| Description |
xvi, 969 pages, 39 pages, 6 pages, 21 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
Preface -- A Note on the Suggestions for Reading -- Maps -- Ch. 1 Making Use of a New World (starting p. 2) -- Exploration -- Tudor England and the New World -- The Founding of Virginia -- The Founding of New England -- Proprietary Ventures -- Ch. 2 The Pattern of Empire (starting p. 30) -- Mercantilism -- The Restoration Colonies -- Problems of Enforcement -- The Contest for the Continent -- Ch. 3 The First American Way of Life (starting p. 60) -- Patterns of Existence -- The Emerging American Mind -- Ch. 4 The Second Discovery of America (starting p. 86) -- Contest for Empire -- A New Empire and New Ideas -- Toward Independence -- Ch. 5 An American People (starting p. 118) -- The Winning of Independence -- The Experimental Period -- The Crisis of American Nationality -- Ch. 6 Establishing National Institutions (starting p. 148) -- Launching the New Government -- The Shaping of Domestic Policy -- Foreign Affairs under Washington -- Federalists versus Republicans -- The Presidency of John Adams -- Ch. 7 Jeffersonian Republicanism (starting p. 174) -- Economy and Simplicity -- Ferment in the West -- Political Complications -- Trouble on the High Seas -- The Decision for War -- The War of 1812 -- Peace Negotiations -- Ch. 8 Nationalism and Economic Expansion (starting p. 200) -- The Triumph of Neo-Federalism -- John Marshall and the Supreme Court -- The Monroe Doctrine -- The Westward Movement -- Slavery and the Cotton Kingdom -- Another Frontier: Industry and Technology -- Ch. 9 Politics for the Common Man (starting p. 228) -- The New Democracy -- John Quincy Adams and National Republicanism -- Jacksonian Democracy -- Internal Improvements and Public Lands -- Religious and Ethnic Minorities -- The Tariff and Nullification -- The Bank War -- Panic and Depression -- Tyler and Paralysis -- Ch. 10 An Era of Reform (starting p. 258) -- The Religious Background -- The Movement for Reform -- The Crusade against Slavery -- The Proslavery Argument -- Ch. 11 Expansion and Sectional Crisis (starting p. 282) -- Westward to the Pacific -- Polk and the Triumph of Manifest Destiny -- War with Mexico -- Crisis and Compromise -- The Aftermath -- Ch. 12 America at Midcentury (starting p. 308) -- The Emergence of an American Literature -- Intimations of Imperialism -- International Trade -- Immigration -- Economic Growth -- Economic Discontent in the South -- Ch. 13 Destruction of the Union (starting p. 330) -- The Divisive Issue -- The House Divided -- Heightened Violence -- Ch. 14 The Civil War (starting p. 358) -- Preparation for War -- Battlefields and Emancipation -- The Decisive Campaigns of 1863 -- The War's End -- Ch. 15 Reconstruction (starting p. 394) -- Andrew Johnson and Reconstruction -- The Ebullient North -- The Grant Era -- Ch. 16 The New South: Reunion and Readjustment (starting p. 420) -- Sectional Compromise Restored -- Subordination of the Freedmen -- Politics in the New South -- The Colonial Economy -- Ch. 17 The New West: Empire within a Nation (starting p. 440) -- Subordination of the Indians -- The Era of the Bonanzas -- The Farmer Moves West -- Ch. 18 The Ordeal of Industrialization (starting p. 462) -- The Railroad Empire -- Industrial Empire -- Laissez-Faire Conservatism -- The House of Labor -- Ch. 19 The Urban Society (starting p. 484) -- America Moves to Town -- The Awakening of the Social Conscience -- The Spread of Learning -- Arts, Letters, and Critics -- Ch. 20 Stalemate, Agrarian Revolt, and Republican Triumph, 1877-1896 (starting p. 508) -- The Business of Politics -- The Conservative Ascendancy -- The Agrarian Revolt -- The Depression and the Silver Issue -- Ch. 21 Empire Beyond the Seas (starting p. 534) -- Withdrawal and Return -- The New Diplomacy -- War with Spain -- The White Man's Burden -- Ch. 22 The Progressive Movement and the Square