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American History: A Survey, 11/e

Alan Brinkley, Columbia University

ISBN: 0072424362
Copyright year: 2003

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CHAPTER ONE: THE MEETING OF CULTURES
America Before Columbus
The Civilizations of the South
The Civilizations of the North
Tribal Cultures
Europe Looks Westward
Commerce and Nationalism
Christopher Columbus
The Conquistadors
The Spanish Empire
Spanish America
Northern Outposts
The Empire at High Tide
Biological and Cultural Exchanges
Africa and America
The Arrival of the English
The Commercial Incentive
The Religious Incentive
The English in Ireland
The French and the Dutch in America
The First English Settlements
Roanoke
Conclusion
Significant Events
Where Historians Disagree: Why Do Historians So Often Differ?
Where Historians Disagree: The American Population Before Columbus
For Further Reference
CHAPTER TWO: TRANSPLANTATIONS AND BORDERLINES
The Early Chesapeake
The Founding of Jamestown
Reorganization
Tobacco
Expansion
Exchanges of Agricultural Technology
Maryland and the Calverts
Turbulent Virginia
Caribbean Colonization
Bacon's Rebellion
The Growth of New England
Plymouth Plantation
The Expansion of New England
Settlers and Natives
The Pequot War, King Philip's War, and the Technology of Battle
The Restoration Colonies
The English Civil War
The Carolinas
New Netherland, New York, and New Jersey
The Quaker Colonies
Borderlands and Middle Grounds
The Caribbean Islands
Masters and Slaves in the Caribbean
The Southwestern Borderlands
The Southeast Borderlands
The Founding of Georgia
The Evolution of the British Empire
Conclusion
Significant Events
The American Environment: The Other Pilgrims
For Further Reference
CHAPTER THREE: SOCIETY AND CULTURE IN PROVINCIAL AMERICA
The Colonial Population
Indentured Servitude
Birth and Death
Medicine in the Colonies
Women and Families in the Chesapeake
Women and Families in New England
The Beginnings of Slavery in British America
Changing Sources of European Immigration
The Colonial Economies
The Southern Economy
The Northern Economic and Technological Life
The Extent and Limits of Technology
The Rise of Colonial Commerce
The Rise of Consumerism
Patterns of Society
The Plantation
Plantation Slavery
The Puritan Community
The Witchcraft Phenomenon
Awakenings and Enlightenments
The Pattern of Religions
The Great Awakening
The Enlightenment
Education
The Spread of Science
Concepts of Law and Politics
Conclusion
Significant Events
Where Historians Disagree: The Origins of Slavery
Patterns of Popular Culture: Colonial Almanacs
For Further Reference
CHAPTER FOUR: THE EMPIRE IN TRANSITION
Loosening Ties
A Tradition of Neglect
The Colonies Divided
The Struggle for the Continent
New France and the Iroquois Nation
Anglo-French Conflicts
The Great War for the Empire
The New Imperialism
Burdens of Empire
The British and the Tribes
The Colonial Response
Stirrings of Revolt
The Stamp Act Crisis
The Townshend Program
The Boston Massacre
The Philosophy of Revolt
The Tea Excitement
Cooperation and War
New Sources of Authority
Lexington and Concord
Conclusion
Significant Events
Patterns of Popular Culture: Taverns in Revolutionary Massachusetts
For Further Reference
CHAPTER FIVE: THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
The States United
Defining American War Aims
The Decision for Independence
Responses to Independence
Mobilizing for War
The War for Independence
The First Phase: New England
The Second Phase: The Mid-Atlantic Region
The Iroquois and the British
Securing Aid from Abroad
The Final Phase: The South
Winning the Peace
War and Society
Loyalists and Minorities
The War and Slavery
Native Americans and the Revolution
Women's Rights and Women's Roles
The War Economy
The Creation of State Governments
The Assumptions of Republicanism
The First State Constitutions
Revising State Governments
Toleration and Slavery
The Search for a National Government
The Confederation
Diplomatic Failures
The Confederation and the Northwest
Indians and the Western Lands
Debts, Taxes, and Daniel Shays
Conclusion
Significant Events
Where Historians Disagree: The American Revolution
The American Environment: The Grid
