The American Pageant: A History of the American People
Author:David M. Kennedy, Lizabeth Cohen
Edition:17th Edition
Chapters
- Chapter 1: New World Beginnings – Early Exploration & Colonization→
- Chapter 2: Colliding Worlds – Europe, Africa & the Americas Meet→
- Chapter 3: Settling the English Colonies – Chesapeake to New England→
- Chapter 4: American Life in the 17th Century→
- Chapter 5: Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution→
- Chapter 6: The Road to Revolution – Causes & Protests→
- Chapter 7: America Secedes from the Empire – The Revolution Begins→
- Chapter 8: The Confederation & the Constitution – Nation Building→
- Chapter 9: Launching the New Nation – Washington & Hamilton→
- Chapter 10: The Triumphs and Travails of Jefferson’s Presidency→
- Chapter 11: The War of 1812 & the Rise of Nationalism→
- Chapter 12: The Rise of Jacksonian Democracy→
- Chapter 13: Forging the National Economy – Market Revolution→
- Chapter 14: The Ferment of Reform & Culture – Second Awakening→
- Chapter 15: The South & Slavery in the Early 1800s→
- Chapter 16: Manifest Destiny & Westward Expansion→
- Chapter 17: Renewing the Sectional Struggle – Slavery & Politics→
- Chapter 18: Drifting Toward Disunion – The Nation Divides→
- Chapter 19: The North & South Prepare for War→
- Chapter 20: The Furnace of the Civil War – Battles & Strategy→
- Chapter 21: The Ordeal of Reconstruction – Rebuilding the South→
- Chapter 22: The Industrial Era Dawns – Gilded Age Growth→
- Chapter 23: Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age→
- Chapter 24: America Moves to the City – Immigration & Urban Life→
- Chapter 25: The Conquest of the West – Expansion & Resistance→
- Chapter 26: Rumbles of Discontent – Populists & Labor Unrest→
- Chapter 27: Empire & Expansion – The Spanish-American War→
- Chapter 28: Progressivism & Roosevelt’s Reform Era→
- Chapter 29: Wilson’s Progressivism in Peace & War→
- Chapter 30: American Life in the Roaring Twenties→
- Chapter 31: The Great Depression & FDR’s New Deal→
- Chapter 32: FDR & the Shadow of War – Pre–World War II America→
- Chapter 33: America in World War II→
- Chapter 34: The Cold War Begins – Containment & Conflict→
- Chapter 35: American Zenith – Prosperity & the 1950s→
- Chapter 36: The Stormy Sixties – Civil Rights & Vietnam→
- Chapter 37: A Sea of Troubles – The 1970s→
- Chapter 38: The Resurgence of Conservatism – Reagan Era→
- Chapter 39: America in the Post–Cold War World→
- Chapter 40: The American People Face a New Century→
Related Books
- A Short Guide to Writing about FilmTimothy Corrigan · 8th Edition→
- Freud and Beyond: A History of Modern Psychoanalytic ThoughtStephen A. Mitchell, Margaret J. Black · 1st Edition→
- Give Me Liberty!: An American HistoryEric Foner · 5th Edition→
- Man and His SymbolsCarl G. Jung · 1st Edition→
- Sapiens: A Brief History of HumankindYuval Noah Harari · 1st Edition→
- Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham LincolnDoris Kearns Goodwin · 1st Edition→