Deal (starting p. 552) -- National Wealth and the Business Elite -- Protest and Reform -- The Republican Roosevelt -- Roosevelt and Reform -- Roosevelt and World Power -- Ch. 23 Progressivism: Retreat and Resurgence (starting p. 584) -- Insurgency -- Progressivism at Zenith -- Wilson and Moral Diplomacy -- Problems of Neutrality -- The Road to War -- Ch. 24 War and Its Sequel (starting p. 610) -- The Armed Forces on Land and Sea -- The Home Front -- Constructing the Peace -- Negotiating Peace -- The Struggle over Ratification -- Transition from War -- Normalcy -- Ch. 25 A New Age of Business (starting p. 646) -- A New Cult of Enterprise -- One Nation Divisible -- Grandiose Illusions -- Nonconformity and Dissent -- Ch. 26 The End of an Era (starting p. 672) -- President Hoover -- The Onset of Depression -- Diplomacy in Depression -- The Depths of Depression -- Ch. 27 The New Deal (starting p. 694) -- Franklin D. Roosevelt -- The Hundred Days -- The Struggle for Recovery -- The 1936 Election -- The Supreme Court Fight -- Social and Economic Crises -- The American People in the Depression -- Ch. 28 The Decay of Peace (starting p. 726) -- Early Ventures -- Isolationism at Flood Tide -- Neutrality on Test -- Aggression in Asia -- Awakening the Nation -- America and the War -- The Election of 1940 -- Aid Short of War -- Thunder in the East -- Ch. 29 The World in Flames (starting p. 748) -- America Organizes for War -- The War in Europe -- The War in the Pacific -- The Fourth Term -- The Diplomacy of Coalition -- Triumph and Tragedy -- Ch. 30 The Cold War (starting p. 782) -- Truman Takes Over -- Experiment in World Order -- The Cold War Begins -- Why the Cold War? -- Confusion on the Home Front -- Second Term -- Limited War -- The Korean War: Repercussions -- The 1952 Election -- Ch. 31 Consolidation and Conflict (starting p. 810) -- The Eisenhower Mood -- Nationalism and the Superpowers -- The United States and the Soviet Union -- Republican Domestic Policy -- The American People in the 1950s -- End of the Eisenhower Era -- Ch. 32 Reform and Revolt (starting p. 834) -- The Thousand Days -- The Johnson Years -- A Decade of Upheaval -- Ch. 33 The Presidency Rebuked and Restored (starting p. 866) -- From Confrontation to Negotiation -- Decline and Fall -- The Presidency Restored -- Ch. 34 Tides of Conservatism (starting p. 896) -- From Negotiation to Confrontation -- Dilemmas of the Economic Order -- The Reagan Counterrevolution -- Reagan and the World -- Economic Consequences of Reaganomics -- Ch. 35 Toward the Twenty-First Century (starting p. 930) -- Decline or Readjustment -- Society Moves into the 1990s -- Engines of Change -- Toward a New World Order -- Politics As Usual -- Appendix A (starting p. A1) -- The Declaration of Independence -- The Constitution of the United States of America -- Admission of States -- Population of the United States -- Appendix B (starting p. A17) -- Presidential Elections -- Presidents, Vice Presidents, and Cabinet Members -- Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court -- Index (starting p. 11) |
| Summary |
A history of the United States with an emphasis on public policy. Includes maps, photos, charts, and suggestions for further reading |
| Analysis |
Geschichte |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies and index |
| SUBJECT |
United States -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140130
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United States -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140130
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| Author |
Blum, John Morton, 1921-2011.
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| LC no. |
92072976 |
| ISBN |
0155003666 |
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0155007300 (vol 1.) |
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0155007319 (vol 2.) |
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