Of the People

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A History of the United States, Volume II: Since 1865, with Sources

Häftad, Engelska, 2026

Av Jan Ellen Lewis, Rutgers University-Newark) Lewis, Jan Ellen (

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Of the People: A History of the United States does more than tell the history of America-of its people and places, of its dealings and ideals. It unfolds the story of American democracy, carefully marking how this country's evolution has been anything but certain, from its complex beginnings to its modern challenges. The authors see American history as a story "of the people," of their struggles to shape their lives and their land. Their narrative focuses on the social and political lives of people-some famous, some ordinary-revealing the compelling story of America's democracy from an individual perspective, from across the landscapes of diverse communities, and ultimately from within the larger context of the world.The theme of democracy concentrates attention on the most fundamental concerns of history: people and power. These concerns have been especially relevant as the authors completed revising the book for this new edition in the midst of the 2024 presidential election campaign, one of the most divisive in modern American history. Recent history is always a challenge and always subject to revision, but the authors show how contemporary struggles over democracy are rooted in the past. Their balanced, inclusive approach makes it more possible for teachers and students to deal with the most controversial events.

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Utgivningsdatum2026-02-23
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor832
Upplaga6
FörlagOUP USA
ISBN9780197798805

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Michael McGerr is Paul V. McNutt Professor of History at Indiana University-Bloomington.Camilla Townsend is Distinguished Professor of History at Rutgers University.Karen M. Dunak is Associate Professor of History at Muskingum University.Mark Summers is Thomas D. Clark Professor of History at the University of Kentucky.Jan Ellen Lewis was Professor of History and Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Rutgers University-Newark.

ContentsChapter 15: Reconstructing a Nation, 1865-1877American Portrait: John Dennett Visits a Freedmen's Bureau Court15.1 Wartime ReconstructionLincoln's Ten Percent Plan Versus the Wade-Davis Bill The Meaning of FreedomExperiments withFree Labor15.2 Presidential Reconstruction, 1865-1867The Political Economy of Contract LaborResistance to Presidential ReconstructionCongress Clashes with the PresidentOrigins of the Fourteenth Amendment15.3 Congressional ReconstructionThe South RemadeThe Impeachment and Trial of Andrew JohnsonRadical Reconstruction in the SouthAchievements and Failures of Radical GovernmentThe Political Economy of SharecroppingThe Gospel of ProsperityA Counterrevolution of Terrorism and Economic Pressure15.4 A Reconstructed WestThe Overland TrailThe Origins of Indian ReservationsReforming Native American Tribes out of Existence15.5 The Retreat From Republican RadicalismRepublicans Become the Party of Moderation15.6 Reconstructing the NorthThe Fifteenth Amendment and Nationwide African American SuffrageWomen and SuffrageReconstructing America's Foreign Policy15.7 The End of ReconstructionCorruption Is the FashionLiberal Republicans Revolt"Redeeming" the SouthStruggles For Democracy: An Incident at Coushatta, August 1874The Twice-Stolen Election of 1876Sharecropping Becomes Wage LaborAmerican Landscape: The Exodusters Make it to the Promised LandConclusionChapter 15 Primary Sources15.1 Petroleum V. Nasby [David Ross Locke], A Platform for Northern Democrats (1865)15.2 A Black Tenant Farmer Describes Working Conditions15.3 Sharecropping Contract Between