America: A Narrative History

America: A Narrative History 11E Full
	Title Page
	Copyright
	Dedication
	About the Author
	Contents
	List of Maps
	Preface
	Acknowledgments
PART ONE: A NOT-SO-“NEW” WORLD 
	1. The Collision of Cultures
		Early Cultures in America
		European Visions of America
		Religious Conflict in Europe
		The Spanish Empire
		The Columbian Exchange
		The Spanish in North America
		Challenges to the Spanish Empire
		English Exploration of America
	2. England’s Colonies
		The English Background
		Religious Conflict and War
		American Colonies
		The English Civil War in America
		The Restoration in the Colonies
		The Middle Colonies and Georgia
		Native Peoples and English Settlers
		Slavery in the Colonies
		Thriving Colonies
	3. Colonial Ways of Life
		The Shape of Early America
		Society and Economy in the Southern Colonies
		Society and Economy in New England
		Society and Economy in the Middle Colonies
		Race-Based Slavery
		First Stirrings of a Common Colonial Culture
		Colonial Cities
		The Enlightenment in America
		The Great Awakening
	4. From Colonies to States
		Competing Neighbors
		An Emerging Colonial System
		Warfare in the Colonies
		Regulating the Colonies
		The Crisis Grows
		The Spreading Conflict
		Independence
PART TWO: BUILDING A NATION
	5. The American Revolution, 1776–1783
		Mobilizing for War
		American Society at War
		Setbacks for the British (1777)
		1778: Both Sides Regroup
		A War of Endurance
		War as an Engine of Change
		The Social Revolution
		Slaves and the Revolution
		The Emergence of an American Nationalism
	6. Strengthening the New Nation
		Power to the People
		The Confederation Government
		The “Gathering Crisis”
		Creating the Constitution
		The Fight for Ratification
		The Federalist Era
		Hamilton’s Vision of a Prosperous America
		Foreign and Domestic Crises
		Western Settlement
		Transfer of Power
		The Adams Administration
	7. The Early Republic, 1800–1815
		Jeffersonian Republicanism
		War in Europe
		The War of 1812
		The Aftermath of the War
PART THREE: AN EXPANDING NATION
	8. The Emergence of a Market Economy, 1815–1850
		The Market Revolution
		Industrial Development
		Popular Culture
		Immigration
		Organized Labor and New Professions
	9. Nationalism and Sectionalism, 1815–1828
		A New Nationalism
		Debates over the American System
		“An Era of Good Feelings”
		Nationalist Diplomacy
		The Rise of Andrew Jackson
	10. The Jacksonian Era, 1828–1840
		Jacksonian Democracy
		Nullification
		War over the B.U.S.
		Jackson’s Legacy
	11. The South, Slavery, and King Cotton, 1800–1860
		The Distinctiveness of the Old South
		The Cotton Kingdom
		Whites in the Old South
		Black Society in the South
		Forging a Slave Community
	12. Religion, Romanticism, and Reform, 1800–1860
		A More Democratic Religion
		Romanticism in America
		The Reform Impulse
		The Anti-Slavery Movement
PART FOUR: A HOUSE DIVIDED AND REBUILT
	13. Western Expansion, 1830–1848
		Moving West
		The Mexican-American War
	14. The Gathering Storm, 1848–860
		Slavery in the Territories
		The Emergence of the Republican Party
		The Response in the South
	15. The War of the Union, 1861–1865
		Choosing Sides
		Fighting in the West
		Fighting in the East
		Emancipation
		The War behind the Lines
		The Faltering Confederacy
		A Transformational War
	16. The Era of Reconstruction, 1865–1877
		The War’s Aftermath in the South
		Debates over Political Reconstruction
		Black Society under Reconstruction
		The Grant Administration
		Reconstruction’s Significance
PART FIVE: GROWING PAINS
	17. Business and Labor in the Industrial Era, 1860–1900
		Industrial and Agricultural Growth
		The Rise of Big Business
		The Alliance of Business and Politics
		An Industrial Society
	18. The New South and the New West, 1865–1900
		The Myth of the New South
		The Failings of the New South
		Race Relations during the 1890s
		The Settling of the New West
		Life in the New West
		The Fate of Western Indians
		The End of the Frontier
	19. Political Stalemate and Rural Revolt, 1865–1900
		Urban America
		The New Immigration
		Cultural Life
		Gilded Age Politics
		Hayes to Harrison
		Hayes and Civil Service Reform
		Farmers and the “Money Problem”
PART SIX: MODERN AMERICA
	20. Seizing an American Empire, 1865–1913
		Toward the New Imperialism
		Expansion in the Pacific
		The Spanish-American War (The War of 1898)
		Consequences of Victory
		Roosevelt’s “Big-Stick” Diplomacy
	21. The Progressive Era, 1890–1920
		The Progressive Impulse
		The Sources of Progressivism
		Progressives’ Aims and Achievements
		Progressivism under Roosevelt and Taft
		Woodrow Wilson: A Progressive Southerner
	22. America and the Great War, 1914–1920
		An Uneasy Neutrality
		Mobilizing a Nation
		The American Role in the War
		The Politics of Peace
		Stumbling from War to Peace
	23. A Clash of Cultures, 1920–1929
		The Nation in 1920
		The “Jazz Age”
		The Modernist Revolt
	24. The Reactionary Twenties
		Reactionary Conservatism and Immigration Restriction
		A Republican Resurgence
		1929—A Turning Point
		The Onset of the Great Depression
		The Human Toll of the Depression
		From Hooverism to the New Deal
	25. The New Deal, 1933–1939
		Roosevelt’s New Deal
		The New Deal under Fire
		The Second New Deal
	26. The Second World War, 1933–1945
		The Rise of Fascism in Europe
		From Isolationism to Intervention
		Arsenal of Democracy
		The Allied Drive toward Berlin
		The Pacific War
		A New Age Is Born
PART SEVEN: THE AMERICAN AGE
	27. The Cold War and the Fair Deal, 1945–1952
		Truman and the Cold War
		The Containment Policy
		Expanding the New Deal
		The Cold War Heats Up
		Another Red Scare
	28. America in the Fifties
		Moderate Republicanism
		A People of Plenty
		Cracks in the Picture Window
		The Civil Rights Movement
		Foreign Policy in the Fifties
	29. A New Frontier and a Great Society, 1960–1968
		The New Frontier
		Civil Rights Triumphant
		The Great Society
		The Tragedy of Vietnam
		The Turmoil of the Sixties
	30. Rebellion and Reaction, 1960s and 1970s
		“Forever Young”: The Youth Revolt
		Social Activism Spreads
		Nixon and the Revival of Conservatism
		“Peace with Honor”: Ending the Vietnam War
		The Nixon Doctrine and a Thawing Cold War
		Watergate
	31. Conservative Revival, 1977–1990
		The Carter Presidency
		The Rise of Ronald Reagan
		The Reagan Revolution
		An Anti-Soviet Foreign Policy
		The Changing Economic and Social Landscape
		The Presidency of George H. W. Bush
	32. Twenty-First-Century America, 1993–Present
		America’s Changing Population
		The Clinton Presidency (1993–2001)
		A Chaotic Start to a New Century
		Second-Term Blues
		A Historic New Presidency
		The “Angry” 2016 Election
		A Populist President
		The 100-Day Mark
Glossary
Appendix
Further Readings
Credits
Index