The Enduring Vision

Note: Each chapter includes a Conclusion and Chronology. Prologue: Enduring Vision, Enduring Land 1. Native Peoples of America, to 1500 The First Americans, c. 13,000-2500 BC Cultural Diversity, c. 2500 BC-AD 1500 North American Peoples on the Eve of European Contact Beyond America--Global Interactions: The Origins and Spread of Agriculture 2. The Rise of the Atlantic World, 1400-1625 African and European Backgrounds Europe and the Atlantic World, 1400-1600 Footholds in North America, 1512-1625 Technology and Culture: Sugar Production in the Americas 3. The Emergence of Colonial Societies, 1625-1700 Chesapeake Society Puritanism in New England The Spread of Slavery: The Caribbean and Carolina The Middle Colonies Rivals for North America: France and Spain Technology and Culture: Native American Baskets and Textiles in New England 4. The Bonds of Empire, 1660-1750 Rebellion and War, 1660-1713 Colonial Economies and Societies, 1660-1750 Competing for a Continent, 1713-1750 Public Life in British America, 1689-1750 Beyond America--Global Interactions: European Maritime Empires, 1440-1740 5. Roads to Revolution, 1750-1776 Triumph and Tensions: The British Empire, 1750-1763 Imperial Authority, Colonial Opposition, 1760-1766 Resistance Resumes, 1766-1770 The Deepening Crisis, 1770-1774 Toward Independence, 1774-1776 Technology and Culture: Public Sanitation in Philadelphia 6. Securing Independence, Defining Nationhood, 1776-1788 The Prospects of War War and Peace, 1776-1783 The Revolution and Social Change Forging New Governments, 1776-1787 Toward a New Constitution, 1786-1788 Beyond America--Global Interactions: The American Revolution as an International War 7. Launching the New Republic, 1788-1800 Constitutional Government Takes Shape, 1788-1796 Hamilton's Domestic Policies, 1789-1994 The United States in a Wider World, 1789-1796 Parties and Politics, 1793-1800 Economic and Social Change Beyond America--Global Interactions: Trade and Empire in the Pacific, to 1800 8. Jeffersonianism and the Era of Good Feelings, 1801-1824 The Age of Jefferson The Gathering Storm The War of 1812 The Awakening of American Nationalism Technology and Culture: Mapping America 9. The Transformation of American Society, 1815-1840 Westward Expansion The Growth of the Market Economy The Transportation Revolution: Steamboats, Canals, and Railroads Industrial Beginnings Equality and Inequality The Revolution in Social Relationships Technology and Culture: Building the Erie Canal 10. Democratic Politics, Religious Revival, and Reform, 1824-1840 The Rise of Democratic Politics, 1824-1832 The Bank Controversy and the Second Party System, 1833-1840 The Rise of Popular Religion The Age of Reform Beyond America--Global Interactions: The Panic of 1837 11. Technology, Culture, and Everyday Life, 1840-1860 Technology and Economic Growth The Quality of Life Democratic Pastimes The Quest for Nationality in Literature and Art Technology and Culture: Guns and Gun Culture 12. The Old South and Slavery,1830-1860 King Cotton The Social Groups of the White South Social Relations in the White South Life Under Slavery The Emergence of African-American Culture Beyond America--Global Interactions: Slavery as a Global Institution 13. Immigration, Expansion, and Sectional Conflict, 1840-1848 Newcomers and Natives The West and Beyond The Politics of Expansion, 1840-1846 The Mexican-American War and Its Aftermath, 1846-1848 Technology and Culture: The Telegraph 14. From Compromise to Secession, 1850-1861 The Compromise of 1850 The Collapse of the Second Party System, 1853-1856 The Crisis of the Union, 1857-1860 The Collapse of the Union, 1860-1861 Beyond America--Global Interactions: Slave Emancipation in the Atlantic World 15. Crucible of Freedom: Civil War, 1861-1865 Mobilizing for War In Battle, 1861-1862 Emancipation Transforms the War, 1863 War and Society, North and South The Union Victorious, 1864-1865 Technology and Culture: The Camera and the Civil War 16. The Crises of Reconstruction, 1865-1877 Reconstruction Politics, 1865-1868 Reconstruction Governments The Impact of Emancipation New Concerns in the North, 1868-1876 Reconstruction Abandoned, 1876-1877 Technology and Culture: The Sewing Machine 17. The Transformation of the Trans-Mississippi West, 1860-1900 Native Americans and the Trans-Mississippi West Settling the West Southwestern Borderlands Exploiting the Western Landscape The West of Life and Legend Beyond America--Global Interactions: Cattle-Raising in the Americas 18. The Rise of Industrial America, 1865-1900 The Rise of Corporate America Stimulating Economic Growth The New South Factories and the Work Force