Land of Hope: An Invitation to the Great American Story

Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Introduction: One Long Story
Chapter 1: Beginnings: Settlement and Unsettlement
Chapter 2: The Shaping of British North America
Chapter 3: The Revolution of Self-Rule
Chapter 4: A War, a Nation, and a Wound
Chapter 5: The Experiment Begins
Chapter 6: From Jefferson to Jackson: The Rise of the Common Man
Chapter 7: The Culture of Democracy
Chapter 8: The Old South and Slavery
Chapter 9: The Gathering Storm
Chapter 10: The House Divides
Chapter 11: The Ordeal of Reconstruction
Chapter 12: A Nation Transformed
Chapter 13: Becoming a World Power
Chapter 14: The Progressive Era
Chapter 15: Woodrow Wilson and the Great War
Chapter 16: From Boom to Bust
Chapter 17: The New Deal
Chapter 18: The Finest Hour: World War II
Chapter 19: All Thoughts and Things Were Split: The Cold War
Chapter 20: Out of Balance: The Turbulent Sixties
Chapter 21: Fall and Restoration: From Nixon to Reagan
Chapter 22: The World since the Cold War
Epilogue: The Shape of American Patriotism
Acknowledgments
For Additional Reading
Index