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The Unfinished Nation: A Concise History of the American People, Volume 1

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The Unfinished Nation: A Concise History of the American People, Volume 1

by: BRINKLEY

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Copyright: 08/01/2003
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List of Illustrations

List of Maps and Charts

xviii

Preface

xxi

Chapter One The Meeting of Cultures

(24)

America before Columbus

(3)

The Civilizations of the South

(1)

The Civilizations of the North

(2)

Europe Looks Westward

(12)

Commerce and Nationalism

(1)

Christopher Columbus

(2)

The Spanish Empire

(2)

Northern Outposts

(1)

Biological and Cultural Exchanges

(4)

Africa and America

(3)

The Arrival of the English

Incentives for Colonization

(3)

The French and the Dutch in America

(1)

The First English Settlements

Debating the Past: THE AMERICAN POPULATION BEFORE COLUMBUS

(4)

America in the World: THE ATLANTIC CONTEXT OF EARLY AMERICAN HISTORY

(40)

Conclusion

(1)

For Further Reference

(1)

Chapter Two Transplantations and Borderlands

(32)

The Early Chesapeake

(8)

The Founding of Jamestown

(1)

Reorganization and Expansion

(3)

Exchanges of Agricultural Technology

(1)

Maryland and the Calverts

(1)

Bacon's Rebellion

(2)

The Growth of New England

(6)

Plymouth Plantation

(1)

The Massachusetts Bay Experiment

(1)

The Expansion of New England

(2)

Settlers and Natives

(1)

King Philip's War and the Technology of Battle

(1)

The Restoration Colonies

(4)

The English Civil War

(1)

The Carolinas

(1)

New Netherland, New York, and New Jersey

(1)

The Quaker Colonies

(1)

Borderlands and Middle Grounds

(8)

The Caribbean Islands

(1)

Masters and Slaves in the Caribbean

(1)

The Southwestern Borderlands

(1)

The Southeast Borderlands

(1)

The Founding of Georgia

(1)

Middle Grounds

(2)

The Development of Empire

(2)

The Dominion of New England

(1)

The "Glorious Revolution"

(1)

Conclusion

(1)

For Further Reference

(1)

Chapter Three Society and Culture in Provincial America

(32)

The Colonial Population

(9)

Indentured Servitude

(1)

Birth and Death

(1)

Medicine in the Colonies

(2)

Women and Families in the Colonies

(1)

The Beginnings of Slavery in English America

(3)

Changing Sources of European Immigration

(2)

The Colonial Economies

(5)

The Southern Economy

(1)

Northern Economic and Technological Life

(1)

The Extent and Limits of Technology

(1)

The Rise of Colonial Commerce

(1)

The Rise of Consumerism

(1)

Patterns of Society

(5)

Masters and Slaves on the Plantation

(1)

The Puritan Community

(3)

Cities

(1)

Awakenings and Enlightenments

The Pattern of Religions

(2)

The Great Awakening

(1)

The Enlightenment

(1)

Literacy and Technology

(1)

Education

(1)

The Spread of Science

(2)

Concepts of Law and Politics

Debating the Past: THE ORIGINS OF SLAVERY

(50)

Conclusion

(1)

For Further Reference

(3)

Chapter Four The Empire in Transition

(26)

Loosening Ties

(2)

A Decentralized Empire

(1)

The Colonies Divided

(1)

The Struggle for the Continent

(4)

New France and the Iroquois Nation

(1)

Anglo-French Conflicts

(1)

The Great War for the Empire

(2)

The New Imperialism

(4)

Burdens of Empire

(2)

The British and the Tribes

(1)

Battles over Trade and Taxes

100

(1)

Stirrings of Revolt

101

(8)

The Stamp Act Crisis

101

(1)

The Townshend Program

102

(1)

The Boston Massacre

103

(2)

The Philosophy of Revolt

105

(2)

Sites of Resistance

107

(1)

The Tea Excitement

107

(2)

Cooperation and War

109

(4)

New Sources of Authority

109

(1)

Lexington and Concord

110

(3)

Conclusion

113

(1)

For Further Reference

113

(3)

Chapter Five The American Revolution

116

(30)

The States United

118

(4)

Defining American War Aims

118

(1)

The Declaration of Independence

118

(1)

Mobilizing for War

119

(3)

The War for Independence

122

(7)

