America: The Essential Learning Edition (Volume 1)

Höfundar: David E. Shi; Daina Ramey Berry; Joe Crespino; Amy Murrell Taylor (Útgáfa: 4)
America: The Essential Learning Edition (Volume 1)

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A best-selling narrative history enters a new generation The beloved and best-selling America: A Narrative History family of books has been used by millions of students because of its enthralling storytelling that brings history to life. Award-winning teachers and scholars Daina Ramey Berry (University of California, Santa Barbara), Joseph Crespino (Emory University), and Amy Murrell Taylor (University of Kentucky) join lead author David Shi (Furman University) to enhance the balanced narrative with a focus on the diverse experiences of women in American history.

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Útgefandi
W. W. Norton
ISBN
9781324085133
Print ISBN
9781324085119
Format
ePub
Útgáfa
4
Höfundar
David E. Shi; Daina Ramey Berry; Joe Crespino; Amy Murrell Taylor
Tungumál
English
Útgefið
2025-07-15
Prent takmörkun á líftíma
100
Prent takmörkun
2
Afritunar takmörkun
2

Kaflar

  • Cover
  • Publisher’s Notice
  • Half-Title
  • Frontispiece
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • About the Authors
  • Contents in Brief
  • Contents
  • List of Comparing Perspectives Features
  • List of Maps
  • List of Thinking Like a Historian Features
  • List of What’s It All About? Features
  • Preface
  • Media Resources for Instructors and Students
  • Acknowledgments
  • Part 1: An Old “New” World
  • Chapter 1: The Collision of Cultures in the Sixteenth Century
  • Early Cultures in the Americas
  • The Age of Exploration and the Rise of Global Trade
  • The Spanish Empire
  • The Columbian Exchange
  • The Spanish in North America
  • Reviewing the Core Objectives
  • Chapter 2: England and Its American Colonies, 1607–1732
  • The English Background
  • Settling the American Colonies
  • Indigenous Peoples and English Settlers
  • Thriving Colonies
  • Reviewing the Core Objectives
  • Chapter 3: Colonial Ways of Life, 1607–1750
  • The Demography of the Early Colonies
  • Women in the Colonies
  • Society and Economy in the Colonies
  • Race-Based Chattel Slavery in the Colonies
  • First Stirrings of a Common Colonial Culture
  • Reviewing the Core Objectives
  • Chapter 4: From Colonies to States, 1607–1776
  • French and British Colonies
  • Warfare in the Colonies
  • Tightening of Control over the British Colonies
  • The Road to the American Revolution
  • Reviewing the Core Objectives
  • Thinking Like a Historian: Debating the Origins of the American Revolution
  • Part 2: Building a Nation
  • Chapter 5: The American Revolution, 1775–1783
  • American Society at War
  • Mobilizing for War
  • Setbacks for the British (1777–1781)
  • War as an Engine of Change
  • Equality and Its Limits
  • Reviewing the Core Objectives
  • Chapter 6: Securing the Constitution and Union, 1783–1800
  • The Confederation Government
  • The Constitution
  • The Fight for Ratification
  • The Federalist Era
  • Foreign and Domestic Crises
  • Reviewing the Core Objectives
  • Chapter 7: The Early Republic, 1800–1815
  • Jeffersonian Republicanism
  • War in the Mediterranean and Europe
  • The War of 1812
  • The Aftermath of War
  • Reviewing the Core Objectives
  • Thinking Like a Historian: Debating Thomas Jefferson and Slavery
  • Part 3: An Expanding Nation
  • Chapter 8: The Emergence of a Market Economy, 1815–1860
  • The Market Revolution
  • Industrial Development
  • Immigration
  • Organized Labor and New Professions
  • Reviewing the Core Objectives
  • Chapter 9: Nationalism and Sectionalism, 1815–1828
  • A New Nationalism
  • Debates over the American System
  • “An Era of Good Feelings”
  • Nationalist Diplomacy
  • The Rise of Andrew Jackson
  • Reviewing the Core Objectives
  • Chapter 10: A New Democratic Era, 1828–1840
  • Democratization and the Role of the Federal Government
  • Nullification
  • Jackson’s Policy on Indigenous Americans
  • Political Battles
  • Beyond Jackson’s Legacy: A New Era
  • Reviewing the Core Objectives
  • Chapter 11: The South and Slavery, 1800–1860
  • Racial Capitalism
  • The Cotton Kingdom
  • Whites in the South
  • Enslaved People in the South
  • Forging an Enslaved Community
  • Reviewing the Core Objectives
  • Chapter 12: Religion, Romanticism, and Reform, 1800–1860
  • A More Democratic Religion
  • Romanticism in America
  • The Reform Impulse
  • Anti-Slavery and Women’s Rights Movements
  • Reviewing the Core Objectives
  • Thinking Like a Historian: Debating Separate Spheres
  • Part 4: A House Divided and Rebuilt
  • Chapter 13: Western Expansion and Southern Secession, 1830–1861
  • Moving West
  • The Mexican-American War
  • Slavery in the Territories
  • The Emergence of the Republican Party
  • The Southern Response
  • Reviewing the Core Objectives
  • Chapter 14: The War of the Union, 1861–1865
  • Mobilizing Forces in the North and South
  • Emancipation
  • The War behind the Lines
  • The Faltering Confederacy
  • A Transformational War
  • Reviewing the Core Objectives
  • Chapter 15: The Era of Reconstruction, 1865–1877
  • The War’s Aftermath in the South
  • Battles over Political Reconstruction
  • Black Society under Reconstruction
  • The Grant Administration
  • Reconstruction’s Significance
  • Reviewing the Core Objectives
  • Thinking Like a Historian: Debating Reconstruction’s Demise
  • Glossary
  • Appendix
  • The Declaration of Independence (1776)
  • Articles of Confederation (1787)
  • The Constitution of the United States (1787)
  • Amendments to the Constitution
  • Presidential Elections
  • Admission of States
  • Population of the United States
  • Immigration by Region and Selected Country of Last Residence, Fiscal Years 1820–2027
  • Legal Immigration to the United States
  • Presidents, Vice Presidents, and Secretaries of State
  • Further Readings
  • Text Credits
  • Photo Credits
  • Index
  • Endpapers