Alonzo T. Mial and Fenner Powell (1886)15.4 Joseph Farley, An Account of Reconstruction15.5 A Southern Unionist Judge's Daughter Writes the President for Help (1874)15.6 Red Cloud Pleads the Plains Indians' Point of View at Cooper Union (1870)Chapter 16: The Triumph of Industrial Capitalism, 1850-1890 American Portrait: Rosa Cassettari 16.1 The Political Economy of Global Capitalism The "Great Depression" of the Late Nineteenth Century 16.2 The Economic Transformation of the West Cattlemen: From Drovers to Ranchers Commercial Farmers Remake the Plains Changes in the Land The West as a Treasure-House America Moves to the City American Landscape: Pioneers' Paradise Lost 16.3 The Rise of Big Business The Rise of Andrew Carnegie Carnegie Dominates the Steel Industry Big Business Consolidates 16.4 A New Social Order Lifestyles of the Very Rich The Consolidation of the New Middle Class The Industrial Working Class Comes of Age Social Darwinism and the Growth of Scientific Racism Struggles For Democracy: "The Chinese Must Go" The Knights of Labor and the Haymarket Disaster Conclusion Chapter 16 Primary Sources16.1 Stephen Crane Visits the "Breaker" at a Coal Mine16.2 Visual Document: Alfred R. Waud, "Bessemer Steel Manufacture" (1876) 16.3 George Steevens, Excerpt from The Land of the Dollar (1897) 16.4 James Baird Weaver, a Call to Action (1892) 16.5 Visual Documents: "Gift for the Grangers" (1873) and the Jorns Family of Dry Valley, Custer County, Nebraska (1886) 16.6 William A. Peffer Pleads the Farmer>'s Cause, 1891 Chapter 17: The Culture and Politics of Industrial America, 1870-1892 American Portrait: Luna Kellie and the Farmers' Alliance 17.1 The Elusive Boundaries of Male and Female The Victorian Construction of Male and Female The Moralists' Crusade for Virtue and Self-Control Urban Culture 17.2 A New Cultural Order: New Americans Stir Old Fears Josiah Strong Attacks Immigration From Immigrants to Ethnic Americans The Catholic Church and Its Limits in Immigrant Culture Immigrant Cultures The Enemy at the Gates 17.3 Two Political Styles The Triumph of Party Politics Masculine Partisanship and Feminine Voluntarism The Women's Christian Temperance Union The Critics of Popular Politics 17.4 Economic Issues Dominate National Politics Greenbacks and Greenbackers Struggles For Democracy: The "Crusade" Against Alcohol Weak Presidents Oversee a Stronger Federal Government 17.5 Government Activism and its Limits States Discover Activism Cities: Boss Rule and New Responsibilities 17.6 Challenging the New Industrial Order Henry George and the Limits of Producers' Ideology Edward Bellamy and the Nationalist Clubs Agrarian Revolt The Rise of the Populists Conclusion Chapter 17 Primary Sources17.1 Emma Lazarus, "The New Colossus" (1883) 17.2 Josiah Strong, Excerpts from "The Superiority of the Anglo-Saxon Race" (1885) 17.3 Henry George, Excerpts from "That We Might All Be Rich" (1883)17.4 Jacob Riis, Excerpt from How the Other Half Lives (1890) and Visual Document: Jacob Riis, "Nomads of the Street" (ca. 1890) 17.5 New York World, "How Tim Got the Votes" (1892) 17.6 Tammany Times, "And Reform Moves On" (1895) Chapter 18: Industry and Empire, 1890-1900 American Portrait: J. P. Morgan 18.1 The Crisis of the 1890s Hard Times and Demands for Help The Overseas Frontier The Drive for Efficiency The Struggle Between Management and Labor Corporate Consolidation 18.2 A Modern Economy Currency: Gold Versus Silver The Cross of Gold The Battle of the Standards 18.3 The Retreat From Politics The Lure of the Cities American Landscape: Galveston, Texas, 1900 Inventing Jim Crow The Atlanta Compromise Struggles For Democracy: Mary Church Terrell and "The Progress of Colored Women" Disfranchisement and the Decline of Popular Politics Organized Labor Retreats from Politics 18.4 American Diplomacy Enters the Modern World Sea Power and the Imperial Urge The