The First Phase: New England

122

(1)

The Second Phase: The Mid Atlantic Region

123

(3)

Securing Aid from Abroad

126

(1)

The Final Phase: The South

126

(3)

Winning the Peace

129

(1)

War and Society

129

(6)

Loyalists and Minorities

131

(1)

The War and Slavery

132

(1)

Native Americans and the Revolution

133

(1)

Women's Rights and Women's Roles

134

(1)

The War Economy

135

(1)

The Creation of State Governments

135

(3)

The Assumptions of Republicanism

135

(1)

The First State Constitutions

136

(1)

Revising State Governments

137

(1)

Toleration and Slavery

137

(1)

The Search for a National Government

138

The Confederation

138

(1)

Diplomatic Failures

139

(1)

The Confederation and the Northwest

139

(2)

Indians and the Western Lands

141

(1)

Debts, Taxes, and Daniel Shays

142

Debating the Past: THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

120

(10)

America in the World: THE AGE OF REVOLUTIONS

130

(36)

Conclusion

143

(1)

For Further Reference

144

(2)

Chapter Six The Constitution and the New Republic

146

(20)

Framing a New Government

147

(5)

Advocates of Reform

148

(1)

A Divided Convention

148

(2)

Compromise

150

(1)

The Constitution of 1787

150

(2)

Adoption and Adaptation

152

(2)

Federalists and Antifederalists

152

(1)

Completing the Structure

153

(1)

Federalists and Republicans

154

(4)

Hamilton and the Federalists

155

(1)

Enacting the Federalist Program

156

(1)

The Republican Opposition

157

(1)

Establishing National Sovereignty

158

(3)

Securing the West

158

(2)

Maintaining Neutrality

160

(1)

The Downfall of the Federalists

161

(4)

The Election of 1796

161

(1)

The Quasi War with France

161

(1)

Repression and Protest

162

(1)

The "Revolution" of 1800

163

(2)

Conclusion

165

(1)

For Further Reference

165

(1)

Chapter Seven The Jeffersonian Era

166

(34)

The Rise of Cultural Nationalism

168

(5)

Educational and Literary Nationalism

168

(2)

Medicine and Science

170

(1)

Cultural Aspirations of the New Nation

170

(1)

Religion and Revivalism

171

(2)

Stirrings of Industrialism

173

(6)

Technology in America

174

(1)

Transportation Innovations

175

(3)

Country and City

178

(1)

Jefferson the President

179

(4)

The Federal City and the "People's President"

179

(2)

Dollars and Ships

181

(1)

Conflict with the Courts

182

(1)

Doubling the National Domain

183

(5)

Jefferson and Napoleon

183

(1)

The Louisiana Purchase

184

(1)

Exploring the West

185

(1)

The Burr Conspiracy

186

(2)

Expansion and War

188

(5)

Conflict on the Seas

188

(1)

Impressment

189

(1)

"Peaceable Coercion"

189

(1)

The "Indian Problem" and the British

190

(1)

Tecumseh and the Prophet

191

(1)

Florida and War Fever

192

(1)

The War of 1812

193

Battles with the Tribes

193

(1)

Battles with the British

194

(1)

The Revolt of New England

195

(2)

The Peace Settlement

197

America in the World: THE GLOBAL INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

176

(46)

Conclusion

198

(1)

For Further Reference

198

(2)

Chapter Eight Varieties of American Nationalism

200

(22)

Stabilizing Economic Growth

201

(3)

The Government and Economic Growth

202

(1)

Transportation

202

(2)

Expanding Westward

204

(4)

The Great Migration

205

(1)

White Settlers in the Old Northwest

205

(1)

The Plantation System in the Old Southwest

206

(1)

Trade and Trapping in the Far West

206

(2)

Eastern Images of the West

208

(1)

The "Era of Good Feelings"

208

(3)

The End of the First Party System

208

(1)

John Quincy Adams and Florida

209

(2)

The Panic of 1819

211

(1)

Sectionalism and Nationalism

211

(6)

The Missouri Compromise

211

(2)

Marshall and the Court

213

(2)

The Court and the Tribes

215

(1)

The Latin American Revolution and the Monroe Doctrine

216

(1)

The Revival of Opposition

217

(2)

The "Corrupt Bargain"

217

(1)

The Second President Adams

218

(1)

Jackson Triumphant

219

(1)

