America's History
Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Boston; New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780312387938
Table of contents: title: Part 1 : The creation of American society, 1450-1763.; title: The new global world; title: The invasion and settlement of North America; title: Creating a British Empire in America; title: Growth and crisis in colonial society; title: Part 2 : The new republic, 1763-1820.; title: Toward independence : years of decision; title: Making war and republican governments; title: Politics and society in the new republic; title: Creating a republican culture; title: Part 3 : Overlapping revolutions, 1820-1860.; title: Economic transformation-- A democratic revolution; title: Religion and reform; title: The South expands : slavery and society; title: Part 4 : Creating and preserving a continental nation, 1844-1877.; title: Expansion, war, and sectional crisis; title: Two societies at war; title: Reconstruction; title: Conquering a continent; title: Part 5 : Bold experiments in an era of industrialization, 1877-1929.; title: The busy hive : industrial America at work; title: The Victorians meet the modern; title: Civilization's inferno : the rise and reform of industrial cities; title: Whose government? : Politics, populists, and progressives; title: An emerging world power; title: Wrestling with modernity; title: Part 6 : The modern state and the age of liberalism, 1929-1973.; title: The Great Depression and the New Deal; title: The world at war; title: Cold War America; title: Triumph of the middle class; title: Walking into Freedom Land : the civil rights movement; title: Uncivil wars : liberal crisis and conservative rebirth; title: Part 7 : Global capitalism and the end of the American century, 1973-2011.; title: The search for order in an era of limits; title: Conservative America ascendant; title: National dilemmas in a global society; title: Documents; title: Appendix; title: Glossary