Scramble for Empire War with Spain The Anti-Imperialists The Philippine-American War The Open Door Conclusion Chapter 18 Primary Sources18.1 Frederick Winslow Taylor, Excerpts from The Principles of Scientific Management (1911) 18.2 Booker T. Washington, "The Atlanta Compromise" (1895) 18.3 Theodore Roosevelt, Excerpts from "The Strenuous Life" (1899) 18.4 Platform for the Anti-Imperialist League (1899) Chapter 19: A United Body of Action, 1900-1916 American Portrait: Helen Keller 19.1 Toward a New Politics The Insecurity of Modern Life The Decline of Partisan Politics Social Housekeeping Evolution or Revolution? 19.2 The Progressives Social Workers and Muckrakers Struggles For Democracy: Public Response to The Jungle Dictatorship of the Experts Progressives on the Color Line 19.3 Progressives in State and Local Politics Redesigning the City Reform Mayors and City Services Progressives and the States 19.4 A Push for "Genuine Democracy" and a "Moral Awakening" The Executive Branch Against the Trusts The Square Deal Conserving Water, Land, and Forests Theodore Roosevelt and Big Stick Diplomacy Taft and Dollar Diplomacy American Landscape: The Big Burn 19.5 Rival Visions of the Industrial Future The New Nationalism The 1912 Election The New Freedom Conclusion Chapter 19 Primary Sources 19.1 Daniel Burnham and Edward H. Bennet, Plan of Chicago (1909) 19.2 Upton Sinclair, Excerpts from The Jungle (1906) 19.3 Visual Documents: Lewis Wickes Hine, National Child Labor Committee Photographs (Early 1900s) 19.4 Helen Keller, Excerpts from "Blind Leaders" (1913) Chapter 20: A Global Power, 1914-1919 American Portrait: Mabel Seagrave and the American Women's Overseas Hospital Unit 20.1 The Challenge of Revolution The Mexican Revolution Bringing Order to the Caribbean A One-Sided Neutrality The Lusitania's Last Voyage 20.2 The Drift to War The Election of 1916 The Last Attempts at Peace War Aims The Fight in Congress 20.3 Mobilizing the Nation and the Economy Enforcing Patriotism Struggles For Democracy: Eugene V. Debs Speaks Out Against the War Regimenting the Economy The Great Migration Reforms Become "War Measures" 20.4 Over There Citizens into Soldiers The Fourteen Points The Final Offensive 20.5 Revolutionary Anxieties Wilson in Paris The Senate Rejects the League Red Scare American Landscape: The 1918 Influenza Epidemic Conclusion Chapter 20 Primary Sources20.1 Eugene V. Debs, Excerpts from Canton, Ohio, Speech (1918) 20.2 George Creel, Excerpts from How We Advertised America (1920) 20.3 Woodrow Wilson, Joint Address to Congress Leading to Declaration Against War on Germany (1917) 20.4 Marysville Evening Tribune, Influenza, and the American Military (1918)Chapter 21: The Modern Nation, 1919-1928 American Portrait: "America's Sweetheart" 21.1 A Dynamic Economy The Development of Industry The Trend Toward Large-Scale Organization The Transformation of Work and the Workforce The Defeat of Organized Labor The Decline of Agriculture The Urban Nation 21.2 A Modern Culture The Spread of Consumerism New Pleasures for a Mass Audience A Sexual Revolution Changing Gender Ideals Struggles For Democracy: The Scopes Trial The Family and Youth American Landscape: The Tulsa Race Massacre The Celebration of the Individual 21.3 The Limits of the Modern Culture The Limits of Prosperity The "Lost Generation" of Intellectuals Fundamentalist Christians and "Old-Time Religion" Nativists and Immigration Restriction The Rebirth of the Ku Klux Klan Mexican Americans African Americans and the New Negro 21.4 A "New Era" In Politics and Government The Modern Political System The Republican Ascendancy The Politics of Individualism Republican Foreign Policy Extending the New Era Conclusion Chapter 21 Primary Sources 21.1 Hiram Wesley Evans, Excerpts from "The Klan: Defender of Americanism" (1925) 21.2 Marie Prevost on "The Flapper" (1923) 21.3 Visual Document: