The American Pageant, International Edition

Häftad, Engelska, 2012

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THE AMERICAN PAGEANT, 15E, International Edition enjoys a reputation as one of the most popular, effective, and entertaining texts in American history. The colorful anecdotes, first-person quotations, and trademark wit bring American history to life. The Fifteenth edition includes markedly deeper explorations of the cultural innovations, artistic movements, and intellectual doctrines that have engaged and inspired Americans and shaped the course of American history. Additional features of THE AMERICAN PAGEANT, 15E, International Edition help readers understand and master the content: part openers and chapter-ending chronologies provide a context for the major periods in American history, while other features present primary sources, scholarly debates, and key historical figures for analysis.

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Utgivningsdatum2012-01-01
Mått215 x 40 x 274 mm
Vikt2 086 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor1 152
Upplaga15
FörlagCengage Learning
ISBN9781111830854

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David M. Kennedy is Donald J. McLachlan Professor of History Emeritus and founding Director of the Bill Lane Center for the American West at Stanford University. He also serves as General Editor of the OXFORD HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES series. His volume in the series, FREEDOM FROM FEAR: THE AMERICAN PEOPLE IN DEPRESSION AND WAR, 1929–1945, won the Pulitzer Prize for History, the Francis Parkman Prize, the Ambassador's Prize and the California Gold Medal for Literature. He is also the author of OVER HERE: THE FIRST WORLD WAR AND AMERICAN SOCIETY, which was a Pulitzer Prize finalist, and BIRTH CONTROL IN AMERICA: THE CAREER OF MARGARET SANGER, which won the Bancroft and John Gilmary Shea Prizes. He is also editor of THE MODERN AMERICAN MILITARY, and co-editor of WORLD WAR II AND THE WEST IT WROUGHT. He lives in Stanford, California. Lizabeth Cohen is an historian of the United States in the 20th century in the Harvard History Department, where she is the Howard Mumford Jones Professor of American Studies and a Harvard University Distinguished Professor. She is the author most recently of Saving America’s Cities: Ed Logue and the Struggle to Renew Urban America in the Suburban Age, which won the Bancroft Prize in American History. Previous books include A Consumers’ Republic: The Politics of Mass Consumption in Postwar America and Making A New Deal: Industrial Workers in Chicago, 1919-1939, which also won the Bancroft and was a finalist for the Pulitzer in History. She was Dean of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study from 2011-2018.

Part I: FOUNDING THE NEW NATION C. 33,000 B.C.E.–1783 C.E.1. New World Beginnings 33,000 B.C.E.–1769 C.E.2. The Planting of English America 1500–1733.3. Settling the Northern Colonies 1619–1700.4. American Life in the Seventeenth Century 1607–1692.5. Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution 1700–1775.6. The Duel for North America 1608–1763.7. The Road to Revolution 1763–1775.8. America Secedes from the Empire 1775–1783.Part II: BUILDING THE NEW NATION C. 1776–1860.9. The Confederation and the Constitution 1776–1790.10. Launching the New Ship of State 1789–1800.11. The Triumphs and Travails of the Jeffersonian Republic 1800–1812.12. The Second War for Independence and the Upsurge of Nationalism 1812–1824.13. The Rise of a Mass Democracy 1824–1840.14. Forging the National Economy 1790–1860.15. The Ferment of Reform and Culture 1790–1860.Part III: TESTING THE NEW NATION 1820–1877.16. The South and the Slavery Controversy 1793–1860.17. Manifest Destiny and Its Legacy 1841–1848.18. Renewing the Sectional Struggle 1848–1854.19. Drifting Toward Disunion 1854–1861.20. Girding for War: The North and the South 1861–1865.21. The Furnace of Civil War 1861–1865.22. The Ordeal of Reconstruction 1865–1877.Part IV: FORGING AN INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY 1869–1909.23. Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age 869–1896.24. Industry Comes of Age 1865–1900.25. America Moves to the City 1865–1900.26. The Great West and the Agricultural Revolution 1865–1896.27. Empire and Expansion 1890–1909.Part V: STRUGGLING FOR JUSTICE AT HOME AND ABROAD 1900–1945.28. Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt 1901–1912.29. Wilsonian Progressivism at Home and Abroad 1912–1916.30. The War to End War 1917–1918.31. American Life in the "Roaring Twenties 1919–1929.32. The Politics of Boom and Bust 1920–1932.33. The Great Depression and the New Deal 1933–1939.34. Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Shadow of War 1933–1941.35. America in World War II 1941–1945.Part VI: MAKING MODERN AMERICA 1945 TO THE PRESENT.36. Travails of the Jeffersonian 945–1952.37. The Eisenhower Era 1952–1960.38. The Stormy Sixties 1960–1968.39. The Stalemated Seventies 1968–1980.40. The Resurgence of Conservatism 1980–1992.41. America Confronts the Post–Cold War Era 1992–2004.42. The American People Face a New Century.

Part I: FOUNDING THE NEW NATION C. 33,000 B.C.E.-1783 C.E. 1. New World Beginnings 33,000 B.C.E.-1769 C.E. 2. The Planting of English America 1500-1733. 3. Settling the Northern Colonies 1619-1700. 4. American Life in the Seventeenth Century 1607-1692. 5. Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution 1700-1775. 6. The Duel for North America 1608-1763. 7. The Road to Revolution 1763-1775. 8. America Secedes from the Empire 1775-1783. Part II: BUILDING THE NEW NATION C. 1776-1860. 9. The Confederation and the Constitution 1776-1790. 10. Launching the New Ship of State 1789-1800. 11. The Triumphs and Travails of the Jeffersonian Republic 1800-1812. 12. The Second War for Independence and the Upsurge of Nationalism 1812-1824. 13. The Rise of a Mass Democracy 1824-1840. 14. Forging the National Economy 1790-1860. 15. The Ferment of Reform and Culture 1790-1860. Part III: TESTING THE NEW NATION 1820-1877. 16. The South and the Slavery Controversy 1793-1860. 17. Manifest Destiny and Its Legacy 1841-1848. 18. Renewing the Sectional Struggle 1848-1854. 19. Drifting Toward Disunion 1854-1861. 20. Girding for War: The North and the South 1861-1865. 21. The Furnace of Civil War 1861-1865. 22. The Ordeal of Reconstruction 1865-1877. Part IV: FORGING AN INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY 1869-1909. 23. Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age 869-1896. 24. Industry Comes of Age 1865-1900. 25. America Moves to the City 1865-1900. 26. The Great West and the Agricultural Revolution 1865-1896. 27. Empire and Expansion 1890-1909. Part V: STRUGGLING FOR JUSTICE AT HOME AND ABROAD 1900-1945. 28. Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt 1901-1912. 29. Wilsonian Progressivism at Home and Abroad 1912-1916. 30. The War to End War 1917-1918. 31. American Life in the "Roaring Twenties 1919-1929. 32. The Politics of Boom and Bust 1920-1932. 33. The Great Depression and the New Deal 1933-1939. 34. Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Shadow of War 1933-1941. 35. America in World War II 1941-1945. Part VI: MAKING MODERN AMERICA 1945 TO THE PRESENT. 36. Travails of the Jeffersonian 945-1952. 37. The Eisenhower Era 1952-1960. 38. The Stormy Sixties 1960-1968. 39. The Stalemated Seventies 1968-1980. 40. The Resurgence of Conservatism 1980-1992. 41. America Confronts the Post-Cold War Era 1992-2004. 42. The American People Face a New Century.