America: A Narrative History Single-volume

, by Tindall, George Brown; Shi, David E.

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Preface

xix

PART ONE / A NEW WORLD

1 THE COLLISION OF CULTURES

(18)

PRE-COLUMBIAN INDIAN CIVILIZATIONS

(1)

FIRST CONTACTS

(5)

EXPLORATION AND CONQUEST OF THE NEW WORLD

(9)

FURTHER READING

(2)

2 ENGLAND AND ITS COLONIES

(33)

SETTLING THE CHESAPEAKE

(6)

SETTLING NEW ENGLAND

(8)

INDIANS IN NEW ENGLAND

(3)

RENEWED SETTLEMENT

(4)

SETTLING THE MIDDLE COLONIES AND GEORGIA

(7)

THRIVING COLONIES

(2)

FURTHER READING

(2)

3 COLONIAL WAYS OF LIFE

(37)

THE SHAPE OF EARLY AMERICA

(5)

SOCIETY AND ECONOMY IN THE SOUTHERN COLONIES

(6)

SOCIETY AND ECONOMY IN NEW ENGLAND

(10)

SOCIETY AND ECONOMY IN THE MIDDLE COLONIES

(3)

COLONIAL CITIES

(3)

THE ENLIGHTENMENT

(3)

THE GREAT AWAKENING

(4)

FURTHER READING

(2)

4 THE IMPERIAL PERSPECTIVE

(24)

ENGLISH ADMINISTRATION OF THE COLONIES

(5)

THE HABIT OF SELF-GOVERNMENT

103

(3)

TROUBLED NEIGHBORS

106

(6)

THE COLONIAL WARS

112

(8)

FURTHER READING

120

(1)

5 FROM EMPIRE TO INDEPENDENCE

121

(38)

THE HERITAGE OF WAR

122

(2)

WESTERN LANDS

124

(1)

GRENVILLE'S COLONIAL POLICY

124

(6)

FANNING THE FLAMES

130

(4)

DISCONTENT ON THE FRONTIER

134

(1)

A WORSENING CRISIS

135

(5)

SHIFTING AUTHORITY

140

(5)

INDEPENDENCE

145

(4)

FURTHER READING

149

(10)

PART TWO / BUILDING A NATION

6 THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

159

(35)

1776: WASHINGTON'S NARROW ESCAPE

160

(3)

AMERICAN SOCIETY AT WAR

163

(3)

1777: SETBACKS FOR THE BRITISH

166

(4)

1778: BOTH SIDES REGROUP

170

(4)

THE WAR IN THE SOUTH

174

(5)

NEGOTIATIONS

179

(1)

THE POLITICAL REVOLUTION

180

(4)

THE SOCIAL REVOLUTION

184

(5)

THE EMERGENCE OF AN AMERICAN CULTURE

189

(3)

FURTHER READING

192

(2)

7 SHAPING A FEDERAL UNION

194

(24)

THE CONFEDERATION

195

(10)

ADOPTING THE CONSTITUTION

205

(11)

"A MORE PERFECT UNION"

216

(1)

FURTHER READING

217

(1)

8 THE FEDERALIST ERA

218

(33)

A NEW NATION

218

(5)

HAMILTON'S VISION OF AMERICA

223

(5)

THE REPUBLICAN ALTERNATIVE

228

(2)

CRISES FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC

230

(6)

LAND SETTLEMENT

236

(3)

TRANSFER OF POWER

239

(2)

THE ADAMS YEARS

241

(9)

FURTHER READING

250

(1)

9 THE EARLY REPUBLIC

251

(38)

JEFFERSONIAN SIMPLICITY

254

(1)

JEFFERSON IN OFFICE

255

(7)

DIVISIONS IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY

262

(2)

WAR IN EUROPE

264

(4)

THE WAR OF 1812

268

(11)

FURTHER READING

279

(10)

PART THREE / AN EXPANSIVE NATION

10 NATIONALISM AND SECTIONALISM

289

(24)

ECONOMIC NATIONALISM

290

(3)

"GOOD FEELINGS"

293

(5)

CRISES AND COMPROMISES

298

(2)

JUDICIAL NATIONALISM

300

(2)

