Buch, Englisch, 512 Seiten, Format (B × H): 154 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 607 g
A Concise History of the American People
Buch, Englisch, 512 Seiten, Format (B × H): 154 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 607 g
ISBN: 978-0-07-330701-5
Verlag: McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
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Chapter 1: The Meeting of Cultures~ America Before Columbus ~ Europe Looks Westward ~ The Arrival of the EnglishConclusionFor Further ReferenceDebating the Past: The American Population Before ColumbusAmerica in the World: The Atlantic Context of Early American History Chapter 2: Transplantations and Borderlands~ The Early Chesapeake~ Caribbean Colonization~ The Growth of New England~ The Restoration Colonies~ The Development of EmpireConclusionFor Further Reference Chapter 3: Society and Culture in Provincial America~ The Colonial Population~ The Colonial Economies~ Patterns of Society~ Awakenings and EnlightenmentsConclusionFor Further ReferenceDebating the Past: The Origins of SlaveryChapter 4: The Empire in Transition~ Loosening Ties~ The Struggle for the Continent~ The New Imperialism~ Stirrings of Revolt~ Cooperation and WarConclusionFor Further Reference Chapter 5: The American Revolution~ The States United~ The War for Independence~ War and Society~ The Search for a National GovernmentConclusionFor Further ReferenceDebating the Past: The American RevolutionAmerica in the World: The Age of Revolutions Chapter 6: The Constitution and the New Republic~ Farming a New Government~ Adoption and Adaptation~ Federalists and Republicans~ Establishing National Sovereignty~ The Downfall of the FederalistsConclusionFor Further Reference Chapter 7: The Jeffersonian Era~ The Rise of Cultural Nationalism~ Stirrings of Industrialism~ Jefferson the President~ Doubling the National Domain~ Expansion and War~ The War of 1812ConclusionFor Further ReferenceAmerica in the World: The Global Industrial Revolution Chapter 8: Varieties of American Nationalism~ Stabilizing Economic Growth~ Expanding Westward~ The "Era of Good Feelings"~ Sectionalism and Nationalism~ The Revival of OppositionConclusionFor Further Reference Chapter 9: Jacksonian America~ The Rise of Mass Politics~ "Our Federal Union"~ The Removal of the Indians~ Jackson and the Bank War~ The Emergence of the Second Party System~ Politics After JacksonConclusionFor Further ReferenceDebating the Past: Jacksonian DemocracyChapter 10: America’s Economic Revolution~ The Changing American Population~ Transportation and Communications Revolutions~ Commerce and Industry~ Men and Women at Work~ Patterns of Society~ The Agricultural NorthConclusionFor Further Reference Chapter 11: Cotton, Slavery, and the Old South~ The Cotton Economy~ Southern White Society~ The "Peculiar Institution"~ The Culture of SlaveryConclusionFor Further ReferenceDebating the Past: The Character of SlaveryChapter 12: Antebellum Culture and Reform~ The Romantic Impulse~ Remaking Society~ The Crusade Against SlaveryConclusionFor Further ReferenceAmerica in the World: The Abolition of SlaveryChapter 13: The Impending Crisis~ Looking Westward~ Expansion and War~ The Sectional Debate~ The Crisis of the 1850s ConclusionFor Further ReferenceChapter 14: The Civil War~ The Secession Crisis~ The Mobilization of the North~ The Mobilization of the South~ Strategy and Diplomacy~ Campaigns and BattlesConclusionFor Further ReferenceDebating the Past: The Causes of the Civil WarAmerica in the World: The Consolidation of NationsChapter 15: Reconstruction and the New South~ The Problems of Peacemaking~ Radical Reconstruction~ The South in Reconstruction~ The Grant Administration~ The Abandonment of Reconstruction~ The New SouthConclusionFor Further ReferenceDebating the Past: Reconstruction