For Further Reference
CHAPTER SIX: THE CONSTITUTION AND THE NEW REPUBLIC
Framing a New Government
Advocates of Centralization
A Divided Convention
Compromise
The Constitution of 1787
Federalists and Antifederalists
Completing the Structure
Federalists and Republicans
Hamilton and the Federalists
Enacting the Federalist Program
The Republican Opposition
Establishing National Sovereignty
Securing the Frontier
Native Americans and the New Nation
Maintaining Neutrality
Jay's Treaty and Pinckney's Treaty
The Downfall of the Federalists
The Election of 1796
The Quasi War with France
Repression and Protest
The "Revolution" of 1800
Conclusion
Significant Events
Where Historians Disagree: The Background of the Constitution
For Further Reference
CHAPTER SEVEN: THE JEFFERSONIAN ERA
The Rise of Cultural Nationalism
Patterns of Education
Medicine and Science
Cultural Aspirations in the New Nation
Religious Skepticism
The Second Great Awakening
Stirrings of Industrialism
The Industrial Revolution in England
Technology in America
Transportation Innovations
The Rising Cities
Jefferson the President
The Federal City and the "People's President"
Dollars and Ships
Conflict with the Courts
Doubling the National Domain
Jefferson and Napoleon
The Louisiana Purchase
Lewis and Clark Explore the West
The Burr Conspiracy
Expansion and War
Conflict on the Seas
Impressment
"Peaceable Coercion"
Tecumseh and the Prophet
Florida and War Fever
The War of 1812
Battles with Tribes
Battles with the British
The Revolt of New England
The Peace Settlement
Conclusion
Significant Events
Patterns of Popular Culture: Horse Racing
For Further Reference
CHAPTER EIGHT: VARIETIES OF AMERICAN NATIONALISM
A Growing Economy
Banking, Currency, and Protection
Transportation
Expanding Westward
The Great Migrations
White Settlers in the Old Northwest
The Plantation System in the Southwest
Trade and Trapping in the Far West
Eastern Images of the West
The Era of Good Feelings
The End of the First Party System
John Quincy Adams and Florida
The Panic of 1819
Sectionalism and Nationalism
The Missouri Compromise
Marshall and the Court
The Court and the Tribes
The Latin American Revolution and the Monroe Doctrine
The Revival of Opposition
The "Corrupt Bargain"
The Second President Adams
Jackson Triumphant
Conclusion
Significant Events
For Further Reference
CHAPTER NINE: JACKSONIAN AMERICA
The Rise of Mass Politics
The Expanding Electorate
The Legitimization of Party
"President of the Common Man"
Our Federal Union
Calhoun and Nullification
The Rise of Van Buren
The Webster-Hayne Debate
The Nullification Crisis
The Removal of the Indians
White Attitudes Towards the Tribes
The Black Hawk War
The "Five Civilized Tribes"
Trails of Tears
The Meaning of Removal
Jackson and the Bank War
Biddle's Institution
The Taney Court
The Changing Face of American Politics
Democrats and Whigs
Van Buren and the Panic of 1837
The Log Cabin Campaign
The Frustration of the Whigs
Whig Diplomacy
Conclusion
Significant Events
Where Historians Disagree: The "Age of Jackson"
Patterns of Popular Culture: The Penny Press
For Further Reference
CHAPTER TEN: AMERICA'S ECONOMIC REVOLUTION
The Changing American Population
The American Population, 1820-1840
Immigration and Urban Growth, 1840-1860
The Rise of Nativism
Transportation, Communications, and Technology
The Canal Age
The Early Railroads
The Triumph of the Rails
Innovations in Communications and Journalism
Commerce and Industry
The Expansion of Business, 1820-1840
The Emergence of the Factory
Advances in Technology
Innovations in Corporate Organization
Men and Women at Work
Recruiting a Native Work Force
The Immigrant Work Force
The Factory System and the Artisan Tradition
Fighting for Control
Patterns of Industrial Society
The Rich and the Poor
Social Mobility
Middle-Class Life
The Changing Family
Women and the "Cult of Democracy"
Leisure Activities
The Agricultural North
Northeastern Agriculture
The Old Northwest
Rural Life
Conclusion
Significant Events
The American Environment: The Flow of Water
Patterns of Popular Culture: Shakespeare in America
For Further Reference
CHAPTER ELEVEN: COTTON, SLAVERY, AND THE OLD SOUTH
The Cotton Economy
The Rise of King Cotton
Southern Trade and Industry