Labor Unions and Industrial Conflict Technology and Culture: Electricity 19. Immigration, Urbanization, and Everyday Life, 1860-1900 The New American City Middle- and Upper-Class Society and Culture Working-Class Politics and Reform Working-Class Leisure in the Immigrant City Cultures in Conflict Technology and Culture: Flush Toilets and the Invention of the Nineteenth-Century Bathroom 20. Politics and Expansion in an Industrializing Age, 1877-1900 Party Politics in an Era of Upheaval, 1877-1884 Politics of Privilege, Politics of Exclusion, 1884-1892 The 1890s: Politics in a Depression Decade Expansionist Stirrings and War with Spain, 1878-1901 Beyond America--Global Interactions: Missionaries to the World 21. The Progressive Era, 1900-1917 Progressives and Their Ideas State and Local Progressivism Progressivism and Social Control Blacks, Women, and Workers Organize National Progressivism Phase I: Roosevelt and Taft, 1901-1913 National Progressivism Phase II: Woodrow Wilson, 1913-1917 Beyond America--Global Interactions: Progressive Reformers Worldwide Share Ideas and Strategies 22. Global Involvements and World War I, 1902-1920 Defining America's World Role, 1902-1914 War in Europe, 1914-1917 Mobilizing at Home, Fighting in France, 1917-1918 Promoting the War and Suppressing Dissent Economic and Social Trends in Wartime America Joyous Armistice, Bitter Aftermath, 1918-1920 Technology and Culture: The Phonograph, Popular Music, and Home-Front Morale in World War I 23. The 1920s: Coping with Change, 1920-1929 A New Economic Order The Harding and Coolidge Administrations Mass Society, Mass Culture Cultural Ferment and Creativity A Society in Conflict Hoover at the Helm Beyond America--Global Interactions: The "New Woman" in the 1920s 24. The Great Depression and the New Deal, 1929-1939 Crash and Depression, 1929-1932 The New Deal Takes Shape, 1933-1935 The New Deal Changes Course, 1935-1936 The New Deal's End Stage, 1937-1939 Social Change and Social Action in the 1930s The American Cultural Scene in the 1930s Technology and Culture: Sound, Color, and Animation Come to the Movies 25. Americans and a World in Crisis, 1933-1945 The United States in a Menacing World, 1933-1939 Into the Storm, 1939-1941 America Mobilizes for War The Battlefront, 1942-1944 War and American Society Triumph and Tragedy, 1945 Beyond America--Global Interactions: Refugees from Fascism: The Intellectual Migration to the United States 26. The Cold War Abroad and at Home, 1945-1952 The Postwar Political Setting, 1945-1946 Anticommunism and Containment, 1946-1952 The Truman Administration at Home, 1945-1952 The Politics of Anticommunism Beyond America--Global Interactions: Decolonization and the Cold War 27. America at Midcentury, 1952-1960 The Eisenhower Presidency The Cold War Continues The Affluent Society Consensus and Conservatism The Other America Seeds of Disquiet Technology and Culture: The Interstate Highway System 28. The Liberal Era, 1960-1968 The Kennedy Presidency, 1960-1963 The Struggle for Black Equality, 1961-1968 Liberalism Ascendant, 1963-1968 Voices of Protest The Liberal Crusade in Vietnam, 1961-1968 Technology and Culture: The Pill 29. A Time of Upheaval, 1968-1974 The Youth Movement The Counterculture 1968: The Politics of Upheaval Nixon and World Politics Domestic Problems and Divisions The Crisis of the Presidency Beyond America--Global Interactions: The British Invasion 30. Conservative Resurgence, Economic Woes, Foreign Challenges, 1974-1989 Cultural Trends Economic and Social Changes in Post-1960s America Years of Malaise: Post-Watergate Politics and Diplomacy, 1974-1981 The Reagan Revolution, 1981-1984 Reagan's Second Term, 1985-1989 Technology and Culture: The Personal Computer 31. Beyond the Cold War: Charting a New Course, 1988-2000 The Bush Years: Global Resolve, Domestic Drift, 1988-1993 The Clinton Era Begins: Debating Domestic Policy, 1993-1996 The Economic Boom of the 1990s Clinton's Foreign Policy: Defining America's Role in a Post-Cold War World The Clinton Era Ends: Domestic Politics, Impeachment, Disputed Election, 1996-2000 Cultural Trends at Century's End Beyond America--Global Interactions: The Challenge of Globalization 32. Global Dangers, Global Challenges, 2001 to the Present America Under Attack: September 11, 2001, and Its Aftermath Politics and The Economy in Bush's First Term, 2001-2005 Foreign Policy in a Threatening Era Social and Cultural Trends in Contemporary America Domestic Policy Since 2004 Technology and Culture: Developing New Tools for Measuring Global Warming Appendix Documents The American Land The American People The American Government The American Economy