History of the American People - Volume 1: To the Civil War

List of contents

1. Discovery and Settlement 2. The Colonial System Takes Form 3. The Duel with France 4. American Life in 1763. 5. The Insoluble Problems of the New Empire 6. The Revolution 7. The Federal Union Formed 8. The New Nation Gets Under Way 9. Jeffersonian Democracy 10. The Presidency of Jefferson 11. The War of 1812. 12. The Era of Good Feeling 13. The Jacksonian Period 14. The Nation in Mid-Century 15. A Decade of Expansion, 1840-1850 16. The Inevitable Conflict.

About the author

James Truslow Adams

Summary

Originally published in 1933, this volume tells the story of the rise of the American nation encompassing economics, religion, social change and politics from settlement to the Civil War.

Product details

• Authors: James Truslow Adams, James Truslow Adams
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2020
• EAN: 9780367542139
• ISBN: 978-0-367-54213-9
• No. of pages: 510
• Series: A History of the American People
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; USA, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, HISTORY / General, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, HISTORY / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775), HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), HISTORY / North America, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, HISTORY / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), c 1800 to c 1900, United States of America, USA, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, History of the Americas, Early modern warfare (including gunpowder warfare), American War of Independence, C 1700 To C 1800, c 1860 to c 1869, Later 18th century c 1750 to c 1799, Civil wars, American Civil War