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The Enduring Vision A History of the American People
ISBN: 9780618801596 | 0618801596
Edition: 6thFormat: Hardcover
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Pub. Date: 1/10/2007
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The Enduring Visionfeatures an engaging narrative that integrates political, social, and cultural history within a chronological framework. The first U.S. history survey to incorporate sustained attention to cultural history, the text is also known for its innovative coverage of public health, the environment, and the West--including Native American history. The Sixth Edition presents increased global coverage and a new comparative feature, "Beyond America: Global Interactions," which provides an international context for significant developments in the United States. A range of student oriented pedagogical features--including focus questions and an online glossary--makes this edition even more accessible. The authors continue to explore the enduring vision of the American people, a vision they describe as "a shared determination to live up to the values that give meaning to America." New!The newBeyond America: Global Interactionsfeature presents 15 illustrated essays that demonstrate how events and developments elsewhere in the world influenced change in the United States. Topics include "The Origins and Spread of Agriculture," "Slave Emancipation in the Atlantic World," and "The Challenge of Globalization." New!Revised and enhanced in response to student feedback, the pedagogical program now offers extensive chapter outlines,Key Termsin boldface throughout the text and in chapter-ending boxes, section-openingFocus Questions,and online glossary definitions. New!Chapters 3, 31, and 32 have been substantially reorganized to address current global issues and challenges facing America. Each chapter has been revised to incorporate the latest scholarship, and coverage up to and including the November 2006 election brings the narrative up to date. New!Four new essays--featuring the telegraph, the sewing machine, electricity, and global warming--bring the total number ofTechnology and Cultureboxes to 17. These popular essays highlight key innovations and their impact on American society and culture. New!Twelve new chapter-opening vignettes include black revolutionary soldier Agrippa Hull, utopian and labor agitator Frances Wright, Tejano politician Jose Antonio Navarro, and actors Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. For the first time all vignettes include either illustrations or photographs. New!Eight new maps enhance the book's distinctive map program. The Enduring Visionis also available in a Student Achievement Series edition, as well as Concise and Dolphin Editions. Please visit our online catalog for descriptions.
| Preliminary Contents | |
| Note: Selections new to this edition are indicated by an asterisk (*) | |
| Native Peoples of America, to 1500 | |
| Beyond America: The Origins and Spread of Agriculture | |
| The Rise of the Atlantic World, 1400–1625 | |
| Technology and Culture: Sugar Production in the Americas | |
| The Emergence of Colonial Societies, 1625–1700 | |
| Technology and Culture: Nat... MORE | |
| Roads to Revolution, 1660–1750 | |
| Beyond America: European Maritime Empires, 1450–1750 | |
| Triumph and Tensions: The British Empire, 1750–1763 | |
| Technology and Culture: Public Sanitation in Philadelphia | |
| Securing Independence, Defining Nationhood, 1776–1788 | |
| Beyond America: The American Revolution as an International War | |
| Launching the New Republic, 1788–1800 | |
| Beyond America: Trade and Empire in the Pacific, to 1800 | |
| Jeffersonianism and the Era of Good Feelings, 1801–1824 | |
| Technology and Culture: Mapping America | |
| The Transformation of American Society, 1815–1840 | |
| Technology and Culture: Building the Erie Canal | |
| Democratic Politics, Religious Revival, and Reform, 1824–1840 | |
| Beyond America: The Panic of 1837 | |
| Technology, Culture, and Everyday Life, 1840–1860 | |
| Technology and Culture: Guns and Gun Culture | |
| The Old South and Slavery, 1830–1860 | |
| Beyond America: Slavery as a Global Institution | |
| Immigration, Expansion, and Sectional Conflict, 1840–1848 | |
| Technology and Culture: The Telegraph | |
| From Compromise to Secession, 1850–1861 | |
| Beyond America: Slave Emancipation in the Atlantic World | |
| Crucible of Freedom, Civil War, 1861–1865 | |
| Technology and Culture: The Camera and the Civil War | |
| The Crises of Reconstruction, 1865–1877 | |
| Technology and Culture: The Sewing Machine | |
| The Transformation of the Trans-Mississippi West, 1860–1900 | |
| Beyond America: The Cattle-Raising Industry in the Americas | |
| The Rise of Industrial America, 1865–1900 | |
| Technology and Culture: Electricity | |
| Immigration, Urbanization, and Everyday Life, 1860–1900 | |
| Technology and Culture: Flush Toilets and the Invention of the Nineteenth-Century Bathroom | |
| Politics and Expansion in an Industrializing Age, 1877–1900 | |
| Beyond America: Missionaries to the World | |
| The Progressive Era, 1900–1917 | |
| Beyond America: Progressive Reformers Worldwide Share Ideas and Strategies | |
| Global Involvements and World War I, 1902–1920 | |
| Technology and Culture: The Phonograph, Popular, Music, and Home-Front Morale in World War I | |
| The 1920s: Coping with Change, 1920–1929 | |
| Beyond America: The "New Woman" in the 1920s | |
| The Great Depression and the New Deal, 1929–1939 | |
| Technology and Culture: Sound, Color, and Animation Come to the Movies | |
| Americans and a World in Crisis, 1933–1945 | |
| Beyond America: Refugees from Fascism: The Intellectual Migration to the United States | |
| The Cold War Abroad and at Home, 1945–1952 | |
| Beyond America: Decolonization and the Cold War | |
| America at Midcentury, 1952–1960 | |
| Technology and Culture: The Interstate Highway System | |
| The Liberal Era, 1960–1968 | |
| Technology and Culture: The Pill | |
| A Time of Upheaval, 1968–1974 | |
| Beyond America: The British Invasion | |
| Conservative Resurgence, Economic Woes, Foreign Challenges, 1974–1989 | |
| Technology and Culture: The Personal Computer | |
| Charting a New Course, 1988–2000 | |
| Beyond America: The Challenge of G | |
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