NATIONALIST DIPLOMACY

302

(2)

ONE-PARTY POLITICS

304

(8)

FURTHER READING

312

(1)

11 THE JACKSONIAN IMPULSE

313

(31)

A NEW POLITICAL CULTURE

315

(2)

JACKSON TAKES OFFICE

317

(3)

NULLIFICATION

320

(6)

RACIAL PREJUDICE IN THE JACKSONIAN ERA

326

(1)

JACKSON'S INDIAN POLICY

327

(3)

THE BANK CONTROVERSY

330

(6)

VAN BUREN AND THE NEW PARTY SYSTEM

336

(5)

ASSESSING THE JACKSON YEARS

341

(1)

FURTHER READING

342

(2)

12 THE DYNAMICS OF GROWTH

344

(36)

AGRICULTURE AND THE NATIONAL ECONOMY

345

(3)

TRANSPORTATION, COMMUNICATION, AND THE NATIONAL ECONOMY

348

(6)

THE GROWTH OF INDUSTRY

354

(6)

THE POPULAR CULTURE

360

(4)

IMMIGRATION

364

(7)

ORGANIZED LABOR

371

(6)

JACKSONIAN INEQUALITY

377

(2)

FURTHER READING

379

(1)

13 AN AMERICAN RENAISSANCE: RELIGION, ROMANTICISM, AND REFORM

380

(30)

RATIONAL RELIGION

381

(2)

THE SECOND GREAT AWAKENING

383

(6)

ROMANTICISM IN AMERICA

389

(3)

THE FLOWERING OF AMERICAN LITERATURE

392

(5)

EDUCATION

397

(3)

ANTEBELLUM REFORM

400

(8)

FURTHER READING

408

(2)

14 MANIFEST DESTINY

410

(41)

THE TYLER YEARS

411

(2)

THE WESTERN FRONTIER

413

(9)

MOVING WEST

422

(6)

ANNEXING TEXAS

428

(4)

POLK'S PRESIDENCY

432

(2)

THE MEXICAN WAR

434

(7)

FURTHER READING

441

(10)

PART FOUR / A HOUSE DIVIDED AND REBUILT

15 THE OLD SOUTH

451

(30)

DISTINCTIVE FEATURES OF THE OLD SOUTH

452

(3)

WHITE SOCIETY IN THE SOUTH

455

(6)

BLACK SOCIETY IN THE SOUTH

461

(8)

THE CULTURE OF THE SOUTHERN FRONTIER

469

(2)

ANTISLAVERY MOVEMENTS

471

(8)

FURTHER READING

479

(2)

16 THE CRISIS OF UNION

481

(36)

SLAVERY IN THE TERRITORIES

482

(6)

THE COMPROMISE OF 1850

488

(6)

FOREIGN ADVENTURES

494

(1)

THE KANSAS-NEBRASKA CRISIS

495

(7)

THE DEEPENING SECTIONAL CRISIS

502

(13)

THE CENTER COMES APART 509 FURTHER READING

515

(2)

17 THE WAR OF THE UNION

517

(45)

END OF THE WAITING GAME

518

(6)

THE WAR'S EARLY PHASE

524

(14)

EMANCIPATION

538

(2)

WOMEN AND THE WAR

540

(2)

GOVERNMENT DURING THE WAR

542

(5)

THE FALTERING CONFEDERACY

547

(5)

THE CONFEDERACY'S DEFEAT

552

(6)

A MODERN WAR

558

(2)

FURTHER READING

560

(2)

18 RECONSTRUCTION: NORTH AND SOUTH

562

(45)

THE WAR'S AFTERMATH

563

(4)

THE BATTLE OVER RECONSTRUCTION

567

(9)

RECONSTRUCTING THE SOUTH

576

(6)

THE RECONSTRUCTED SOUTH

582

(9)

THE GRANT YEARS

591

(8)

FURTHER READING

599

(8)

PART FIVE / GROWING PAINS

19 NEW FRONTIERS: SOUTH AND WEST

607

(34)

THE NEW SOUTH

608

(15)

THE NEW WEST

623

(16)

FURTHER READING

639

(2)

20 BIG BUSINESS AND ORGANIZED LABOR

641

(35)

THE RISE OF BIG BUSINESS

642

(8)