Sources of Southern Difference
White Society in the South
The Planter Class
Honor
The "Southern Lady"
The Plain Folk
Slavery: A Peculiar Institution
Varieties of Slavery
Life Under Slavery
Slavery in the Cities
Free African Americans
The Slave Trade
Slave Resistance
The Culture of Slavery
Language and Music
Conclusion
Significant Events
Where Historians Disagree: The Character of Slavery
Patterns of Popular Culture: The Slaves' Music
For Further Reading
CHAPTER TWELVE: ANTEBELLUM CULTURE AND REFORM
The Romantic Impulse
Literature and the Quest for Liberation
Literature in the Antebellum South
The Transcendentalists
The Defense of Nature
Visions of Utopia
Redefining Gender Roles
The Mormons
Remaking Society
Revivalism, Morality, and Order
The Temperance Crusade
Health Fads and Phrenology
Medical Science
Reforming Education
Rehabilitation
The Indian Reservation
The Rise of Feminism
The Crusade Against Slavery
Early Opposition to Slavery
Garrison and Abolitionism
Black Abolitionists
Anti-Abolitionism
Abolitionism Divided
Conclusion
Significant Events
Patterns of Popular Culture: Sentimental Novels
For Further Reading
CHAPTER THIRTEEN: THE IMPENDING CRISIS
Looking Westward
Manifest Destiny
Americans in Texas
Tensions Between the United States and Mexico
Oregon
The Westward Migration
Life on the Trail
Expansion and War
The Southwest and California
The Mexican War
The Sectional Debate
Slavery and the Territories
The California Gold Rush
Rising Sectional Tensions
The Compromise of 1850
The Crises of the 1850's
The Uneasy Truce
"Young America"
Slavery, Railroads, and the West
The Kansas-Nebraska Controversy
"Bleeding Kansas"
The Free-Soil Ideology
The Pro-Slavery Argument
Buchanan and Depression
The Dred Scott Decision
Deadlock over Kansas
The Emergence of Lincoln
John Brown's Raid
The Election of Lincoln
Conclusion
Significant Events
Patterns of Popular Culture: Lyceums
For Further Reading
CHAPTER FOURTEEN: THE CIVIL WAR
The Secession Crisis
The Withdrawal of the South
The Failure of Compromise
Fort Sumter
The Opposing Sides
The Mobilization of the North
Economic Measures
Raising the Union Armies
Wartime Politics
The Politics of Emancipation
African Americans and the Union Cause
The War and Economic Development
Women, Nursing, and the War
The Mobilization of the South
The Confederate Government
Money and Manpower
States' Rights Versus Centralization
Economic and Social Effects of the War
Strategy and Diplomacy
The Commanders
The Role of Sea Power
Europe and the Disunited States
The American West and the War
The Course of Battle
The Technology of Battle
The Opening Clashes, 1861
The Western Theater
The Virginia Front, 1862
1863: Year of Decision
The Last Stage, 1864-1865
Conclusion
Significant Events
Where Historians Disagree: The Causes of the Civil War
Patterns of Popular Culture: Baseball and the Civil War
For Further Reference
CHAPTER FIFTEEN: RECONSTRUCTION AND THE NEW SOUTH
The Problems of Peacemaking
The Aftermath of War and Emancipation
Competing Notions of Freedom
Issues of Reconstruction
Plans for Reconstruction
The Death of Lincoln
Johnson and "Restoration"
Radical Reconstruction
The Black Codes
The Fourteenth Amendment
The Congressional Plan
The Impeachment of the President
The South in Reconstruction
The Reconstruction Governments
Education
Landownership and Tenancy
The Crop Lien System
The African-American Family in Freedom
The Grant Administration
The Soldier President
The Grant Scandals
The Greenback Question
Republican Diplomacy
The Abandonment of Reconstruction
The Southern States "Redeemed"
The Ku Klux Klan Acts
Waning Northern Commitment
The Compromise of 1877
The Legacies of Reconstruction
The New South
The "Redeemers"
Industrialization and the "New South"
Tenants and Sharecroppers
African Americans and the New South
The Birth of Jim Crow
Conclusion
Significant Events
Where Historians Disagree: Reconstruction
Patterns of Popular Culture: The Minstrel Show
Where Historians Disagree: The Origins of Segregation
For Further Reference
CHAPTER SIXTEEN: THE CONQUEST OF THE FAR WEST
The Societies of the Far West
The Western Tribes
Hispanic New Mexico
Hispanic California and Texas
The Chinese Migration
Anti-Chinese Sentiments
Migration from The East
