A People & A Nation: Volume 1: To 1877 - Softcover

Norton, Mary Beth; Katzman, David M.; Blight, David W.; Chudacoff, Howard; Logevall, Fredrik

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9780618391769: A People & A Nation: Volume 1: To 1877

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ISBN 10: 0618391762 ISBN 13: 9780618391769

Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing, 2006

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This spirited narrative challenges students to think about the meaning of American history. Thoughtful inclusion of the lives of everyday people, cultural diversity, work, and popular culture preserves the text's basic approach to American history as a story of all the American people. The Seventh Edition maintains the emphasis on the unique social history of the United States and engages students through cutting-edge research and scholarship. New content includes expanded coverage of modern history (post-1945) with discussion of foreign relations, gender analysis, and race and racial relations.

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About the Author:

Mary Beth Norton, the Mary Donlon Alger Professor of American History at Cornell University, received her B.A. from the University of Michigan and her Ph.D. from Harvard University. She teaches courses in the history of exploration, early America, women's history, Atlantic world, and American Revolution. Her many books have won prizes from the Society of American Historians, Berkshire Conference of Women Historians, and English-Speaking Union. Her book, FOUNDING MOTHERS & FATHERS (1996), was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. In 2011 her book SEPARATED BY THEIR SEX: WOMEN IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE IN THE COLONIAL ATLANTIC WORLD was published. She was Pitt Professor of American History at the University of Cambridge in 2005-2006. The Rockefeller Foundation, Guggenheim Foundation, and Huntington Library, among others, have awarded her fellowships. Professor Norton has served on the National Council for the Humanities and is an elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She has appeared on Book TV, the History and Discovery Channels, PBS, and NBC as a commentator on Early American history.

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Preface. 1. Three Old Worlds Create a New, 1492-1600. 2. Europeans Colonize North America, 1600-1640. 3. North America in the Atlantic World, 1640-1720. 4. American Society Transformed, 1720-1770. 5. Severing the Bonds of Empire, 1754-1774. 6. A Revolution, Indeed, 1774-1783. 7. Forging a National Republic, 1776-1789. 8. The Early Republic: Conflicts at Home and Abroad, 1789-1800. 9. Partisan Politics and War: The Democratic-Republicans in Power, 1801-1815. 10. Nationalism, Expansion, and the Market Economy, 1816-1845. 11. Reform and Politics in the Age of Jackson, 1824-1845. 12. People and Communities in the North and West, 1830-1860. 13. People and Communities in a Slave Society: The South, 1830-1860. 14. Slavery and America's Future: The Road to War, 1845-1861. 15. Transforming Fire: The Civil War, 1961-1865. 16. Reconstruction: An Unfinished Revolution, 1865-1877.

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