America, the glorious republic
By: Henry F. Graff.
Edition: Rev. ed.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Published: 1990
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 944
Copyright date: 1990
Subjects: United States -- History.; United States -- History.
Description: A textbook with a chronological approach to American history, which examines political, economic, and social history, and features study material.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 908-912) and index.
Table of contents: title: Unit 1 : Beginnings.; title: America known and unknown; title: Explorers and new settlers; title: Founding England's first colonies; title: A variety of English colonies; title: Unit 2 : A new people.; title: The road to independence; title: Winning the American Revolution; title: Forging the republic; title: Under the first presidents; title: Unit 3 : A nation of sections.; title: The age of the Jeffersonians; title: Shaping a national spirit; title: The Jacksonians in power; title: The North : enterprise and freedom; title: The South : expansion and slavery; title: Unit 4 : Union and disunion.; title: From sea to sea; title: The quest for compromise; title: The agony of Civil War; title: Remaking the Union; title: Unit 5 : The nation transformed.; title: The last great West; title: The making of big business; title: An urban industrial society; title: Politicians and protest; title: Unit 6 : Crusading at home and abroad.; title: A force in the world; title: The progressive presidents; title: Defending democracy; title: Unit 7 : Good times, hard times, and war.; title: A roaring decade; title: Fashioning the New Deal; title: From isolation to involvement; title: Global war; title: Unit 8 : Confidence and concern.; title: Cold War and hot; title: Tensions amid affluence; title: The turbulent Johnson years; title: Unit 9 : Toward a new century.; title: Crisis in the presidency; title: Challenging years