The Changing Western Economy
Labor in the West
The Arrival of the Miners
The Cattle Kingdom
The Romance of the West
The Western Landscape
The Cowboy Culture
The Idea of the Frontier
Frederick Jackson Turner
The Loss of Utopia
The Dispersal of the Tribes
White Tribal Policies
The Indian Wars
The Dawes Act
The Rise and Decline of the Western Farmer
Farming on the Plains
Commercial Agriculture
The Farmer's Grievances
The Agrarian Malaise
Conclusion
Significant Events
Patterns of Popular Culture: The Wild West Show
Where Historians Disagree: The "Frontier" and the West
For Further Reference
Bibliography
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: INDUSTRIAL SUPREMACY
Sources of Industrial Growth
Industrial Technologies
The Airplane and the Automobile
Research and Development
The Science of Production
Railroad Expansion
The Corporation
Consolidating Corporate America
The Trust and the Holding Company
Capitalism and Its Critics
The "Self-Made Man"
Survival of the Fittest
The Gospel of Wealth
Alternative Visions
The Problems of Monopoly
Industrial Workers in the New Economy
The Immigrant Work Force
Wages and Working Conditions
Women and Children at Work
The Struggle to Unionize
The Great Railroad Strike
The Knights of Labor
The AFL
The Homestead Strike
The Pullman Strike
Sources of Labor Weakness
Conclusion
Significant Events
The American Environment: The Locomotive's Magic Wand
Patterns of Popular Culture: The Novels of Horatio Alger
For Further Reference
Bibliography
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: THE AGE OF THE CITY
The Urbanization of America
The Lure of the City
Migrations
The Ethnic City
Assimilation
Exclusion
The Urban Landscape
The Creation of Public Space
Housing the Well-to-Do
Housing the Workers and the Poor
Urban Transportation
The "Skyscraper"
Strains of Urban Life
Fire and Disease
Environmental Degradation
Urban Poverty
Crime and Violence
Fear of the City
The Machine and the Boss
The Rise of Mass Consumption
Patterns of Income and Consumption
Chain Stores and Mail Order Houses
Department Stores
Women as Consumers
Leisure in the Consumer Society
Redefining Leisure
Spectator Sports
Music and Theater
The Movies
Working Class Leisure
The Fourth of July
Private Pursuits
Mass Communications
High Culture in the Age of the City
The Literature of Urban America
Art in the Age of the City
The Impact of Darwinism
Toward Universal Schooling
Education for Women
Conclusion
Significant Events
Patterns of Popular Culture: Coney Island
For Further Reference
Bibliography
CHAPTER NINETEEN: FROM STALEMATE TO CRISIS
The Politics of Equilibrium
The Party System
The National Government
Presidents and Patronage
Cleveland, Harrison, and the Tariff
New Public Issues
The Agrarian Revolt
The Grangers
The Farmers' Alliances
The Populist Constituency
Populist Ideas
The Crisis of the 1890s
The Panic of 1893
The Silver Question
A "Cross of Gold"
The Emergence of Bryan
The Conservative Victory
McKinley and Recovery
Conclusion
Significant Events
Where Historians Disagree: Populism
Patterns of Popular Culture: The Chautauquas
For Further Reference
Bibliography
CHAPTER TWENTY: THE IMPERIAL REPUBLIC
Stirrings of Imperialism
The New Manifest Destiny
Hemispheric Hegemony
Hawaii and Samoa
War Within Spain
Controversy over Cuba
"A Splendid Little War"
Seizing the Philippines
The Battle for Cuba
Puerto Rico and the United States
The Debate over the Philippines
The Republic As Empire
Governing the Colonies
The Philippine War
The Open Door
A Modern Military System
Conclusion
Significant Events
Patterns of Popular Culture: Yellow Journalism
For Further Reference
Bibliography
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE: THE RISE OF PROGRESSIVISM
The Progressive Impulse
Varieties of Progressivism
The Muckrakers
The Social Gospel
The Settlement House Movement
The Allure of Expertise
The Professions
Women and the Professions
Women and Reform
The "New Woman"
The Clubwomen
Woman Suffrage
The Assault on the Parties
Early Attacks
Municipal Reform
New Forms of Governance
Statehouse Progressivism
Parties and Interest Groups
Sources of Progressive Reform
Labor, the Machine, and Reform
Western Progressives
African Americans and Reform
Crusades for Order and Reform