Conclusion

219

(1)

For Further Reference

220

(2)

Chapter Nine Jacksonian America

222

(26)

The Rise of Mass Politics

223

(4)

The Expanding Electorate

224

(2)

The Legitimization of Party

226

(1)

President of the Common Man

226

(1)

"Our Federal Union"

227

(4)

Calhoun and Nullification

229

(1)

The Rise of Van Buren

229

(1)

The Webster-Hayne Debate

230

(1)

The Nullification Crisis

231

(1)

The Removal of the Indians

231

(4)

White Attitudes toward the Tribes

232

(1)

The "Five Civilized Tribes"

232

(1)

Trails of Tears

233

(1)

The Meaning of Removal

234

(1)

Jackson and the Bank War

235

(3)

Biddle's Institution

235

(1)

The "Monster" Destroyed

236

(1)

The Taney Court

237

(1)

The Emergence of the Second Party System

238

(2)

The Two Parties

238

(2)

Politics after Jackson

240

The Panic of 1837

240

(1)

The Van Buren Program

241

(1)

The Log Cabin Campaign

241

(2)

The Frustration of the Whigs

243

(1)

Whig Diplomacy

244

Debating the Past: JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY

228

(52)

Conclusion

245

(1)

For Further Reference

246

(2)

Chapter Ten America's Economic Revolution

248

(32)

The Changing American Population

249

(4)

Immigration and Urban Growth, 1840-1860

250

(2)

The Rise of Nativism

252

(1)

Transportation and Communications Revolutions

253

(6)

The Canal Age

253

(2)

The Early Railroads

255

(1)

The Triumph of the Rails

256

(1)

The Telegraph

257

(1)

New Forms of Journalism

258

(1)

Commerce and Industry

259

(3)

The Expansion of Business, 1820-1840

259

(1)

The Emergence of the Factory

259

(1)

Advances in Technology

260

(2)

Innovations in Corporate Organization

262

(1)

Men and Women at Work

262

(4)

Recruiting a Native Work Force

262

(2)

The Immigrant Work Force

264

(1)

The Factory System and the Artisan Tradition

264

(2)

Fighting for Control

266

(1)

Patterns of Society

266

(7)

The Rich and the Poor

266

(2)

Social Mobility

268

(1)

Middle-Class Life

268

(2)

The Changing Family

270

(1)

The "Cult of Domesticity"

270

(1)

Leisure Activities

271

(2)

The Agricultural North

273

(4)

Northeastern Agriculture

273

(1)

The Old Northwest

274

(2)

Rural Life

276

(1)

Conclusion

277

(1)

For Further Reference

277

(3)

Chapter Eleven Cotton, Slavery, and the Old South

280

(24)

The Cotton Economy

282

(5)

The Rise of King Cotton

282

(2)

Southern Trade and Industry

284

(2)

Sources of Southern Difference

286

(1)

Southern White Society

287

(4)

The Planter Class

287

(1)

The "Southern Lady"

288

(1)

The Plain Folk

289

(2)

Slavery: The "Peculiar Institution"

291

(7)

Varieties of Slavery

291

(2)

Life under Slavery

293

(2)

Slavery in the Cities

295

(1)

Free Blacks

295

(1)

Slave Resistance

296

(2)

The Culture of Slavery

298

Slave Religion

298

(1)

Language and Music

299

(1)

The Slave Family

300

Debating the Past: THE CHARACTER OF SLAVERY

292

(12)

Conclusion

301

(1)

For Further Reference

301

(3)

Chapter Twelve Antebellum Culture and Reform

304

(26)

The Romantic Impulse

306

(8)

Nationalism and Romanticism in American Painting

306

(1)

An American Literature

307

(1)

Literature in the Antebellum South

308

(1)

The Transcendentalists

309

(1)

The Defense of Nature

310

(1)

Visions of Utopia

310

(2)

Redefining Gender Roles

312

(1)

The Mormons

312

(2)

Remaking Society

314

(6)

Revivalism, Morality, and Order

314

(1)

Health, Science, and Phrenology

314

(3)

Medical Science

317

(1)

Education

318

(1)

Rehabilitation

319

(1)

The Rise of Feminism

320

(1)

The Crusade against Slavery

320

(2)

Early Opposition to Slavery

321

(1)

Garrison and Abolitionism

321

(2)

