America's Promise

Informationen zum Autor William J. Rorabaugh is professor of history at the University of Washington, Seattle. He is the author of The Alcoholic Republic: An American Tradition, The Craft Apprentice: From Franklin to the Machine Age, Berkeley at War: The 1960s and Kennedy and the Promise of the Sixties. Donald T. Critchlow is professor of history at Saint Louis University. He is the founding editor of the Journal of Policy History, and the author of a number of books, including Intended Consequences: Birth Control, Abortion, and the Federal Government and Studebaker: The Life and Death of an American Corporation. Paula Baker is associate professor of history at the Ohio State University and is the author of The Moral Framework of Public Life: Gender, Politics, and the State in Rural New York, 1870 1930, editor of Money and Politics, and co-editor of Major Problems in American History since 1945. Klappentext In this text, authors William J. Rorabaugh, Donald T. Critchlow, and Paula Baker effectively blend political, social and cultural history to present a balanced portrait of America's past. Designed to emphasize major themes and events, the work also captures the rich and often amusing character of the American people. Extensively revised and expanded from America: A Concise History (Rorabaugh and Critchlow), America's Promise is a succinct, highly readable introduction to American history. Zusammenfassung In this text! authors William J. Rorabaugh! Donald T. Critchlow! and Paula Baker effectively blend political! social and cultural history to present a balanced portrait of America's past. Designed to emphasize major themes and events! the work also captures the rich and often ...

Klappentext
In this text, authors William J. Rorabaugh, Donald T. Critchlow, and Paula Baker effectively blend political, social and cultural history to present a balanced portrait of America's past. Designed to emphasize major themes and events, the work also captures the rich and often amusing character of the American people. Extensively revised and expanded from America: A Concise History (Rorabaugh and Critchlow), America's Promise is a succinct, highly readable introduction to American history.

Inhalt
Chapter 1 Reconstruction, 1863-1877 Chapter 2 The Frontier and Westward Expansion Chapter 3 Industry and Labor in the Gilded Age Chapter 4 The Structure of Gilded Age Politics Chapter 5 Immigrants and the City Transform American Society Chapter 6 Depression, Protest, and Politics Chapter 7 America Acquires an Empire Chapter 8 The Progressive Years Chapter 9 Global Power and World War Chapter 10 The Paradox of the 1920s Chapter 11 The Great Depression and the New Deal Chapter 12 A Global Nation: World War II and the Origins of the Cold War Chapter 13 The Cold War Haunts the "Fabulous Fifties" Chapter 14 Decade of Illusion, 1960-1969 Chapter 15 The Tumultuous Years: Nixon-Ford-Carter, 1968-1980 Chapter 16 The Reagan Revolution and its Aftermath Chapter 17 America Enters the Twenty-First Century Chapter 18 Appendix I: The Declaration of Independence Chapter 19 Appendix II: The Constitution of the United States of America Chapter 20 Appendix III: U.S. Population Characteristics Chapter 21 Appendix IV: Population for Selected Large Cities Chapter 22 Appendix V: Presidential Elections Chapter 23 Appendix VI: Chronology Chapter 24 Glossary

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