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A People and a Nation - 7th Edition
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Informationen zum Autor Mary Beth Norton, the Mary Donlon Alger Professor of American History at Cornell University, received her B.A. from the University of Michigan and her Ph.D. from Harvard University. She teaches courses in the history of exploration, early America, women’s history, Atlantic world and American Revolution. Her many books have won awards from the Society of American Historians, Berkshire Conference of Women Historians and English-Speaking Union. Her book, FOUNDING MOTHERS & FATHERS, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. In 2011 her book SEPARATED BY THEIR SEX: WOMEN IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE IN THE COLONIAL ATLANTIC WORLD was published. She was the Pitt Professor of American History at the University of Cambridge in 2005-2006. The Rockefeller Foundation, Guggenheim Foundation and Huntington Library, among others, have awarded her fellowships. Dr. Norton has served on the National Council for the Humanities and is an elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She has appeared on Book TV, the History and Discovery Channels, PBS and NBC as a commentator on Early American history. David W. Blight received his B.A. from Michigan State University and his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin. He is the Sterling Professor of American History and director of the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance and Abolition at Yale University. In 2019, he won the Pulitzer Prize in history for his work, FREDERICK DOUGLASS: PROPHET OF FREEDOM. His RACE AND REUNION: THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICAN MEMORY, 1863–1915, received eight awards, including the Bancroft Prize, the Frederick Douglass Prize, the Abraham Lincoln Prize and four prizes awarded by the Organization of American Historians. Blight’s essays and op-eds have appeared in numerous journals and newspapers. From 2013–2014, he was the Pitt Professor of American History at the University of Cambridge in the UK. For the first seven years of his career Dr. Blight was a high school history teacher in his hometown of Flint, MI. In 2023, he served as president of the Organization of American Historians. Howard P. Chudacoff, the George L. Littlefield Emeritus Professor of American History at Brown University, was born in Omaha, Nebraska. He earned his A.B. (1965), M.A. (1967) and Ph.D. (1969) at the University of Chicago. He has written MOBILE AMERICANS (1972), THE EVOLUTION OF AMERICAN URBAN SOCIETY (eight editions between 1975 and 2014), HOW OLD ARE YOU: AGE CONSCIOUSNESS IN AMERICAN CULTURE (1989), THE AGE OF THE BACHELOR: CREATING AN AMERICAN SUBCULTURE (1999), CHILDREN AT PLAY: AN AMERICAN HISTORY (2007) and CHANGING THE PLAYBOOK: HOW POWER, PROFIT, AND POLITICS TRANSFORMED COLLEGE SPORTS (2015). His articles have appeared in The Journal of American History, The Journal of Family History, Reviews in American History and The Journal of Sport History. At Brown, he has served as Co-Chair of the Program in American Civilization, Chair of the History Department, Executive Committee of the Urban Studies Program and Faculty Representative to the NCAA. The National Endowment for the Humanities, Ford Foundation and Rockefeller Foundation have funded his scholarship. A native of Stockholm, Sweden, Fredrik Logevall is the Laurence D. Belfer Professor of International Affairs at Harvard University, where he holds appointments in the Department of History and the Kennedy School of Government. He received his B.A. from Simon Fraser University and his Ph.D. from Yale University. He is the author or editor of 11 books, most recently JFK: COMING OF AGE IN THE AMERICAN CENTURY, 1917–1956 (2020), which received the Elizabeth Longford Prize and was The Times (UK) biography of the year and a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. His book EMBERS OF WAR: THE FALL OF AN EMPIRE AND THE MAKING OF AMERICA'S VIETNAM (2012), won the Pulitzer Prize in History and the Francis Parkman Prize, in addition to other awards. A past president of the Society ...
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Note: Each chapter includes a Summary.1. Three Old Worlds Create a New, 1492-1600American SocietiesNorth America in 1492African SocietiesEuropean SocietiesEarly European ExplorationsThe Voyages of Columbus, Cabot, and Their SuccessorsSpanish Exploration and ConquestThe Columbian ExchangeLinks to the World: MaizeEuropeans in North AmericaLegacy for a People and a Nation: Columbus Day2. Europeans Colonize North America, 1600-1640New Spain, New France, and New NetherlandThe CaribbeanLinks to the World: WampumEnglish Interest in ColonizationThe Founding of VirginiaLife in the ChesapeakeThe Founding of New EnglandLife in New EnglandLegacy for a People and a Nation: The Foxwoods Casino and the Mashantucket Pequot Museum3. North America in the Atlantic World, 1640-1720The Growth of Anglo-American SettlementsA Decade of Imperial Crises: The 1670sAfrican Slavery on the MainlandThe Web of Empire and the Atlantic Slave TradeLinks to the World: International PiracyEnslavement of Africans and IndiansImperial Reorganization and the Witchcraft CrisisLegacy for a People and a Nation: Americans of African Descent4. American Society Transformed, 1720-1770Population Growth and Ethnic DiversityEconomic Growth and DevelopmentColonial CulturesLinks to the World: Exotic BeveragesColonial FamiliesPolitics: Stability and Crisis in British AmericaA Crisis in ReligionLegacy for a People and a Nation: "Self-Made Men"5. Severing the Bonds of Empire, 1754-1774Renewed Warfare Among Europeans and IndiansLinks to the World: The First Worldwide War1763: A Turning PointThe Stamp Act CrisisResistance to the Townshend ActsConfrontations in BostonTea and TurmoilLegacy for a People and a Nation: The Census and Reapportionment6. A Revolution, Indeed, 1774-1783Government by Congress and CommitteeContest in the BackcountryChoosing SidesLinks to the World: New NationsWar and IndependenceThe Struggle in the NorthLife in the Army and on the Home FrontVictory in the SouthLegacy for a People and a Nation: Revolutionary Origins7. Forging a National Republic, 1776-1789Creating a Virtuous RepublicLinks to the World: NovelsThe First Emancipation and the Growth of RacismDesigning Republican GovernmentsTrials of the ConfederationOrder and Disorder in the WestFrom Crisis to the ConstitutionOpposition and RatificationLegacy for a People and a Nation: Women's Education8. The Early Republic: Conflicts at Home and Abroad, 1789-1800Building a Workable GovernmentDomestic Policy Under Washington and HamiltonThe French Revolution and the Development of Partisan PoliticsPartisan Politics and Relations with Great BritainJohn Adams and Political DissentIndians and African Americans at the End of the CenturyLinks to the World: Haitian RefugeesLegacy for a People and a Nation: Dissent During Wartime9. Partisan Politics and War: The Democratic-Republicans in Power, 1801-1815The Jefferson Presidency and Marshall CourtLouisiana and Lewis and ClarkA New Political CultureIndian ResistanceAmerican Shipping ImperiledLinks to the World: Industrial Piracy"Mr. Madison's War"Peace and ConsequencesLegacy for a People and a Nation: States' Rights and Nullification10. Nationalism, Expansion, and the Market Economy, 1816-1845Postwar NationalismThe Market Economy and Government's RoleTransportation LinksLinks to the World: The United States as a Developing NationCommercial FarmingThe Rise of Manufacturing and CommerceWorkers and the WorkplaceAmericans on the MoveAmerican Indian Resistance and RemovalLegacy for a People and a Nation: A Mixed Economy11. Reform and Politics in the Age of Jackson, 1824-1845From Revival to ReformAbolitionism and the Women's MovementLinks to the World: The International Antislavery MovementJacksonianism and Party PoliticsFederalism at Issue: The Nullification and Bank ControversiesThe Whig Challenge and the Second Party SystemManifest Destiny and ExpansionismLegacy for a Peo
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