Colgate & Co. Advertisement (1925) 21.4 Robert Lynd and Helen Lynd, Excerpt from "Remaking Leisure in Middletown" (1929) Chapter 22: A Great Depression and a New Deal, 1929-1940 American Portrait: Dorothea Lange 22.1 The Great Depression Causes Descending into Depression Hoover Responds 22.2 The First New Deal The Election of 1932 FDR Takes Command Federal Relief The Farm Crisis Struggles For Democracy: Electrifying Hill Country The Blue Eagle 22.3 The Second New Deal Critics Attack from All Sides The Second Hundred Days Social Security for Some Labor and the New Deal The New Deal Coalition 22.4 Crisis of the New Deal Conservatives Counterattack American Landscape: The 1937 Ohio River Flood The Liberal Crisis of Confidence Conclusion Chapter 22 Primary Sources22.1 Franklin D. Roosevelt, First Inaugural Address (1933) 22.2 Visual Documents: Dorothea Lange, Farm Security Administration Photographs (1930s) 22.3 "Ballad for Americans," Federal Theater Project, Sing for Your Supper (1939) 22.4 Remembering the Great Depression, Excerpts from Studs Terkel's Hard Times (1970) Chapter 23: The Second World War, 1941-1945 American Portrait: John Sengestack and the Black Press in World War II 23.1 Island in a Totalitarian Sea A World of Hostile Blocs The Good Neighbor America First? Means Short of War 23.2 Turning the Tide Midway and Coral Sea Gone with the Draft American Landscape: Martial Law in Hawaii The Winning Weapons The Second Front 23.3 Organizing for Production A Mixed Economy Industry Moves South and West New Jobs in New Places Women in Industry 23.4 Between Idealism and Fear Japanese Internment No Shelter from the Holocaust Struggles For Democracy: The Zoot Suit Riots 23.5 Closing with the Enemy Taking the War to Europe Island Hopping in the Pacific Building a New World The Fruits of Victory Conclusion Chapter 23 Primary Sources23.1 Franklin D. Roosevelt, "Four Freedoms" Speech (1941) 23.2 Charles Lindbergh, America First Committee Address (1941) 23.3 Letter From James G. Thompson to the Editor of the Pittsburgh Courier (1942) 23.4 From Italy to Chicago, Pfc. Ray Latal Comes Home (1945)Chapter 24: The Cold War, 1945-1954 American Portrait: John Turchinetz 24.1 Origins of the Cold War Ideological Competition Uneasy Allies From Allies to Enemies 24.2 National Security The Truman Doctrine Containment Taking Risks American Landscape: The Nevada Test Site Global Revolutions Korea NSC-68 24.3 The Reconversion of American Society The Postwar Economy The Challenge of Organized Labor Opportunities for Women Civil Rights for African Americans 24.4 The Frustrations of Liberalism The Democrats' Troubles Truman's Comeback 24.5 Fighting the Cold War at Home Doubts and Fears in the Atomic Age The Anti-Communist Crusade The Hunt for Spies Struggles For Democracy: The Hollywood Ten The Rise of McCarthyism Conclusion Chapter 24 Primary Sources24.1 Harry S. Truman, Excerpts from Special Message to the Congress on Greece and Turkey (1947) 24.2 High School and College Graduates in the Cold War (1948-1950) 24.3 Joseph McCarthy, Wheeling, West Virginia Speech (1950) 24.4 Margaret Chase Smith, "A Declaration of Conscience" (1950)Chapter 25: The Consumer Society, 1945-1961 American Portrait: Walt Disney 25.1 Living the Good Life Economic Prosperity American Landscape: West Texas The Suburban Dream The Pursuit of Pleasure 25.2 A Homogeneous Society? The Discovery of Conformity The Decline of Class and Ethnicity The Resurgence of Religion and Family Maintaining Gender Roles Persisting Racial Differences The Survival of Diversity 25.3 The Eisenhower Era at Home and Abroad "Ike" and 1950s America Modern Republicanism An Aggressive Cold War Strategy Avoiding War with the Communist Powers Crises in the Third World 25.4 Challenges to the Consumer Society Rebellious Youth The Beat Movement The Rebirth of Environmentalism The Struggle for Civil Rights