Unfinished Nation

Known for its clear narrative voice, impeccable scholarship, and affordability, Alan Brinkley's The Unfinished Nation offers a concise but comprehensive examination of American History. Balancing social and cultural history with traditional political and diplomatic themes, it tells the story of the diversity and complexity of the United States and the forces that have enabled it to survive and flourish despite division. This fifth edition features eight new essays and enhanced coverage of recent events and developments in the continuing American story.

ISBN 0073513237   Pages 1080 ISBN13 9780073513232 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher McGraw-Hill Education - Europe   Weight (grammes) 1247 Imprint McGraw Hill Higher Education   Published in London Format Paperback   Previous ISBN 9780072935226 Publication date 01 Jan 2007   Height (mm) 228 Library of Congress 2006047177   Width (mm) 152 DEWEY 378.198   Spine width (mm) 35 DEWEY edition DC21   Academic level Tertiary education

Chapter 1: The Meeting of Cultures ~ America Before Columbus ~ Europe Looks Westward ~ The Arrival of the English Conclusion For Further Reference Debating the Past: The American Population Before Columbus America in the World: The Atlantic Context of Early American History Chapter 2: Transplantations and Borderlands ~ The Early Chesapeake ~ Caribbean Colonization ~ The Growth of New England ~ The Restoration Colonies ~ The Development of Empire Conclusion For Further Reference Chapter 3: Society and Culture in Provincial America ~ The Colonial Population ~ The Colonial Economies ~ Patterns of Society ~ Awakenings and Enlightenments Conclusion For Further Reference Debating the Past: The Origins of Slavery Chapter 4: The Empire in Transition ~ Loosening Ties ~ The Struggle for the Continent ~ The New Imperialism ~ Stirrings of Revolt ~ Cooperation and War Conclusion For Further Reference Chapter 5: The American Revolution ~ The States United ~ The War for Independence ~ War and Society ~ The Search for a National Government Conclusion For Further Reference Debating the Past: The American Revolution America in the World: The Age of Revolutions Chapter 6: The Constitution and the New Republic ~ Farming a New Government ~ Adoption and Adaptation ~ Federalists and Republicans ~ Establishing National Sovereignty ~ The Downfall of the Federalists Conclusion For Further Reference Chapter 7: The Jeffersonian Era ~ The Rise of Cultural Nationalism ~ Stirrings of Industrialism ~ Jefferson the President ~ Doubling the National Domain ~ Expansion and War ~ The War of 1812 Conclusion For Further Reference America in the World: The Global Industrial Revolution Chapter 8: Varieties of American Nationalism ~ Stabilizing Economic Growth ~ Expanding Westward ~ The "Era of Good Feelings" ~ Sectionalism and Nationalism ~ The Revival of Opposition Conclusion For Further Reference Chapter 9: Jacksonian America ~ The Rise of Mass Politics ~ "Our Federal Union" ~ The Removal of the Indians ~ Jackson and the Bank War ~ The Emergence of the Second Party System ~ Politics After Jackson Conclusion For Further Reference Debating the Past: Jacksonian Democracy Chapter 10: America's Economic Revolution ~ The Changing American Population ~ Transportation and Communications Revolutions ~ Commerce and Industry ~ Men and Women at Work ~ Patterns of Society ~ The Agricultural North Conclusion For Further Reference Chapter 11: Cotton, Slavery, and the Old South ~ The Cotton Economy ~ Southern White Society ~ The "Peculiar Institution" ~ The Culture of Slavery Conclusion For Further Reference Debating the Past: The Character of Slavery Chapter 12: Antebellum Culture and Reform ~ The Romantic Impulse ~ Remaking Society ~ The Crusade Against Slavery Conclusion For Further Reference America in the World: The Abolition of Slavery Chapter 13: The Impending Crisis ~ Looking Westward ~ Expansion and War ~ The Sectional Debate ~ The Crisis of the 1850s Conclusion For Further Reference Chapter 14: The Civil War ~ The Secession Crisis ~ The Mobilization of the North ~ The Mobilization of the South ~ Strategy and Diplomacy ~ Campaigns and Battles Conclusion For Further Reference Debating the Past: The Causes of the Civil War America in the World: The Consolidation of Nations Chapter 15: Reconstruction and the New South ~ The Problems of Peacemaking ~ Radical Reconstruction ~ The South in Reconstruction ~ The Grant Administration ~ The Abandonment of Reconstruction ~ The New South Conclusion For Further Reference Debating the Past: Reconstruction Chapter 16: The Conquest of the Far West ~ The Societies of the Far West ~ The Changing Western Economy ~ The Romance of the West ~ The Dispersal of the Tribes ~ The Rise and Decline of the Western Farmer Conclusion For Further Reference Debating the Past: The Frontier and the West Chapter 17: Industrial Supremacy ~ Sources of Industrial Growth ~ Capitalism and Its Critics ~ The Ordeal of the Worker Conclusion For Further R

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