Jennifer D. Keene – Visions of America. A History of the United States (2nd edition)

Автор: Jennifer D. Keene
Название книги: Visions of America. A History of the United States
Формат: PDF
Жанр: История Америки, Австралии, Океании
Страницы: 1039
Качество: Изначально компьютерное, E-book

Praised by instructors and students alike, the first edition of Visions of America has brought history to life for a generation of visual learners–and has shown how competing visions of America have shaped our nation’s past.

We’ve made the second edition of this program even better by adding engaging new features and even easier access to new teaching resources. And, thorough integration with the new MyHistoryLab enables instructors to personalize learning for each student.

A better teaching and learning experience
This program will provide a better teaching and learning experience–for you and your students. Here’s how:
Personalize Learning — The new MyHistoryLab delivers proven results in helping students succeed, provides engaging experiences that personalize learning, and comes from a trusted partner with educational expertise and a deep commitment to helping students and instructors achieve their goals.
Improve Critical Thinking — Chapter openers and end-of-chapter study materials that are tied to MyHistoryLab combine visual sources, narrative, and questions to help students study effectively.
Engage Students — Features focusing on visions that have shaped America and images are integrated with the new MyHistoryLab for a comprehensive learning program.
Support Instructors — MyHistoryLab, Annotated Instructor’s eText, MyHistoryLab Instructor’s Guide, Teaching Images and Teaching Notes, Class Preparation Tool, Instructor’s Manual, MyTest, and PowerPoints are available to be packaged with this text.

Brief Contents
CHAPTER
1 People in Motion: The Atlantic World to 1590 2
2 Models of Settlement: English Colonial Societies, 1590–1710 34
3 Growth, Slavery, and Conflict: Colonial America, 1710–1763 64
4 Revolutionary America: Change and Transformation, 1764–1783 96
5 A Virtuous Republic: Creating a Workable Government, 1783–1789 128
6 The New Republic: An Age of Political Passion, 1789–1800 156
7 Jeffersonian America: An Expanding Empire of Liberty, 1800–1824 188
8 Democrats and Whigs: Democracy and American Culture, 1820–1840 220
9 Workers, Farmers, and Slaves: The Transformation of the American Economy, 1815–1848 252
10 Revivalism, Reform, and Artistic Renaissance, 1820–1850 282
11 “To Overspread the Continent”: Westward Expansion and Political Conflict, 1840–1848 316
12 Slavery and Sectionalism: The Political Crisis of 1848–1861 340
13 A Nation Torn Apart: The Civil War, 1861–1865 374
14 Now That We Are Free: Reconstruction and the New South, 1863–1890 404
15 Conflict and Conquest: The Transformation of the West, 1860–1900 438
16 Wonder and Woe: The Rise of Industrial America, 1865–1900 468
17 Becoming a Modern Society: America in the Gilded Age, 1877–1900 498
18 Creating a Democratic Paradise: The Progressive Era, 1895 –1915 530
19 Imperial America: The United States in the World, 1890–1914 560
20 The Great War: World War I, 1914–1918 592
21 A Turbulent Decade: The Twenties 624
22 A New Deal for America: The Great Depression, 1929–1940 654
23 World War II: Fighting the Good War, 1939–1945 684
24 A Divided World: The Early Cold World, 1945–1963 718
25 In a Land of Plenty: Contentment and Discord, 1945–1960 750
26 A Nation Divided: The Vietnam War, 1945–1975 778
27 A Decade of Discord: The Challenge of the Sixties 810
28 Righting a Nation Adrift: America in the 1970s and 1980s 842
29 Building a New World Order: The United States, 1989–2011 874