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Nation of Nations Concise stands apart from the crowd as a brief American Survey Text that has not sacrificed the strength of its narrative to achieve brevity. The Nation of Nations concise version strikes unique balances for a brief text: providing enough contextual detail for the reader to grasp the story and maintaining a balance between narrative and thematic structure. Clear and lively prose, numerous vivid stories, and concrete historical examples all illustrate points of and themes in history. As a result, the original Nation of Nations author team retains the detail of story in a brief package.

Chapter 17 Reconstructing the Union
Presidential Reconstruction
Congressional Reconstruction
Reconstruction in the South
Black Aspirations
The Abandonment of Reconstruction
Part 4 The United States in an Industrial Age
Chapter 18 The New South and the Trans-Mississippi West
The Southern Burden
Life in the New South
Western Frontiers
The War for the West
Boom and Bust in the West
The Final Frontier
Chapter 19 The New Industrial Order
The Development of Industrial Systems
Railroads: America’s First Big Business
The Growth of Big Business
The Workers’ World
The Systems of Labor
Chapter 20 The Rise of an Urban Order
A New Urban Age
Running and Reforming the City
City Life
City Culture
Chapter 21 The Political System under Strain
The Politics of Paralysis
The Revolt of the Farmers
The New Realignment
Visions of Empire
The Imperial Moment
Chapter 22 The Progressive Era
The Roots of Progressive Reform
The Search for the Good Society
Controlling the Masses
The Politics of Municipal and State Reform
Progressivism Goes to Washington
Woodrow Wilson and the Politics of Morality
Chapter 23 The United States and the Old World Order
Progressive Diplomacy
Woodrow Wilson and Moral Diplomacy
The Road to War
War and Society
The Lost Peace
Part 5 The Perils of Democracy
Chapter 24 The New Era
The Roaring Economy
A Mass Society
Defenders of the Faith
Republicans Ascendant
The Great Bull Market
Chapter 25 The Great Depression and the New Deal, 1929-1939
The Human Impact of the Great Depression
The Tragedy of Herbert Hoover
The Early New Deal (1933-1935)
A Second New Deal (1935-1936)
The American People Under the New Deal
The End of the New Deal (1937-1940)
Chapter 26 America’s Rise to Globalism
The United States in a Troubled World
A Global War
Those Who Fought
War Production
A Question of Rights
Winning the War and the Peace
Part 6 The United States in a Nuclear Age
Chapter 27 Cold War America
The Rise of the Cold War
Postwar Prosperity
The Cold War at Home
From Cold War to Hot War and Back
Chapter 28 The Suburban Era
The Rise of the Suburbs
The Culture of Suburbia
The Politics of Calm
Nationalism in an Age of Superpowers
The Cold War Along a New Frontier
Cold War on the New Frontier
Chapter 29 Civil Rights and the Crisis of Liberalism
The Civil Rights Movement
A Movement Becomes a Crusade
Lyndon Johnson and the Great Society
The Counterculture
Chapter 30 The Vietnam Era
The Road to Vietnam
Social Consequences of the War
The Unraveling
The Nixon War
The End of an Era
Chapter 31 The Age of Limits
The Limits of Reform
Watergate and the Politics of Resentment
A Ford, Not a Lincoln
Jimmy Carter: Restoring the Faith
Chapter 32 The Conservative Challenge
The Conservative Rebellion
Prime Time with Ronald Reagan
Standing Tall in a Chaotic World
An End to the Cold War
Chapter 33 Nation of Nations in a Global Community
The New Immigration
The Clinton Presidency: Managing a New Global Order
The Clinton Presidency on Trial
The United States in a Networked World
Multiculturalism and Contested American Identity

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Nation of Nations Concise Volume II with After the Fact Interactive USDA; MP

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Summary

Table of Contents

Presidential Reconstruction

Congressional Reconstruction

Reconstruction in the South

Black Aspirations

The Abandonment of Reconstruction

Part 4 The United States in an Industrial Age

Chapter 18 The New South and the Trans-Mississippi West

The Southern Burden

Life in the New South

Western Frontiers

The War for the West

Boom and Bust in the West

The Final Frontier

Chapter 19 The New Industrial Order

The Development of Industrial Systems

Railroads: America’s First Big Business

The Growth of Big Business

The Workers’ World

The Systems of Labor

Chapter 20 The Rise of an Urban Order

A New Urban Age

Running and Reforming the City

City Life

City Culture

Chapter 21 The Political System under Strain

The Politics of Paralysis

The Revolt of the Farmers

The New Realignment

Visions of Empire

The Imperial Moment

Chapter 22 The Progressive Era

The Roots of Progressive Reform

The Search for the Good Society

Controlling the Masses

The Politics of Municipal and State Reform

Progressivism Goes to Washington

Woodrow Wilson and the Politics of Morality

Chapter 23 The United States and the Old World Order

Progressive Diplomacy

Woodrow Wilson and Moral Diplomacy

The Road to War

War and Society

The Lost Peace

Part 5 The Perils of Democracy

Chapter 24 The New Era

The Roaring Economy

A Mass Society

Defenders of the Faith

Republicans Ascendant

The Great Bull Market

Chapter 25 The Great Depression and the New Deal, 1929-1939

The Human Impact of the Great Depression

The Tragedy of Herbert Hoover

The Early New Deal (1933-1935)

A Second New Deal (1935-1936)

The American People Under the New Deal

The End of the New Deal (1937-1940)

Chapter 26 America’s Rise to Globalism

The United States in a Troubled World

A Global War

Those Who Fought

War Production

A Question of Rights

Winning the War and the Peace

Part 6 The United States in a Nuclear Age

Chapter 27 Cold War America

The Rise of the Cold War

Postwar Prosperity

The Cold War at Home

From Cold War to Hot War and Back

Chapter 28 The Suburban Era

The Rise of the Suburbs

The Culture of Suburbia