The American Nation (Volume 2)

The American Nation's pedagogical mission is to show readers how history connects to the experiences and expectations that mark their lives. The authors pursue that mission through a variety of distinctive features, including an innovative art program and provocative chapter-opening questions and essays to engage readers.

ISBN 0205790437   Pages 560 ISBN13 9780205790432 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 1016 Publisher Pearson Education (US)   Published in Upper Saddle River Imprint Pearson Education (US)   Previous ISBN 9780205568109 Format Hardback   Height (mm) 276 Publication date 04 Jan 2011   Width (mm) 216 DEWEY 973   Spine width (mm) 20 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level Tertiary education

IN THIS SECTION: 1.) BRIEF 2.) COMPREHENSIVE BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTS: Chapter 15: Reconstruction and the South Chapter 16: The Conquest of the West Chapter 17: An Industrial Giant Emerges Chapter 18: American Society in the Industrial Age Chapter 19: Intellectual and Cultural Trends in the Late Nineteenth Century Chapter 20: From Smoke-Filled Rooms to Prairie Wildfire: 1877-1896 Chapter 21: The Age of Reform Chapter 22: From Isolation to Empire Chapter 23: Woodrow Wilson and the Great War Chapter 24: Postwar Society and Culture: Change and Adjustment Chapter 25: From "Normalcy" to Economic Collapse: 1921-1933 Chapter 26: The New Deal: 1933-1941 Chapter 27: War and Peace: 1941-1945 Chapter 28: Collision Courses, Abroad and at Home: 1946-1960 Chapter 29: From Camelot to Watergate: 1961-1975 Chapter 30: Running on Empty: 1975-1991 Chapter 31: From Boomers to Millennials Chapter 32: Shocks and Responses, 1992-Present COMPREHENSIVE TABLE OF CONTENTS: Preface Acknowledgments About the Authors Chapter 15: Reconstruction and the South The Assasination of Lincoln Presidential Reconstruction Republican Radicals Congress Rejects Johnsonian Reconstruction The Fourteenth Amendment The Reconstruction Acts Congress Supreme The Fifteenth Amendment "Black Republican" Reconstruction: Scalawags and Carpetbaggers The Ravaged Land Sharecropping and the Crop-Lien System -The White Backlash Grant as President The Disputed Election of 1876 The Compromise of 1877 DEBATING THE PAST Were Reconstruction Governments Corrupt? MAPPING THE PAST The Politics of Reconstruction RE-VIEWING THE PAST Cold Mountain Chapter 16: The Conquest of the West The West after the Civil War The Plains Indians Indian Wars The Destruction of Tribal Life The Lure of Gold and Silver in the West Farmers Struggle to Keep Up Big Business and the Land Bonanza Western Railroad Building The Cattle Kingdom Open-Range Ranching Barbed-Wire Warfare DEBATING THE PAST Did the Frontier Promote Individualism and Democracy? AMERICAN LIVES Nat Love Chapter 17: An Industrial Giant Emerges Essentials of Industrial Growth Railroads: The First Big Business Iron, Oil, and Electricity Competition and Monopoly: The Railroads Competition and Monopoly: Steel Competition and Monopoly: Oil Competition and Monopoly: Retailing and Utilities American Ambivalence to Big Business Reformers: George, Bellamy, Lloyd Reformers: The Marxists The Government Reacts to BIg Business: Railroad Regulation The Government Reacts to Big Business: The Sherman Antitrust Act The Labor Union Movement The American Federation of Labor Labor Millitancy Rebuffed Whither America, Whither Democracy? MAPPING THE PAST Were the Railroads Indispensable? Chapter 18: American Society in the Industrial Age Middle-Class Life Skilled and Unskilled Workers Working Women Working-Class Family Life Working-Class Attitudes Working Your Way Up The "New" Immigration New Immigrants Face New Nativism The Expanding City and Its Problems Teeming Tenements The Cities Modernize Leisure Activities: More Fun and Games Christianity's Conscience and the Social Gospel The Settlement Houses Civilization and Its Discontents DEBATING THE PAST Did Immigrants Assimilate? MAPPING THE PAST CHOLERA A New Disease Strikes the Nation Chapter 19: Intellectual and Cultural Trends in the Late Nineteenth Century Colleges and Universities Revolution in the Social Sciences Progressive Education Law and History Realism in Literature Mark Twain William Dean Howells Henry James Realism in Art The Pragmatic Approach The Knowledge Revolution AMERICAN LIVES Charlotte Perkins Gilman Chapter 20: From Smoke-Filled Rooms to Prairie Wildfire: 1877-1896 Congress Ascendant Recurrent Issues Party Politics: Sidestepping the Issues Lackluster Presidents: From Hayes to Harrison African Americans in the South After Reconstruction Booker T. Washington: A "Reasonable" Champion for African Americans

The American Nation offers a detailed standard history of the United States, with materials beyond what can be covered in a classroom. It also has features within the book to encourage original thinking on the part of students. -Billy Hathorn, LaredoCommunity College !does an excellent job of organzing the material in a way that ties everything together for the student!this text provides the best instructional aides on the market. Without the powerpoint presentations and instructor test banks, my preparation for these subjects would be considerably more time consuming and difficult. -Andrew Bagley, PhillipsCommunity College !does an excellent job at providing a compelling chronological narrative that flows smoothly. Although [our] History Instructor Selection Committee continues to examine other textbooks, we have not found one that surpasses the strengths of this textbook. -Horacio Salinas, Jr., LaredoCommunity College I once used a text that had very effective writing -- but its political bias ultimately undermined its effectiveness. Also, some texts manage a very solid "feel" by omitting inconvenient parts of history. This text avoids all these pitfalls and remains the best. -Hubert P. van Tuyll, Augusta State University This text is very complete for an introductory course. It will keep the students' interest in learning. -Armando C. Alonzo, TexasA&M University !a comprehensive people's history that is not shy to be critical of many deeds, but is also careful to give credit to unknown individuals and groups when it is due. -Dr, Itai Sneh, JohnJay College ..the picture captions ! inform students about the context and challenge them to think about the message a particular piece of art is sending. These seem well-chosen and not just throw-away illustrations. -Brian Steele, Universityof Alabama at Birmingham

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