Alan Brinkley's American History sets the standard for balance of perspective and the exploration of ongoing historical questions. In this AP edition, we are pleased to announce a number of firsts for American History: a new primary-source feature that makes connections between the present and the past; a new pedagogy program that helps students to comprehend and think critically about content; and a groundbreaking set of digital tools, powered by Connect; that create a unique learning environment. The result is greater course success. Connect to the stories, connect to the experience, connect to success in history. - Back cover.
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ISBN:0076621421
ISBN:9780076621422
ISBN:0077379497
ISBN:9780077379490
ISBN:0077379500
ISBN:9780077379506
ISBN:0073406953
ISBN:9780073406954
Physical Description:xl, 914, 64 unnumbered pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 29 cm. print
The collision of cultures -- Transplantations and borderlands -- Society and culture in provincial America -- The empire in transition -- The American Revolution -- The constitution and the new republic -- The Jeffersonian era -- Varieties of American nationalism --Jacksonian America -- America's economic revolution --Cotton, slavery, and the old south --Antebellum culture and reform -- The impending crisis -- The civil war -- Reconstruction and the new south -- The conquest of the far west -- Industrial supremacy -- The age of the city -- From crisis to empire -- The progressive era -- America and the Great War -- The new era -- The great depression -- The new deal -- The global crisis -- America in a world at war -- The cold war -- The affluent society -- Civil rights, Vietnam, and the ordeal of liberalism -- The crisis of authority -- From "the age of limits" to the age of Reagan -- The age of globalization.
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