America Past and Present (v. 2)

America Past and Present, Brief Edition presents a balanced and manageable overview of the United States as an unfolding story of national development, blending the best in past historical interpretation with new scholarship. This edition features all of the strengths found in the successful comprehensive text: a compelling narrative, clear organization, and exceptional pedagogy. An attractive four-color design -featuring numerous maps, photos, and timelines engage and assist students in their study of American history. In the new 7th edition of America Past and Present, Brief Edition the authors have streamlined the coverage in the contemporary chapters and added a new feature that explores the connections between the past and the present.

16. The Agony of Reconstruction. Robert Smalls and Black Politicians During Reconstruction. The President Versus Congress. Reconstructing Southern Society. Retreat from Reconstruction. Reunion and the New South. Conclusion: The "Unfinished Revolution." 17. The West: Exploiting an Empire. Lean Bear's Changing West. Beyond the Frontier. Crushing the Native Americans. Settlement of the West. The Bonanza West. Conclusion: The Meaning of the West. 18. The Industrial Society. A Machine Culture. Industrial Development. An Empire on Rails. An Industrial Empire. The Sellers. The Wage Earners. Conclusion: Industrializations Benefits and Costs. 19. Toward an Urban Society, 1877-1900. The Overcrowded City. The Lure of the City. Social and Cultural Change, 1877-1900. The Stirrings of Reform. Conclusion: A Pluralistic Society. We Americans: Ellis Island: Isle of Hope, Isle of Tears. 20. Political Realignments in the 1890s. Hardship and Heartache. Politics of Stalemate. Republicans in Power: The Billion-Dollar Congress. The Rise of the Populist Movement. The Crisis of the Depression. Changing Attitudes. The Presidential Election of 1896. The McKinley Administration. Conclusion: A Decade's Dramatic Changes. 21. Toward Empire. Roosevelt and the Rough Riders. America Looks Outward. War with Spain. Acquisition of Empire. Conclusion: Outcome of the War with Spain. 22. The Progressive Era. Muckrakers' Call for Reform. The Changing Face of Industrialism. Society's Masses. Conflict in the Workplace. A New Urban Culture. Conclusion: A Ferment of Discovery and Reform. 23. From Roosevelt to Wilson in the Age of Progressivism. The Republicans' Split. The Spirit of Progressivism. Reform in the Cities and States. The Republican Roosevelt. Roosevelt Progressivism at Its Height. The Ordeal of William Howard Taft. Woodrow Wilson's New Freedom. Conclusion: The Fruits of Progressivism. 24. The Nation at War. The Sinking of the Lusitania. A New World Power. Foreign Policy Under Wilson. Toward War. Over There. Over Here. The Treaty of Versailles. Conclusion: Post-War Disillusionment. 25. Transition to Modern America. Wheels for the Millions. The Second Industrial Revolution. City Life in the Jazz Age. The Rural Counterattack. Politics of the 1920s. Conclusion: The Old and the New. 26. Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal. The Struggle Against Despair. The Great Crash. Fighting the Depression. Roosevelt and Reform. Impact of the New Deal. End of the New Deal. Conclusion: Evaluation of the New Deal. 27. America and the World, 1921-1945. A Pact Without Power. Retreat, Reversal, and Rivalry. Isolationism. The Road to War. Turning the Tide Against the Axis. The Home Front. Victory. Conclusion: The Transforming Power of War. 28. The Onset of the Cold War. The Potsdam Summit. The Cold War Begins. Containment. The Cold War Expands. The Cold War at Home. Eisenhower Wages the Cold War. Conclusion: The Continuing Cold War. 29. Affluence and Anxiety. Levittown: The Flight to the Suburbs. The Postwar Boom. The Good Life? Farewell to Reform. The Struggle over Civil Rights. Conclusion: Restoring National Confidence. 30. The Turbulent Sixties. Kennedy versus Nixon: The First Televised Presidential Candidate Debate. Kennedy Intensifies the Cold War. The New Frontier at Home. "Let Us Continue." Johnson Escalates the Vietnam War. Years of Turmoil. The Return of Richard Nixon. Conclusion: The End of an Era. We Americans: Unintended Consequences: The Second Great Migration. 31.Towards a New Conservatism, 1969--1988 Reagan and America's Shift to the Right The Tempting of Richard Nixon The Economy of Stagflation Private Lives, Public Issues Politics and Diplomacy after Watergate The Reagan Revolution Reagan and the World Conclusion: Challenging the New Deal The Christian Right Roe v. Wade:The Struggle over Women's Reproductive Rights 32. To the Twenty-first Century,

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