Struggles For Democracy: "SOS" - SMOG! The Crisis of "Misplaced Power" ConclusionChapter 25 Primary Sources 25.1 Gael Greene, "The Battle of Levittown" (1957) 25.2 H. H. Remmers And D. H. Radler, Excerpts from "Teenage Attitudes" (1958) 25.3 John Foster Dulles, "A Policy of Boldness" (1952) 25.4 United States Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization, Excerpts from "Survive Nuclear Attack" (1960) Chapter 26: "The Table of Democracy", 1960-1968 American Portrait: Dolores Huerta 26.1 New Approaches to Power Grassroots Activism for Civil Rights The New Liberalism The New Conservatism The New Left The Presidential Election of 1960 26.2 The New Frontier Style and Substance Civil Rights American Landscape: "Spaceport USA" Flexible Response and the Third World Two Confrontations with the Soviets Kennedy and Vietnam 26.3 The Great Society Lyndon Johnson's Mandate "Success Without Squalor" Preserving Personal Freedom The Birth of a More Representative Nation 26.4 The American War in Vietnam Johnson's Decision for War Fighting a Limited War The War at Home 26.5 The Great Society Comes Apart The Emergence of Black Power Mexican American Activism The Youth Rebellion Struggles For Democracy: Protest in the Schools The Rebirth of the Women's Movement Conservative Backlash 1968: A Tumultuous Year Conclusion Chapter 26 Primary Sources26.1 Martin Luther King Jr., "Statement to the Press at the Beginning of the Youth Leadership Conference" (1960) and Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, Statement of Purpose (1960) 26.2 John F. Kennedy, Speech on the Space Program (1962) 26.3 Lyndon B. Johnson, Excerpts from Address at Johns Hopkins University, "Peace Without Conquest" (1965) 26.4 Diane Carlson Evans, Oral History Interview on Her Service as an Army Nurse in Vietnam (2012) 26.5 John Wilcock, "The Human Be-In" and "San Francisco" (1967)Chapter 27: Living with Less, 1968-1980 American Portrait: "Fighting Shirley Chisholm" 27.1 A New Crisis: Economic Decline Weakness at Home The Energy Crisis Competition Abroad The Multinationals American Landscape: The South Bronx The Impact of Decline 27.2 Confronting Decline: Nixon's Strategy A New Foreign Policy Ending the Vietnam War Chile and the Middle East Taming Big Government An Uncertain Economic Policy Regulating the Environment 27.3 Refusing to Settle for Less: Struggles for Rights African Americans' Struggle for Racial Justice Women's Liberation !Si Se Puede!: Mexican Americans Asian American Activism The Struggle for Native American Rights Gay Power 27.4 Backlash: From Radical Action to Conservative Reaction "The Movement" and the "Me Decade" The Plight of the White Ethnics The Republican Counterattack 27.5 Political Crisis: Three Troubled Presidencies Watergate: The Fall of Richard Nixon Gerald Ford and a Skeptical Nation "Why Not the Best?": Jimmy Carter Struggles For Democracy: The Pollster Conclusion Chapter 27 Primary Sources27.1 Donella H. Meadows, Dennis L. Meadows, Jørgen Randers, and William H. Behrens III, The Limits to Growth (1972) 27.2 Nixon Decides on the Christmas Bombing (1972) 27.3 New York Radical Women, Principles (1968) and Pat Maxwell, "Homosexuals in the Movement" (1970) 27.4 Statements by Roman Pucinski, Ethnic Heritage Studies Centers; Hearings Before the General Subcommittee on Education of the Committee on Education and Labor (1970) 27.5 Clyde Warrior, "Statement" (1967)Chapter 28: The Triumph of Conservatism, 1980-1991 American Portrait: Jerry Falwell 28.1 Creating a Conservative Majority The New Economy The Rehabilitation of Business The Rise of the Religious Right The 1980 Presidential Election 28.2 The Reagan Revolution at Home The Reagan Style Shrinking Government Reaganomics The 1984 Presidential Election 28.3 The Reagan Revolution Abroad Restoring American Power Confronting the "Evil Empire" The Reagan Doctrine in the Third World The