ENTREPRENEURS

650

(8)

LABOR CONDITIONS AND ORGANIZATION

658

(15)

A NATION TRANSFORMED

673

(1)

FURTHER READING

674

(2)

21 THE EMERGENCE OF URBAN AMERICA

676

(38)

AMERICA'S MOVE TO TOWN

677

(5)

THE NEW IMMIGRATION

682

(6)

POPULAR CULTURE

688

(11)

EDUCATION AND THE PROFESSIONS

699

(1)

REALISM IN THOUGHT, CULTURE, AND LITERATURE

700

(7)

THE SOCIAL GOSPEL

707

(2)

EARLY EFFORTS AT URBAN REFORM

709

(4)

FURTHER READING

713

(1)

22 GILDED-AGE POLITICS AND AGRARIAN REVOLT

714

(39)

PARADOXICAL POLITICS

715

(3)

CORRUPTION AND REFORM

718

(12)

THE FARM PROBLEM AND AGRARIAN PROTEST MOVEMENTS

730

(8)

THE ECONOMY AND THE SILVER SOLUTION

738

(5)

A NEW ERA

743

(1)

FURTHER READING

744

(9)

PART SIX / MODERN AMERICA

23 AN AMERICAN EMPIRE

753

(27)

TOWARD THE NEW IMPERIALISM

754

(2)

EXPANSION IN THE PACIFIC

756

(2)

THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR

758

(11)

IMPERIAL RIVALRIES IN EAST ASIA

769

(1)

ROOSEVELT'S BIG STICK DIPLOMACY

770

(8)

FURTHER READING

778

(2)

24 THE PROGRESSIVE ERA

780

(30)

ELEMENTS OF REFORM

781

(2)

THE MAIN FEATURES OF PROGRESSIVISM

783

(5)

ROOSEVELT'S PROGRESSIVISM

788

(4)

ROOSEVELT'S SECOND TERM

792

(2)

FROM ROOSEVELT TO TAFT

794

(5)

WOODROW WILSON'S PROGRESSIVISM

799

(9)

THE LIMITS OF PROGRESSIVISM

808

(1)

FURTHER READING

809

(1)

25 AMERICA AND THE GREAT WAR

810

(37)

WILSON AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS

811

(4)

AN UNEASY NEUTRALITY

815

(10)

AMERICA'S ENTRY INTO THE WAR

825

(6)

"THE DECISIVE POWER"

831

(4)

THE FIGHT FOR THE PEACE AT HOME AND ABROAD

835

(6)

LURCHING FROM WAR TO PEACE

841

(4)

FURTHER READING

845

(2)

26 THE MODERN TEMPER

847

(24)

REACTION IN THE TWENTIES

848

(6)

THE ROARING TWENTIES

854

(10)

THE CULTURE OF MODERNISM

864

(5)

FURTHER READING

869

(2)

27 REPUBLICAN RESURGENCE AND DECLINE

871

(31)

"NORMALCY"

872

(8)

THE NEW ERA

880

(10)

PRESIDENT HOOVER, THE ENGINEER

890

(11)

FURTHER READING

901

(1)

28 NEW DEAL AMERICA

902

(38)

FROM HOOVERISM TO THE NEW DEAL

903

(9)

RECOVERY THROUGH REGULATION

912

(5)

THE HUMAN COST OF THE DEPRESSION

917

(3)

CULTURE IN THE THIRTIES

920

(3)

THE SECOND NEW DEAL

923

(7)

ROOSEVELT'S SECOND TERM

930

(6)

THE LEGACY OF THE NEW DEAL

936

(3)

FURTHER READING

939

(1)

29 FROM ISOLATION TO GLOBAL WAR

940

(25)

POSTWAR ISOLATIONISM

940

(5)

WAR CLOUDS

945

(8)

THE STORM IN EUROPE

953

(5)

THE STORM IN THE PACIFIC

958

(6)

FURTHER READING

964

(1)

30 THE SECOND WORLD WAR

965

(48)

AMERICA'S EARLY BATTLES

966

(2)

MOBILIZATION AT HOME

968

(3)

SOCIAL EFFECTS OF THE WAR

971

(6)

