TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter One: THE MEETING OF CULTURES America Before Columbus Europe Looks Westward The Arrival of the English Where Historians Disagree: Why Do Historians So Often Differ? Where Historians Disagree: The American Population Before Columbus Conclusion Significant Events For Further Reference Bibliography Chapter Two: THE ENGLISH "TRANSPLANTATIONS" The Early Chesapeake Caribbean Colonization The Growth of New England The Restoration Colonies The Development of Empire The American Environment: The Other Pilgrims Conclusion Significant Events For Further Reference Bibliography Chapter Three: SOCIETY AND CULTURE IN PROVINCIAL AMERICA The Colonial Population The Colonial Economies Patterns of Society The Colonial Mind Where Historians Disagree: The Origins of Slavery Patterns of Popular Culture: Colonial Almanacs Conclusion Significant Events For Further Reference Bibliography Chapter Four: THE EMPIRE UNDER STRAIN A Loosening of Ties The Struggle for the Continent The New Imperialism Stirrings of Revolt Cooperation and War Patterns of Popular Culture: Taverns in Revolutionary Massachusetts Conclusion Significant Events For Further Reference Bibliography Chapter Five: THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION The States United The War for Independence War and Society The Creation of State Governments The Search for a National Government Where Historians Disagree: The American Revolution The American Environment: The Grid Chapter Six: THE CONSTITUTION AND THE NEW REPUBLIC Framing a New Government Federalists and Republicans Establishing National Sovereignty The Downfall of the Federalists Where Historians Disagree: The Background of the Constitution Conclusion Significant Events For Further Reference Bibliography Chapter Seven: 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 Patterns of Popular Culture: Horse Racing Conclusion Significant Events For Further Reference Bibliography Chapter Eight: VARIETIES OF AMERICAN NATIONALISM The Growing Economy Expanding Westward The "Era of Good Feelings" Sectionalism and Nationalism The Revival of Opposition Conclusion Significant Events For Further Reference Bibliography Chapter Nine: JACKSONIAN AMERICA The Rise of Mass Politics "Our Federal Union" The Removal of the Indians Jackson and the Bank War The Changing Face of American Politics Where Historians Disagree: The "Age of Jackson" Patterns of Popular Culture: The Penny Press Conclusion Significant Events For Further Reference Bibliography Chapter Ten: AMERICA'S ECONOMIC REVOLUTION The Changing American Population Transportation, Communications, and Technology Commerce and Industry Men and Women at Work Patterns of Society The Agricultural North Patterns of Popular Culture: Shakespeare in America The American Environment: The Flow of Water Conclusion Significant Events For Further Reference Bibliography Chapter Eleven: COTTON, SLAVERY, AND THE OLD SOUTH The Cotton Economy White Society in the South The "Peculiar Institution" The Culture of Slavery Where Historians Disagree: The Character of Slavery Patterns of Popular Culture: The Slaves' Music Conclusion Significant Events For Further Reference Bibliography Chapter Twelve: ANTEBELLUM CULTURE AND REFORM The Romantic Impulse Remaking Society The Crusade Against Slavery Patterns of Popular Culture: Sentimental Novels Conclusion Significant Events For Further Reference Bibliography Chapter Thirteen: THE IMPENDING CRISIS Looking Westward Expansion and War The Sectional Debate The Crises of the 1850's Patterns of Popular Culture: Lyceums Conclusion Significant Events For Further Reference Bibliography Chapter Fourteen: THE CIVIL WAR The Secession Crisis The Mobilization of the North The Mobilization of the South Strategy and Diplomacy Campaigns and Battles Patterns of Popular Culture: Baseball and the Civil War Where Historians Disagree: The Causes of the Civil War Conclusion Significant Events For Further Reference Bibliography Chapter Fifteen: 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 Patterns of Popular Culture: The Minstrel Show Where Historians Disagree: Reconstruction Where Historians Disagree: The Origins of Segregation Conclusion Significant Events For Further Reference Bibliography Chapter Sixteen: 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 Patterns of Popular Culture: The Wild West Show Where Historians Disagree: The "Frontier" and the West Conclusion Significant Events for Further Reference Bibliography Chapter Seventeen: INDUSTRIAL SUPREMACY Sources of Industrial Growth Capitalism and Its Critics Industrial Workers in the New Economy Patterns of Popular Culture: The Novels of Horatio Alger The American Environment: The Locomotive's Magic Wand Conclusion Significant Events for Further Reference Bibliography		Chapter Eighteen: THE AGE OF THE CITY The Urbanization of America The Urban LandscapeStrains of Urban Life The Rise of Mass Consumption Leisure in the Consumer Society High Culture in the Age of the City Patterns of Popular Culture: Coney Island Conclusion Significant Events for Further Reference Bibliography Chapter Nineteen: FROM STALEMATE TO CRISIS The Politics of Equilibrium The Agrarian Revolt The Crisis of the 1890s A "Cross of Gold" Patterns of Popular Culture: The Chautauquas Where Historians Disagree: Populism Conclusion Significant Events for Further Reference Bibliography Chapter Twenty: THE