Middle East and Terrorism The United States and the World Economy 28.4 The Battle Over Conservative Social Values Attacking the Legacy of the 1960s Women's Rights and Abortion Gays and the AIDS Crisis African Americans and Racial Inequality "The Decade of the Hispanic" 28.5 From Scandal to Triumph Business and Religious Scandals Political Scandals American Landscape: Times Beach, Missouri Setbacks for the Conservative Agenda The Vulnerable World The Vulnerable Economy Struggles For Democracy: Reagan at the Berlin Wall Reagan's Comeback Conclusion Chapter 28 Primary Sources28.1 Ronald Reagan, Excerpts from "Address to the Nation on the Economy" (1981) 28.2 The Debate Over the Defense Build-Up (1983) 28.3 Equal Pay for Women (1982) 28.4 Excerpts From the Republican and Democratic Party Platforms on the State of the American Family (1984) Chapter 29: The Globalized, Information Society, 1989-2008 American Portrait: David Rockefeller 29.1 The Age of Globalization The Cold War and Globalization New Communications Technologies Multinationals and NGOs Expanding Trade Moving People American Landscape: Celina, Ohio 29.2 A New Economy From Industry to Information A Second Economic Revolution? Downsizing America Boom and Insecurity 29.3 Democracy Deadlocked George H. W. Bush and the End of the Reagan Revolution The Rebellion Against Politics as Usual Clinton's Compromise with Conservatism Domestic Dissent and Terrorism The Response to Climate Change Scandal 29.4 Culture Wars African Americans in the Post-Civil Rights Era Family Values Multiculturalism Women in the Postfeminist Era Contesting Gay and Lesbian Rights 29.5 Redefining Foreign Policy in the Global Age The New World Order The Persian Gulf War Retreating from the New World Order A New Threat 29.6 Twin Crises "Bush 43" 9/11 The Global War on Terror The Iraq War Iraq and Afghanistan in Turmoil Financial Crisis Struggles For Democracy: "Gitmo" Conclusion Chapter 29 Primary Sources29.1 Kenichi Ohmae, "Declaration of Interdependence Toward the World" (1990) and Helena Norberg-Hodge, "Break Up the Monoculture" (1996) 29.2 Frank Luntz, "The Environment: A Cleaner, Safer, Healthier America" (2002) 29.3 The Defense of Marriage Act (1996) 29.4 George H. W. Bush, Excerpts From "Address Before a Joint Session of the Congress on the Cessation of Hostilities in the Persian Gulf Conflict" (1991) 29.5 George W. Bush, Excerpts From "Address Before a Joint Session of the Congress on the United States Response to the Terrorist Attacks of September 11" (2001) Chapter 30: "The American Dream", 2008-2024American Portrait: Maria "Bambi" Roaquin 30.1 Obama and the Promise of Change The Presidential Election of 2008 Confronting Economic Crisis Ending the Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq The Politics of Frustration A Second Term Climate Change Unending War? 30.2 Transformation and DivisionA Diverse Society of Color LGBTQ Rights Religious Beliefs and PracticesEconomic Change Unequal Outcomes American Landscape: The Winter Strawberry Capital of the World 30.3 Politics of DivisionPolarized Politics The Presidential Election of 2016 Struggles For Democracy: "Pizzagate" and the Politics of Social Media "Make America Great Again" "America First" 30.4 Trump's Downfall and ReturnImpeachment Pandemic "I Can't Breathe" The Presidential Election of 2020 Biden's Quest for "Unity" A Traditional Foreign Policy Trump's Triumph Conclusion Chapter 30 Primary Sources 30.1 Barack Obama, Keynote Address, Democratic Party Convention (2004) 30.2 Debate in the House of Representatives on a Resolution "That Symbols and Traditions of Christmas Should Be Protected" (2005) 30.3 Donald Trump, Extract of Remarks at a "Make America Great Again" Rally in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (2017)30.4 Children and Immigration Policy (2018)30.5 Campus Unrest During the Hamas-Israeli War (2023-24)