America’s History Concise Edition 10th Edition By Rebecca Edwards, Eric Hinderaker, Robert Self, James Henretta
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The America's History: Concise Edition (10th Edition) by Rebecca Edwards, Eric Hinderaker, Robert O. Self, and James A. Henretta provides a comprehensive chronological survey of United States history. [1, 2]
The book is structured into major historical parts and chapters that track the political, social, and economic development of the country: [1]
Volume 1: To 1877 (Early America to Reconstruction)
- Transformations of North America (1491–1700): Explores pre-Columbian societies, early transatlantic contacts among Native Americans, Europeans, and Africans, and the creation of early colonies. [1]
- British North America and the Atlantic World (1660–1763): Covers the growth of the British imperial system, the development of the transatlantic slave trade, the expansion of colonial economies, and the impacts of the Great Awakening and Enlightenment. [1]
- Revolution and Republican Culture (1763–1820): Examines the causes of the American Revolution, the War for Independence, the drafting of the Constitution, and the formation of the early political party system. [1, 2]
- Overlapping Revolutions (1800–1860): Details the market revolution, economic transformations, the expansion of democracy, religious revivals, social reform movements (like abolitionism and women's rights), and the deepening entrenchment of plantation slavery. [1]
- Consolidating a Continental Union (1844–1877): Covers western expansion, Manifest Destiny, the rising sectional crisis over slavery, the American Civil War, and the political and social outcomes of Reconstruction. [1]
Volume 2: Since 1865 (Industrialization to the Modern Era)
- Industrializing America (1877–1917): Focuses on the Gilded Age, rapid industrialization, the rise of big business and capitalism, urbanization, corporate growth, labor union conflicts, and the reforms of the Progressive Era.
- Domestic and Global Crises (1890–1945): Details the rise of the U.S. as a global empire, participation in World War I, the cultural shifts of the 1920s, the economic devastation of the Great Depression, Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal, and U.S. involvement in World War II.
- The Modern State and the Cold War (1945–1980): Examines the geopolitical conflicts of the Cold War, the postwar economic boom, the Civil Rights Movement, the Vietnam War, the rise of the counterculture, and the political shifts of the 1970s.
- Global Capitalism and a Polarized Nation (1980–Present): Reviews the conservative resurgence under Ronald Reagan, the end of the Cold War, rapid globalization, technological advancement, the post-9/11 war on terror, and modern political polarization. [1]
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