The Temperance Crusade
The Dream of Socialism
Decentralization and Regulation
Conclusion
Significant Events
Where Historians Disagree: Progressive Reform
For Further Reference
Bibliography
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO: THE BATTLE FOR NATIONAL REFORM
Theodore Roosevelt and the Modern Presidency
The Accidental President
Government, Capital, and Labor
"The Square Deal"
Roosevelt and Conservation
Roosevelt and Preservation
The Hetch Hetchy Controversy
The Panic of 1907
The Troubled Succession
Taft and the Progressives
The Return of Roosevelt
Spreading Insurgency
Roosevelt versus Taft
Woodrow Wilson and the New Freedom
Woodrow Wilson
The Scholar as President
Retreat and Advance
"The Big Stick": America and the World, 1901-1917
Roosevelt and "Civilization"
Protecting the "Open Door" in Asia
The Iron-Fisted Neighbor
The Panama Canal
Taft and "Dollar Diplomacy"
Conclusion
Significant Events
The American Environment: Saving the Forests
For Further Reference
Bibliography
CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE: AMERICA AND THE GREAT WAR
The Road To War
The Collapse of the European Peace
Wilson's Neutrality
Preparedness Versus Pacifism
A War for Democracy
"War Without Stint"
Entering the War
The American Expeditionary Force
The Military Struggle
The New Technology of Warfare
The War and American Society
Organizing the Economy for War
Labor and the War
Economic and Social Results of the War
The Peace Movement
The Search for Social Unity
Selling the War and Suppressing Dissent
The Search for A New World Order
The Fourteen Points
Early Obstacles
The Paris Peace Conference
The Ratification Battle
Wilson's Ordeal
A Society in Turmoil
Industry and Labor
The Demands of African Americans
Conclusion
Significant Events
Patterns of Popular Culture: Billy Sunday and Modern Revivalism
For Further Reference
Bibliography
CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR: THE NEW ERA
The New Economy
Technology and Economic Growth
Economic Organization
Labor in the New Era
Women and Minorities in the Work Force
The "American Plan"
Agricultural Technology and the Flight of the Farmer
The New Culture
Consumerism
Advertising
The Movies and Broadcasting
Modernist Religion
Professional Women
Changing Ideas of Motherhood
The "Flapper": Image and Reality
Pressing for Women's Rights
Education and Youth
The Decline of the Self-Made Man
The Disenchanted
The Harlem Renaissance
The Southern Agrarians
A Conflict of Cultures
Prohibition
Nativism and the Klan
Religious Fundamentalism
The Democrats' Ordeal
Republican Government
Harding and Coolidge
Government and Business
Conclusion
Significant Events
Pattern of Popular Culture: Dance Halls
For Further Reference
Bibliography
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE: THE GREAT DEPRESSION
The Coming of the Great Depression
The Great Crash
Causes of the Depression
Progress of the Depression
The American People in Hard Times
Unemployment and Relief
African Americans and the Depression
Mexican American in Depression America
Asian Americans in Hard Times
Women and the Workplace in the Great Depression
Depression Families
The Depression and American Culture
Depression Values
Artists and Intellectuals in the Great Depression
Radio
The Movies
Popular Literature and Journalism
The Popular Front and the Left
The Ordeal of Herbert Hoover
The Hoover Program
Popular Protest
The Election of 1932
The "Interregnum"
Conclusion
Significant Events
Patterns of Popular Culture: The Films of Frank Capra
The American Environment: Dust Bowl
Where Historians Disagree: Causes of the Great Depression
For Further Reference
Bibliography
CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX: THE NEW DEAL
Launching the New Deal
Restoring Confidence
Agricultural Adjustment
Industrial Recovery
Regional Planning
Currency, Banks, and the Stock Market
The Growth of Federal Relief
The New Deal in Transition
Critics of the New Deal
The "Second New Deal"
Labor Militancy
Organizing Battles
Social Security
New Directions in Relief
The 1936 "Referendum"
The New Deal in Disarray
Retrenchment and Recession
Limits and Legacies of the New Deal
The Idea of the "Broker State"
African Americans and The New Deal
The New deal and the "Indian Problem"