THE ALLIED DRIVE TOWARD BERLIN

977

(10)

LEAPFROGGING TO TOKYO

987

(4)

A NEW AGE IS BORN

991

(10)

THE FINAL LEDGER

1001

(2)

FURTHER READING

1003

(10)

PART SEVEN / THE AMERICAN AGE

31 THE FAIR DEAL AND CONTAINMENT

1013

(32)

DEMOBILIZATION UNDER TRUMAN

1014

(5)

THE COLD WAR

1019

(7)

CIVIL BIGHTS DURING THE 1940s

1026

(6)

THE COLD WAR HEATS UP

1032

(11)

FURTHER READING

1043

(2)

32 THROUGH THE PICTURE WINDOW: SOCIETY AND CULTURE, 1945-1960

1045

(24)

PEOPLE OF PLENTY

1046

(8)

A CONFORMING CULTURE

1054

(3)

CRACKS IN THE PICTURE WINDOW

1057

(9)

A PARADOXICAL ERA

1066

(1)

FURTHER READING

1067

(2)

33 CONFLICT AND DEADLOCK: THE EISENHOWER YEARS

1069

(29)

"TIME FOR A CHANGE"

1070

(2)

EISENHOWER'S HIDDEN-HAND PRESIDENCY

1072

(5)

FOREIGN INTERVENTION

1077

(5)

REELECTION AND FOREIGN CRISES

1082

(5)

FESTERING PROBLEMS ABROAD

1087

(2)

THE EARLY CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT

1089

(5)

ASSESSING THE EISENHOWER YEARS

1094

(2)

FURTHER READING

1096

(2)

34 NEW FRONTIERS: POLITICS AND SOCIAL CHANGE

IN THE 1960s

1098

(1)

THE NEW FRONTIER

1099

(4)

EXPANSION OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT

1103

(4)

FOREIGN FRONTIERS

1107

(5)

LYNDON JOHNSON AND THE GREAT SOCIETY

1112

(6)

FROM CIVIL RIGHTS TO BLACK POWER

1118

(4)

THE TRAGEDY OF VIETNAM

1122

(5)

SIXTIES CRESCENDO

1127

(3)

FURTHER READING

1130

(2)

35 REBELLION AND REACTION IN THE 1960s AND 1970s

1132

(39)

THE ROOTS OF REBELLION

1133

(13)

NIXON AND VIETNAM

1146

(5)

NIXON AND MIDDLE AMERICA

1151

(4)

NIXON TRIUMPHANT

1155

(3)

WATERGATE

1158

(4)

AN UNELECTED PRESIDENT

1162

(1)

THE CARTER INTERREGNUM

1163

(5)

FURTHER READING

1168

(3)

36 A CONSERVATIVE INSURGENCY

1171

(34)

THE REAGAN REVOLUTION

1173

(3)

REAGAN'S FIRST TERM

1176

(7)

REAGAN'S SECOND TERM

1183

(11)

THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION

1194

(9)

FURTHER READING

1203

(2)

37 TRIUMPH AND TRAGEDY: AMERICA AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY

1205

AMERICA'S CHANGING FACE

1206

(4)

CULTURAL CONSERVATISM

1210

(2)

BUSH TO CLINTON

1212

(5)

DOMESTIC POLICY IN CLINTON'S FIRST TERM

1217

(4)

REPUBLICAN INSURGENCY

1221

(4)

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL TRENDS OF THE 1990s

1225

(6)

FOREIGN POLICY CHALLENGES

1231

(3)

THE ELECTION OF 2000

1234

(13)

FURTHER READING

1247

GLOSSARY

A 1

APPENDIX

A 41

THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

A 43

ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION

A 48

THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES

A 56

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS

A 76

ADMISSION OF STATES

A 84

POPULATION OF THE UNITED STATES

A 85

IMMIGRATION TO THE UNITED STATES, FISCAL YEARS 1820-1998

A 86

IMMIGRATION BY REGION AND SELECTED COUNTRY OF LAST RESIDENCE, FISCAL YEARS 1820-1999

A 88

PRESIDENTS, VICE-PRESIDENTS AND SECRETARIES OF STATE

A 95

CREDITS

A 105

INDEX

A 105

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