The unfinished nation. Volume II From 1865 a concise history of the American people /

Synopsis

Chapter 15: 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 Conclusion For Further Reference Debating the Past: Reconstruction Chapter 16: 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 Conclusion For Further Reference Debating the Past: The Frontier and the West Chapter 17: Industrial Supremacy ~ Sources of Industrial Growth ~ Capitalism and Its Critics ~ The Ordeal of the Worker Conclusion For Further Reference Chapter 18: The Age of the City ~ The New Urban Growth ~ The Urban Landscape ~ Strains of Urban Life ~ The Rise of Mass Consumption ~ Leisure in the Consumer Society ~ High Culture in the Urban Age Conclusion For Further Reference America in the World: Global Migrations Chapter 19: From Stalemate to Crisis ~ The Politics of Equilibrium ~ The Agrarian Revolt ~ The Crisis of the 1890s Conclusion For Further Reference Debating the Past: Populism Chapter 20: The Imperial Republic ~ Stirrings of Imperialism ~ War with Spain ~ The Republic as Empire Conclusion For Further Reference America in the World: Imperialism Chapter 21: The Rise of Progressivism ~ The Progressive Impulse ~ Women and Reform ~ The Assault on the Parties ~ Sources of Progressive Reform ~ Crusades for Order and Reform Conclusion For Further Reference Debating the Past: Progressivism Chapter 22: The Battle for National Reform ~ Theodore Roosevelt and the Progressive Party ~ The Troubled Succession ~ Woodrow Wilson and the New Freedom ~ The "Big Stick": America and the World, 1901-1917 Conclusion For Further Reference Chapter 23: America and the Great War ~ The Road to War ~ "War Without Stint" ~ The Search for a New World Order ~ A Society in Turmoil Conclusion For Further Reference Chapter 24: The New Era ~ The New Economy ~ The New Culture ~ A Conflict of Cultures ~ Republican Government Conclusion For Further Reference Chapter 25: The Great Depression ~ The Coming of the Depression ~ The American People in Hard Times ~ The Depression and American Culture ~ The Ordeal of Herbert Hoover Conclusion For Further Reference Debating the Past: Causes of the Great Depression America in the World: The Global Depression Chapter 26: The New Deal ~ Launching the New Deal ~ The New Deal in Transition ~ The New Deal in Disarray ~ Limits and Legacies of the New Deal Conclusion For Further Reference Debating the Past: The New Deal Chapter 27: The Global Crisis, 1921-1941 ~ The Diplomacy of the New Era ~ Isolationism and Internationalism ~ From Neutrality to Intervention Conclusion For Further Reference America in the World: The Sino-Japanese War, 1931-1941 Chapter 28: America in a World at War ~ War on Two Fronts ~ The American Economy in Wartime ~ Race and Gender in Wartime America ~ Anxiety and Affluence in Wartime Culture ~ The Defeat of the Axis Conclusion For Further Reference Debating the Past