1992	1164	(1)
Conclusion: American Confidence and the New World Order	1165	(2)
The Politics of Equilibrium: The Clinton and Bush Presidencies	1167	(28)
The Clinton Presidency: Toward a Centrist Policy	1168	(14)
The Residual Influence of the Religious Left	1169	(1)
The Clinton Presidency Begins	1169	(1)
A Step to the Left	1169	(1)
Healthcare Reform	1170	(1)
A Continuing National Trauma Over Abortion	1171	(1)
Environmentalism	1172	(1)
Militant Militias and Radical Discontent	1173	(1)
The Economic Boom of the Clinton Years	1173	(1)
The Republican Insurgency and the Contract With America	1174	(1)
Clinton Occupies the Center	1174	(1)
Crime, Drugs, Guns, and Violence	1175	(1)
Welfare Reform	1176	(1)
The Election of 1996	1176	(1)
Farmers Get a New Deal	1177	(1)
The Clinton Scandals	1177	(2)
The Election of 1998	1179	(1)
Soaring Economy, Budget Surpluses, and Post-Scandal Politics	1179	(1)
Searching for a Foreign Policy	1180	(1)
Peacekeeping and ``Nation Building''	1180	(2)
War and Peace in the Middle East	1182	(1)
The Clinton Legacy	1182	(1)
Peaks and Valleys in the Presidency of George W. Bush	1182	(12)
The Election of 2000	1182	(2)
George W. Bush Takes the Helm	1184	(1)
9/11	1185	(1)
The War on Terrorism	1185	(2)
The War on Terror Goes Abroad: Afghanistan	1187	(1)
Operation Iraqi Freedom	1188	(1)
Assessing the Bush Foreign Policy	1189	(2)
The Economy	1191	(1)
Simmering Domestic Agendas	1191	(1)
Republicans Gain Momentum: The Elections of 2002 and 2004	1191	(2)
The Bush Record and Persona	1193	(1)
A Second Term: Spending His Capital	1193	(1)
Conclusion: A Delicate Balance	1194	(1)
American Society in the New Millennium: A ``Culture War,'' a Stable Center	1195
The Nation's Changing Makeup	1196	(9)
Patterns of Growth and Mobility	1196	(3)
Immigration Patterns and Concerns	1199	(1)
Persisting Patterns of Poverty	1199	(1)
Hope and Alienation for African Americans	1200	(2)
Gender Gains and the Gender Gap	1202	(1)
Grading Public Education	1202	(1)
Focus on Family Values	1203	(1)
Sexual Patterns and Sexual Politics	1203	(2)
The AIDS Epidemic	1205	(1)
Economic Surge and Retreat	1205	(3)
The Economic Surge of the 1990s	1206	(1)
The International Impact of Multinational Corporations	1207	(1)
The Economic Slowdown and Recovery	1207	(1)
The Search for Values	1208	(7)
Science, Computers, the Internet, and the Future	1208	(1)
Literature, the Arts, and Popular Culture	1209	(1)
Fitness, Sports, and New Heroes	1210	(1)
Values, Habits, and the American Way of Life	1210	(1)
Mainstream Protestantism Moves Left	1211	(1)
Roman Catholicism Moves Right	1211	(2)
The Continuing Acculturation of Old Outsiders	1213	(1)
New Religious Outsiders	1213	(1)
Resurgent Evangelicalism	1214	(1)
Conclusion: Unto a Good Land --- the Enduring American Vision	1215
Appendix	1	(1)
Credits	1	(1)
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