Concise American History - An Introduction to American History

Expertly steering readers through the often tumultuous and exhilarating history of the United States, from its early modern Native American roots to the shifting political climate of the past decade, this textbook provides a compelling overview of American development over the last five centuries.

List of contents

Introduction
1 In Indian Country
2 A provincial society in an Atlantic World
3 The revolution that made a republic
4 A union and a nation
5 The growth of the white republic
6 Problems of slavery, freedom, and sectionalism in the antebellum US
7 Civil War and the wars of Reconstruction
8 Western conquest, white supremacy, and the rise of a superpower
9 The rise of imperial America
10 State building in the United States
11 Depression and New Deal America
12 From neutrality to war
13 Cold war America, 1945–1954
14 Prosperity and crisis in the 1950s
15 The turbulent sixties
16 Economic turmoil and conservative triumph, 1969–1988
17 The age of neoliberalism, 1989–2016
Index

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Summary

Expertly steering readers through the often tumultuous and exhilarating history of the United States, from its early modern Native American roots to the shifting political climate of the past decade, this textbook provides a compelling overview of American development over the last five centuries.

Product details

• Authors: David Brown, David (University of Manchester Brown, Thomas Heinrich, Simon Middleton, Middleton Simon, Vivien Miller, Miller Vivien
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.10.2020
• EAN: 9780415677165
• ISBN: 978-0-415-67716-5
• No. of pages: 534
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, HISTORY / United States / 21st Century, HISTORY / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, HISTORY / United States / General, HISTORY / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775), HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, HISTORY / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), HISTORY / Reference, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, History of the Americas, History and Archaeology