Black Abolitionists

323

(1)

Anti-Abolitionism

324

(1)

Abolitionism Divided

325

America in the World: THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY

322

(38)

Conclusion

327

(1)

For Further Reference

328

(2)

Chapter Thirteen The Impending Crisis

330

(30)

Looking Westward

331

(5)

Manifest Destiny

332

(1)

Americans in Texas

332

(1)

Oregon

333

(2)

The Westward Migration

335

(1)

Expansion and War

336

(6)

The Democrats and Expansion

336

(2)

The Southwest and California

338

(1)

The Mexican War

339

(3)

The Sectional Debate

342

(5)

Slavery and the Territories

342

(1)

The California Gold Rush

343

(1)

Rising Sectional Tensions

344

(1)

The Compromise of 1850

345

(2)

The Crises of the 1850's

347

(11)

The Uneasy Truce

347

(1)

"Young America"

347

(1)

Slavery, Railroads, and the West

348

(1)

The Kansas-Nebraska Controversy

349

(1)

"Bleeding Kansas"

349

(2)

The Free-Soil Ideology

351

(1)

The Pro-Slavery Argument

351

(1)

Buchanan and Depression

352

(1)

The Dred Scott Decision

353

(1)

Deadlock over Kansas

354

(1)

The Emergence of Lincoln

354

(1)

John Brown's Raid

355

(1)

The Election of Lincoln

356

(2)

Conclusion

358

(1)

For Further Reference

358

(2)

Chapter Fourteen The Civil War

360

(36)

The Secession Crisis

361

(4)

The Withdrawal of the South

361

(1)

The Failure of Compromise

362

(1)

The Opposing Sides

363

(2)

The Mobilization of the North

365

(5)

Economic Nationalism

365

(1)

Raising the Union Armies

366

(1)

Wartime Leadership and Politics

367

(1)

The Politics of Emancipation

368

(1)

African Americans and the Union Cause

369

(1)

Women, Nursing, and the War

370

(1)

The Mobilization of the South

370

(5)

Confederate Government

371

(1)

Money and Manpower

371

(2)

Economic and Social Effects of the War

373

(2)

Strategy and Diplomacy

375

(5)

The Commanders

376

(1)

The Role of Sea Power

377

(2)

Europe and the Disunited States

379

(1)

Campaigns and Battles

380

The Technology of War

380

(2)

The Opening Clashes, 1861

382

(1)

The Western Theater, 1862

383

(1)

The Virginia Front, 1862

384

(4)

1863: Year of Decision

388

(3)

The Last Stage, 1864-1865

391

Debating the Past: THE CAUSES OF THE CIVIL WAR

364

(10)

America in the World: THE CONSOLIDATION OF NATIONS

374

(22)

Conclusion

394

(1)

For Further Reference

395

(1)

Chapter Fifteen Reconstruction and the New South

396

The Problems of Peacemaking

398

(5)

The Aftermath of War and Emancipation

398

(1)

Competing Notions of Freedom

398

(2)

Plans for Reconstruction

400

(1)

The Death of Lincoln

401

(2)

Johnson and "Restoration"

403

(1)

Radical Reconstruction

403

(5)

The Black Codes

403

(2)

The Fourteenth Amendment

405

(1)

The Congressional Plan

406

(1)

The Impeachment of the President

407

(1)

The South in Reconstruction

408

(4)

The Reconstruction Governments

408

(1)

Education

409

(1)

Landownership and Tenancy

410

(1)

Incomes and Credit

411

(1)

The African-American Family in Freedom

412

(1)

The Grant Administration

412

(3)

The Soldier President

413

(1)

The Grant Scandals

413

(1)

The Greenback Question

414

(1)

Republican Diplomacy

414

(1)

The Abandonment of Reconstruction

415

(4)

The Southern States "Redeemed"

415

(1)

Waning Northern Commitment

416

(1)

The Compromise of 1877

416

(2)

The Legacy of Reconstruction

418

(1)

The New South

419

The "Redeemers"

419

(1)

Industrialization and the "New South"

420

(1)

Tenants and Sharecroppers

421

(1)

African Americans and the New South

422

(1)

The Birth of Jim Crow

423

Debating the Past: RECONSTRUCTION

404

Conclusion

426

(1)

For Further Reference

427

Appendixes

A-1

Index

I-1

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