Women and the New Deal
The New Deal in the West and the South
The New Deal and the National Economy
The New Deal and American Politics
Conclusion
Significant Events
Where Historians Disagree: The New Deal
Patterns of Popular Culture: The Golden Age of Comic Books
For Further Reference
Bibliography
CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN: THE GLOBAL CRISIS, 1921-1941
The Diplomacy of the New Era
Replacing the League
Debts and Diplomacy
Hoover and the World Crisis
Isolationism and Internationalism
Depression Diplomacy
America and the Soviet Union
The Good Neighbor Policy
The Rise of Isolationism
The Failure of Munich
From Neutrality To Intervention
Neutrality Tested
The Third Term Campaign
Neutrality Abandoned
The Road to Pearl Harbor
Conclusion
Significant Events
Patterns of Popular Culture: Orson Welles and the War of the Worlds
Where Historians Disagree: The Question of Pearl Harbor
For Further Reference
Bibliography
CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT: AMERICA IN A WORLD AT WAR
War on Two Fronts
Containing the Japanese
Holding Off the Germans
America and the Holocaust
The American People in Wartime
Prosperity
The War and the West
Labor and the War
Stabilizing the Boom
Mobilizing Production
Wartime Science and Technology
African Americans and the War
Native Americans and the War
Mexican American War Workers
Women and Children at War
Wartime Life and Culture
The Internment of Japanese Americans
Chinese Americans and the War
The Retreat from Reform
The Defeat of the Axis
The Liberation of France
The Pacific Offensive
The Manhattan Project
Atomic Warfare
Conclusion
Significant Events
Patterns of Popular Culture: The Age of Swing
Where Historians Disagree: The Decision To Drop the Atomic Bomb
For Further Reference
Bibliography
CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE: THE COLD WAR
Origins of the Cold War
Sources of Soviet-American Tension
Wartime Diplomacy
Yalta
The Collapse of the Peace
The Failure of Potsdam
The China Problem
The Containment Doctrine
The Marshall Plan
Mobilization at Home
The Road to NATO
Reevaluating Cold War Policy
American Politics and Society After the War
The Problems of Reconversion
The Fair Deal Rejected
The Election of 1948
The Fair Deal Revived
The Nuclear Age
The Korean War
The Divided Peninsula
From Invasion to Stalemate
Limited Mobilization
The Crusades Against Subversion
HUAC and Alger Hiss
The Federal Loyalty Program and the Rosenberg Case
McCarthyism
The Republican Revival
Conclusion
Significant Events
Where Historians Disagree: Origins of the Cold War
Where Historians Disagree: McCarthyism
For Further Reference
Bibliography
CHAPTER THIRTY: THE AFFLUENT SOCIETY
"The Economic Miracle"
Sources of Economic Growth
The Rise of the Modern West
The New Economics
Capital and Labor
The Explosion of Science and Technology
Medical Breakthroughs
Pesticides
Postwar Electronic Research
Postwar Computer Technology
Bombs, Rockets, and Missiles
The Space Program
People of Plenty
Consumer Culture
The Suburban Nation
The Suburban Family
The Birth of Television
Travel, Outdoor Recreation, and Environmentalism
Organized Society and Its Detractors
Rock 'N Roll
The "Other America"
On the Margins of the Affluent Society
Rural Poverty
The Inner Cities
The Rise of the Civil Rights Movement
The Brown Decision and "Massive Resistance"
The Expanding Movement
Causes of the Civil Rights Movement
Eisenhower Republicanism
"What Was Good for…General Motors"
The Survival of the Welfare State
The Decline of McCarthyism
Eisenhower, Dulles, and the Cold War
Dulles and "Massive Retaliation"
France, America, and Vietnam
Cold War Crises
Europe and the Soviet Union
The U-2 Crises
Conclusion
Significant Events
The American Environment: The Landscape and the Automobile
Patterns of Popular Culture: Lucy and Desi
For Further Reference
Bibliography
CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE: THE ORDER OF LIBERALISM
Expanding the Liberal State
John Kennedy
Lyndon Johnson
The Assault on Poverty
Cities, Schools, and Immigration
Legacies of the Great Society
The Battle for Racial Equality
Expanding Protests
A National Commitment
The Battle for Voting Rights
The Changing Movement
Urban Violence
Black Power
