America and Its Peoples

America and Its Peoples presents American history filled with the drama and conflict that holds the attention of all students. Social history-with an emphasis on sports, leisure, and popular culture-is effectively integrated with more traditional coverage of military history, politics, and diplomacy. This edition highlights the rich ethnic diversity of the American people with vivid character sketches, colorful anecdotes, primary sources, new pedagogy, and a spirited narrative.

Detailed Contents

vii

Maps

xxi

Tables and Figures

xxiii

Preface

xxv

About the Authors

xxxi

The Peopling and Unpeopling of America

3

(32)

Plantations and Cities upon a Hill, 1620--1700

35

(30)

Provincial America in Upheaval, 1660--1760

65

(34)

Breaking the Bonds of Empire, 1760--1775

99

(28)

The Times that Tried Many Souls, 1775--1783

127

(32)

Securing the Republic and Its Ideals, 1776--1789

159

(30)

The Formative Decade, 1790--1800

189

(22)

The Jeffersonians in Power, 1800--1815

211

(22)

Nationalism, Economic Growth, and the Roots of Sectional Conflict 1815--1824

233

(24)

Power and Politics in Jackson's America

257

(26)

America's First Age of Reform

283

(36)

The Divided North, the Divided South

319

(34)

Cultures Collide in the Far West

353

(30)

The House Divided

383

(26)

A Nation Shattered by Civil War, 1860--1865

409

(36)

The Nation Reconstructed: North, South, and the West, 1865--1877

445

(34)

Emergence as an Economic Power

479

(36)

The Rise of an Urban Society and City People

515

(34)

End-of-the-Century Crisis

549

(30)

Imperial America, 1870--1900

579

(26)

The Progressive Struggle, 1900--1917

605

(34)

The United States and World War I

639

(32)

Modern Times, 1920--1929

671

(28)

The Age of Roosevelt

699

(28)

The End of Isolation: America Faces the World, 1920--1945

727

(36)

Waging Peace and War

763

(28)

Ike's America

791

(28)

Power Shifts: The Emergence of the South and West

819

(26)

Vietnam and the Crisis of Authority

845

(30)

The Struggle for a Just Society

875

(36)

America in Our Time

911

Appendix

A-1

Glossary

G-1

Credits

C-1

Index

I-1

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