American History Now

Rev. ed. of: The new American history. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1997.

List of contents

Volume Editors’ Preface

Series Editor’s Preface

Part I: Eras of the American Past

1. Squaring the Circles: The Reach of Colonial America • Alan Taylor

2. American Revolution and Early Republic • Woody Holton

3. Jacksonian America • Seth Rockman

4. Slavery, the Civil War, and Reconstruction • Adam Rothman

5. The Possibilities of Politics: Democracy in America, 1877 to 1917 • Robert D. Johnston

6. The Interwar Years • Lisa McGirr

7. The Uncertain Future of American Politics, 1940 to 1973 • Meg Jacobs

8. 1973 to the Present • Kim Phillips-Fein

Part II: Major Themes in the American Experience

9. The United States in the World • Erez Manela

10. The “Cultural Turn” • Lawrence B. Glickman

11. American Religion • John T. McGreevy

12. Frontiers, Borderlands, Wests • Stephen Aron

13. Environmental History • Sarah T. Phillips

14. History of American Capitalism • Sven Beckert

15. Women’s and Gender History • Rebecca Edwards

16. Immigration and Ethnic History • Mae M. Ngai

17. American Indians and the Study of U. S. History • Ned Blackhawk

18. African-American History • Kevin Gaines

Contributors

Summary

A new generation of scholars addresses the current themes and questions in interpreting American history

Product details

• Assisted by: American Historical Association (Editor), Eric Foner (Editor), Lisa Mcgirr (Editor)
• Publisher: Temple University Press,U.S.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.06.2011
• EAN: 9781439902448
• ISBN: 978-1-4399-0244-8
• No. of pages: 440
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 230 mm x 24 mm
• Weight: 596 g
• Series: Critical Perspectives On The P; Critical Perspectives on the P
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries