The unfinished nation. Volume I To 1877 a concise history of the American people

Synopsis

Chapter 1: The Meeting of Cultures ~ America Before Columbus ~ Europe Looks Westward ~ The Arrival of the English Conclusion For Further Reference Debating the Past: The American Population Before Columbus America in the World: The Atlantic Context of Early American History Chapter 2: Transplantations and Borderlands ~ The Early Chesapeake ~ Caribbean Colonization ~ The Growth of New England ~ The Restoration Colonies ~ The Development of Empire Conclusion For Further Reference Chapter 3: Society and Culture in Provincial America ~ The Colonial Population ~ The Colonial Economies ~ Patterns of Society ~ Awakenings and Enlightenments Conclusion For Further Reference Debating the Past: The Origins of Slavery Chapter 4: The Empire in Transition ~ Loosening Ties ~ The Struggle for the Continent ~ The New Imperialism ~ Stirrings of Revolt ~ Cooperation and War Conclusion For Further Reference Chapter 5: The American Revolution ~ The States United ~ The War for Independence ~ War and Society ~ The Search for a National Government Conclusion For Further Reference Debating the Past: The American Revolution America in the World: The Age of Revolutions Chapter 6: The Constitution and the New Republic ~ Farming a New Government ~ Adoption and Adaptation ~ Federalists and Republicans ~ Establishing National Sovereignty ~ The Downfall of the Federalists Conclusion For Further Reference Chapter 7: 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 Conclusion For Further Reference America in the World: The Global Industrial Revolution Chapter 8: Varieties of American Nationalism ~ Stabilizing Economic Growth ~ Expanding Westward ~ The "Era of Good Feelings" ~ Sectionalism and Nationalism ~ The Revival of Opposition Conclusion For Further Reference Chapter 9: Jacksonian America ~ The Rise of Mass Politics ~ "Our Federal Union" ~ The Removal of the Indians ~ Jackson and the Bank War ~ The Emergence of the Second Party System ~ Politics After Jackson Conclusion For Further Reference Debating the Past: Jacksonian Democracy Chapter 10: America's Economic Revolution ~ The Changing American Population ~ Transportation and Communications Revolutions ~ Commerce and Industry ~ Men and Women at Work ~ Patterns of Society ~ The Agricultural North Conclusion For Further Reference Chapter 11: Cotton, Slavery, and the Old South ~ The Cotton Economy ~ Southern White Society ~ The "Peculiar Institution" ~ The Culture of Slavery Conclusion For Further Reference Debating the Past: The Character of Slavery Chapter 12: Antebellum Culture and Reform ~ The Romantic Impulse ~ Remaking Society ~ The Crusade Against Slavery Conclusion For Further Reference America in the World: The Abolition of Slavery Chapter 13: The Impending Crisis ~ Looking Westward ~ Expansion and War ~ The Sectional Debate ~ The Crisis of the 1850s Conclusion For Further Reference Chapter 14: The Civil War ~ The Secession Crisis ~ The Mobilization of the North ~ The Mobilizatio