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Tables of Contents for America
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
List of Maps
xv
Preface
xvii
Part One / A NEW WORLD
Discovery and Settlement
9
54
Pre-Columbian Indian Civilizations
10
2
First Contacts
12
6
Exploration and Conquest of The New World
18
11
Settling The Chesapeake
29
6
Settling New England
35
11
Renewed Settlement
46
12
Thriving Colonies
58
2
Further Reading
60
3
Colonial Ways of Life
63
42
The Shape of Early America
64
6
Society and Economy in The Southern Colonies
70
7
Society and Economy in New England
77
11
Society and Economy in The Middle Colonies
88
3
Colonial Cities
91
4
The Enlightenment
95
3
The Great Awakening
98
5
Further Reading
103
2
The Imperial Perspective
105
24
English Administration of The Colonies
106
5
The Habit of Self-Government
111
3
Troubled Neighbors
114
6
The Colonial Wars
120
7
Further Reading
127
2
From Empire to Independence
129
40
The Heritage of War
130
2
Western Lands
132
1
Grenville's Colonial Policy
133
5
Fanning The Flames
138
5
Discontent on The Frontier
143
1
A Worsening Crisis
144
6
Shifting Authority
150
5
Independence
155
4
Further Reading
159
10
Part Two / BUILDING A NATION
The American Revolution
169
64
1776: Washington's Narrow Escape
170
3
American Society at War
173
5
1777: Setbacks for The British
178
3
1778: Both Sides Regroup
181
4
The War in The South
185
5
Negotiations
190
3
The Political Revolution
193
3
The Social Revolution
196
6
Emergence of an American Culture
202
4
Further Reading
206
2
Shaping a Federal Union
The Confederation
208
11
Adopting The Constitution
219
12
``A More Perfect Union''
231
1
Further Reading
232
1
The Federalists: Washington and Adams
233
34
A New Nation
233
5
Hamilton's Vision of America
238
6
The Republican Alternative
244
3
Crises Foreign and Domestic
247
5
Land Settlement
252
4
Transfer of Power
256
2
The Adams Years
258
7
Further Reading
265
2
Republicanism: Jefferson and Madison
267
28
Jefferson in Office
268
8
Division in The Republican Party
276
2
War in Europe
278
4
The War of 1812
282
11
Further Reading
293
2
Nationalism and Sectionalism
295
34
Economic Nationalism
296
3
``Good Feelings''
299
5
Crises and Compromises
304
3
Judical Nationalism
307
2
Nationalist Diplomacy
309
2
One-Party Politics
311
8
Further Reading
319
10
Part Three / AN EXPANSIVE NATION
The Jacksonian Impulse
329
33
A New Political Culture
331
2
Jackson Takes Office
333
3
Nullification
336
6
Racial Prejudice in The Jacksonian Era
342
5
The Bank Controversy
347
5
Van Buren and The New Party System
352
6
Assessing The Jackson Years
358
2
Further Reading
360
2
The Dynamics of Growth
362
35
Agriculture and The National Economy
363
3
Transportation and The National Economy
366
8
The Growth of Industry
374
6
The Popular Culture
380
4
Immigration
384
8
Organized Labor
392
2
Jacksonian Inequality
394
2
Further Reading
396
1
An American Renaissance: Religion, Romanticism, and Reform
397
34
Rational Religion
398
2
The Second Great Awakening
400
6
Romanticism in America
406
4
The Flowering of American Literature
410
5
Education
415
4
Some Movements for Reform
419
10
Further Reading
429
2
Manifest Destiny
431
42
The Tyler Years
432
2
The Western Frontier
434
9
Moving West
443
6
Annexing Texas
449
4
Polk's Presidency
453
3
The Mexican War
456
8
Further Reading
464
9
Part Four / A HOUSE DIVIDED AND REBUILT
The Old South: An American Tragedy
473
34
Distinctive Features of The Old South
474
3
White Society in The South
477
8
Black Society in The South
485
7
The Culture of The Southern Frontier
492
4
Antislavery Movements
496
8
Further Reading
504
3
The Crisis of Union
507
38
Slavery in The Territories
508
6
The Compromise of 1850
514
6
Foreign Adventures
520
2
The Kansas-Nebraska Crisis
522
7
The Deepening Sectional Crisis
529
8
The Center Comes Apart
537
6
Further Reading
543
2
The War of the Union
545
48
End of the Waiting Game
546
6
The War's Early Course
552
15
Emancipation
567
3
Women and The War
570
2
Government During The War
572
5
The Faltering Confederacy
577
5
The Confederacy's Defeat
582
7
A Modern War
589
1
Further Reading
590
3
Reconstruction: North and South
593
The War's Aftermath
594
5
The Battle over Reconstruction
599
8
Reconstructing The South
607
6
The Reconstructed South
613
9
The Grant Years
622
9
Further Reading
631
Appendix
A1
The Declaration of Independence
A3
Articles of Confederation
A8
The Constitution of The United States
A16
Presidential Elections
A36
Admission of States
A44
Population of The United States
A45
Immigration to The United States, Fiscal Years 1820-1990
A46
Immigration by Region and Selected Country of Last Residence, Fiscal Years 1820--1989
A48
Presidents, Vice-Presidents, and Secretaries of State
A55
Credits
A61
Index
A65