IMPERIAL REPUBLIC Stirrings of Imperialism War Within Spain The Republic As Empire Patterns of Popular Culture: Yellow Journalism Conclusion Significant Events for Further Reference Bibliography Chapter Twenty-One: THE RISE OF PROGRESSIVISM The Progressive Impulse Women and Reform The Assault on the Parties Sources of Progressive Reform Crusades for Order and Reform Where Historians Disagree: Progressive Reform Conclusion Significant Events for Further Reference Bibliography Chapter Twenty-Two: THE BATTLE FOR NATIONAL REFORM Theodore Roosevelt and the Modern Presidency The Troubled Succession Woodrow Wilson and the New Freedom "The Big Stick": America and the World, 1901-1917 The American Environment: Saving the Forests Conclusion Significant Events for Further Reference Bibliography Chapter Twenty-Three: AMERICA AND THE GREAT WAR The Road To War "War Without Stint" The War and American Society The Search for Social Unity The Search for A New World Order A Society in Turmoil Patterns of Popular Culture: Billy Sunday and Modern Revivalism Conclusion Significant Events for Further Reference Bibliography Chapter Twenty-Four: THE NEW ERA The New Economy The New Culture A Conflict of Cultures Republican Government Pattern of Popular Culture: Dance Halls Conclusion Significant Events for Further Reference Bibliography Chapter Twenty-Five: THE GREAT DEPRESSION The Coming of the Great Depression The American People in Hard Times The Depression and American Culture The Ordeal of Herbert Hoover Patterns of Popular Culture: The Films of Frank Capra Where Historians Disagree: Causes of the Great Depression Conclusion Significant Events for Further Reference Bibliography Chapter Twenty-Six: THE NEW DEAL Launching the New Deal The New Deal in Transition The New Deal in Disarray Limits and Legacies of the Deal Where Historians Disagree: The New Deal Conclusion Significant Events for Further Reference Bibliography Chapter Twenty-Seven: THE GLOBAL CRISIS, 1921-1941 The Diplomacy of the New Era Isolationism and Internationalism From Neutrality To Intervention Patterns of Popular Culture: Orson Welles and the War of the Worlds Where Historians Disagree: The Question of Pearl Harbor Conclusion Significant Events for Further Reference Bibliography Chapter Twenty-Eight: AMERICA IN A WORLD AT WAR War on Two Fronts The American People in Wartime The Defeat of the Axis Patterns of Popular Culture: The Age of Swing Where Historians Disagree: The Decision To Drop the Atomic Bomb Conclusion Significant Events for Further Reference Bibliography Chapter Twenty-Nine: THE COLD WAR Orgins of the Cold War The Souring of the Peace American Politics and Society After the War The Korean War The Crusades Against Subversion Where Historians Disagree: Origins of the Cold War Where Historians Disagree: Mccarthyism Conclusion Significant Events for Further Reference Bibliography Chapter Thirty: THE AFFLUENT SOCIETY The Economic "Miracle" People of Plenty The "Other America" The Rise of the Civil Rights Movement Eisenhower and Republicanism Eisenhower, Dulles, and the Cold War The American Environment: The Landscape and the Automobile Patterns of Popular Culture: Lucy and Desi Conclusion Significant Events for Further Reference Bibliography Chapter Thirty-One: THE ORDER OF LIBERALISM Expanding the Liberal State The Battle for Racial Equality "Flexible Response" and the Cold War Vietnam The Traumas of 1968 Patterns of Popular Culture: The Folk-Music Revival Where Historians Disagree: The Vietnam Commitment Conclusion Significant Events for Further Reference Bibliography Chapter Thirty-Two: THE CRISIS OF AUTHORITY The Youth Culture The Mobilization of Minorities The New Feminism Nixon, Kissinger, and the War Politics and Economics Under Nixon The Watergate Crisis Patterns of Popular Culture: Rock Music in the Sixties Where Historians Disagree: Watergate Conclusion Significant Events for Further Reference Bibliography Chapter Thirty-Three: THE "AGE OF LIMITS" Politics and Diplomacy After Watergate The Rise of the New American Right The "Reagan Revolution" Patterns of Popular Culture: The Mall Conclusion Significant Events for Further Reference Bibliography Chapter Thirty-Four: MODERN TIMES America and the Waning of the Cold War The Global Economy A Changing Society A Contested Culture The American Environment: Silent Spring Patterns of Popular Culture: Rap Where Historians Disagree: Women's History Conclusion Significant Events for Further Reference Bibliography
Appendices Maps The United States Topographical Map of the United States The World United States Territorial Expansion, 1783-1898 Documents and Tables The Declaration of Independence The Constitution of the United States of America Presidential Elections Vice Presidents and Cabinet Members Population of the United States, 1790-1993 Employment, 1870-1992 Production, Trade, and Federal Spending/Debt, 1790-1992 List of Illustrations List of Maps List of Charts Index APPENDICES MAPS: The United States; Topographical Map of the United States; The World; United States Territorial Expansion, 1783-1898 DOCUMENTS AND TABLES: The Declaration of Independence; The Constitution of the United States of America; Presidential Elections; Vice Presidents and Cabinet Members; Population of the United States, 1790-1993; Employment, 1870-1992; Production, Trade, and Federal Spending/Debt, 1790-1992

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