Malcolm X
"Flexible Response" and the Cold War
Diversifying Foreign Policy
Confrontations with the Soviet Union
Johnson and the World
The Agony of Vietnam
The First Indochina War
Geneva and the Two Vietnams
America and Diem
From Aid to Intervention
The Quagmire
The War at Home
The Traumas of 1968
The Tet Offensive
The Political Challenge
The King and Kennedy Assassinations
The Conservative Response
Conclusion
Significant Events
Patterns of Popular Culture: The Folk-Music Revival
Where Historians Disagree: The Vietnam Commitment
For Further Reference
Bibliography
CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO: THE CRISIS OF AUTHORITY
The Youth Culture
The New Left
The Counterculture
The Mobilization of Minorities
Seeds of Indian Militancy
The Indian Civil Rights Movement
Latino Activism
Challenging the "Melting Pot" Ideal
Gay Liberation
The New Feminism
The Rebirth
Women's Liberation
Expanding Achievement
The Abortion Controversy
Environmentalism in a Turbulent Society
The Science of Ecology
Environmental Advocacy
Environmental Degradation
Earth Day and Beyond
Nixon, Kissinger, and the War
Vietnamization
Escalation
"Peace with Honor"
Defeat in Indochina
Nixon, Kissinger, and the World
China and the Soviet Union
The Problems of Multipolarity
Politics and Economics Under Nixon
Domestic Initiatives
From the Warren Court to the Nixon Court
The Election of 1972
The Troubled Economy
The Nixon Response
The Watergate Crisis
The Scandals
The Fall of Richard Nixon
Conclusion
Significant Events
Patterns of Popular Culture: Rock Music in the Sixties
Where Historians Disagree: Watergate
The American Environment: Silent Spring
For Further Reference
Bibliography
CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE: From "The Age of Limits: to the Age of Reagan"
Politics and Diplomacy After Watergate
The Ford Custodianship
The Trials of Jimmy Carter
Human Rights and National Interests
The Year of the Hostages
The Rise of the New American Right
The Sunbelt and Its Politics
Religious Revivalism
The Emergence of the New Right
The Tax Revolt
The Campaign of 1980
The "Reagan Revolution"
The Reagan Coalition
Reagan in the White House
"Supply Side Economics"
The Fiscal Crisis
Reagan and the World
The Election of 1984
America and the Waning of the Cold War
The Fall of the Soviet Union
Reagan and Gorbachev
The Fading of the Reagan Revolution
The Election of 1988
The Bush Presidency
The Gulf War
The Election of 1992
Conclusion
Significant Events
Patterns of Popular Culture: The Mall
For Further Reference
Bibliography
CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR: MODERN TIMES
A Resurgence of Partisanship
Launching the Clinton Presidency
The Republican Resurgence
The Election of 1996
Clinton Triumphant and Embattled
Impeachment, Acquittal, and Resurgence
The Election of 2000
The Second Bush Presidency
The Economic Boom
From "Stagflaration" to Growth
The Two-Tiered Economy
Globalization
Science and Technology in the New Economy
The Personal Computer
The Internet
Breakthroughs in Genetics
A Changing Society
The Graying of America
New Patterns of Immigration and Ethnicity
The Black Middle Class
Poor and Working-Class African Americans
Patterns of Popular Culture
Modern Plagues: Drugs and AIDS
The Decline in Crime
A Contested Culture
Battles over Feminism and Abortion
The Changing Left and the Growth of Environmentalism
The Fragmentation of Mass Culture
The "Culture Wars"
The Perils of Globalization
Opposing the "New World Order"
Defending Orthodoxy
The Rise of Terrorism
A New Era?
Conclusion
Significant Events
Patterns of Popular Culture: Rap
For Further Reference
Bibliography
    Appendices
    Maps
    The United States
    Topographical Map of the United States
    The World
    United States Territorial Expansion, 1783-1898
    Documents and Tables
    The Declaration of Independence
    The Constitution of the United States of America
    Presidential Elections
    Vice Presidents and Cabinet Members
    Population of the United States, 1790-1993
    Employment, 1870-1992
    Production, Trade, and Federal Spending/Debt, 1790-1992
    List of Illustrations
    List of Maps
    List of Charts
    Index
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