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In this eloquent and sweeping narrative, John Garraty and new co-author Mark Carnes reveal the multiple layers of American history and distill what is most important about the people, places, and events that comprise the American Nation. Using a political history framework, the authors present an engaging discussion of social, economic, and cultural developments in this country. MARKET Appropriate for anyone with an interest in American history.Previous ISBN: 0-673-98027-8

Contents in Full

ix

Maps and Graphs

xix

To Our Readers

xxi

Preface

xxiii

Europe Discovers America

1

(32)

American Society in the Making

33

(31)

America in the British Empire

64

(30)

The American Revolution

94

(27)

The Federalist Era: Nationalism Triumphant

121

(29)

Jeffersonian Democracy

150

(21)

National Growing Pains

171

(28)

Toward a National Economy

199

(21)

Jacksonian Democracy

220

(25)

The Making of Middle-Class America

245

(21)

A Democratic Culture

266

(17)

Expansion and Slavery

283

(23)

The Sections Go Their Ways

306

(22)

The Coming of the Civil War

328

(21)

The War to Save the Union

349

(25)

Reconstruction and the South

374

The Declaration of Independence

A1

The Constitution of the United States

A3

Picture Credits

C1

Index

I1

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Short History of the American Nation, A, Single Volume Edition

Short History of the American Nation, A, Single Volume Edition

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