
America's Promise
A Concise History of the United States, Volume I
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published on 15. March 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
440 pages
978-0-7425-1189-7 (ISBN)
Description
America's Promise is a concise, highly readable introduction to American History. Designed to clearly explain major themes and events, it also captures the rich and often amusing character of the American people. The strong narrative emphasizes public life and how individuals constructed public structures in which they lived and worked. Including the latest scholarship in social, cultural, and political history, the work integrates the history and importance of women and minorities.
To aid students in learning and reviewing, each chapter begins with a preview of the main ideas that will be discussed and ends with a conclusion that reinforces the key concepts. Rather than being simply declaratory signposts, section headings highlight main ideas and help carry along the narrative. A glossary defines main terms, and a timeline helps students keep track of events. Selected readings are also included to encourage further reading and study. Finally, carefully selected illustrations and maps portray, pinpoint, and illuminate important episodes in American history.
The most concise and competitively priced book available, America's Promise is a breath of fresh air in the introductory market.
To aid students in learning and reviewing, each chapter begins with a preview of the main ideas that will be discussed and ends with a conclusion that reinforces the key concepts. Rather than being simply declaratory signposts, section headings highlight main ideas and help carry along the narrative. A glossary defines main terms, and a timeline helps students keep track of events. Selected readings are also included to encourage further reading and study. Finally, carefully selected illustrations and maps portray, pinpoint, and illuminate important episodes in American history.
The most concise and competitively priced book available, America's Promise is a breath of fresh air in the introductory market.
Reviews / Votes
America's Promise offers a well-written and insightful account of American history. Students will find it highly engaging and informative. Unlike most textbooks, the authors blend political, social, cultural, and economic history into a synthetic account of where our country came from, where it has been, and where it might be going. -- Julian E. Zelizer, associate professor and director of the Undergraduate Program in Public Policy at SUNY Albany America's Promise is a model textbook: Concise, inexpensive, and filled with anecdotes that make it interesting to read. It is a book that students will actually purchase and read-no small accomplishment in an era of overpriced, bloated textbooks often left unused on store shelves. The authors have turned the history textbook from a 'necessary evil' into a 'positive good.' Two thumbs up. Way up! -- Jonathan Bean, professor of history, Southern Illinois University CarbonaleMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
622 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7425-1189-7 (9780742511897)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
William J. Rorabaugh is professor of history at the University of Washington, Seattle. He is the author of The Alcoholic Republic: An American Tradition, The Craft Apprentice: From Franklin to the Machine Age, Berkeley at War: The 1960s and Kennedy and the Promise of the Sixties. Donald T. Critchlow is professor of history at Saint Louis University. He is the founding editor of the Journal of Policy History, and the author of a number of books, including Intended Consequences: Birth Control, Abortion, and the Federal Government and Studebaker: The Life and Death of an American Corporation. Paula Baker is associate professor of history at the Ohio State University and is the author of The Moral Framework of Public Life: Gender, Politics, and the State in Rural New York, 1870-1930, editor of Money and Politics, and co-editor of Major Problems in American History since 1945.
Content
Chapter 1: A Big Country
Chapter 2: The Plantation South, 1607-1771
Chapter 3: Religious New England, 1620-1760
Chapter 4: The Diverse Middle Colonies, 1624-1760
Chapter 5: The American Revolution, 1750-1783
Chapter 6: The New Nation, 1783-1800
Chapter 7: Thomas Jefferson's America, 1801-1829
Chapter 8: The Market Revolution, 1790-1850
Chapter 9: Evangelical Religion and Reform, 1790-1850
Chapter 10: Andrew Jackson and the West
Chapter 11: The Problem of Slavery
Chapter 12: Americans at Mid-century: Unbounded Optimism
Chapter 13: The Sectional Crisis, 1852-1861
Chapter 14: Civil War, 1861-1865
Chapter 15: Reconstruction, 1863-1877
Appendix I: The Declaration of Independence
Appendix II: The Constitution of the United States of America
Appendix III: U.S. Population Characteristics
Appendix IV: Population for Selected Large Cities
Appendix V: Presidential Elections
Appendix VI: Chronology
Glossary
Chapter 2: The Plantation South, 1607-1771
Chapter 3: Religious New England, 1620-1760
Chapter 4: The Diverse Middle Colonies, 1624-1760
Chapter 5: The American Revolution, 1750-1783
Chapter 6: The New Nation, 1783-1800
Chapter 7: Thomas Jefferson's America, 1801-1829
Chapter 8: The Market Revolution, 1790-1850
Chapter 9: Evangelical Religion and Reform, 1790-1850
Chapter 10: Andrew Jackson and the West
Chapter 11: The Problem of Slavery
Chapter 12: Americans at Mid-century: Unbounded Optimism
Chapter 13: The Sectional Crisis, 1852-1861
Chapter 14: Civil War, 1861-1865
Chapter 15: Reconstruction, 1863-1877
Appendix I: The Declaration of Independence
Appendix II: The Constitution of the United States of America
Appendix III: U.S. Population Characteristics
Appendix IV: Population for Selected Large Cities
Appendix V: Presidential Elections
Appendix VI: Chronology
Glossary