The Unfinished Nation: A Concise History of the American People, 4/e
Alan Brinkley,
Columbia University
ISBN: 0072900423 Copyright year: 2004
What's New
The fourth edition offers a completely new four-color design and
expanded illustration and mapping program.
"America in the World" features present America in a global
context and demonstrate how other nation's histories are woven into our own.
Judicious editing has decreased the word count of the text by 10%.
Each chapter opens with a new introduction that serves as a guide
to the chapter and is also valuable for review in preparation for tests.
New timelines appear at the beginning of each chapter.
Many of the maps within the text now appear as interactive maps on the
Online Learning Center. Those maps are designated by a Web icon; they
can be used to view topography, territories, borders, urban development, developing
trends, and other topics. Additionally, each of the interactive maps is accompanied
by a related multiple-choice quiz.
Marginal notes provide students with an important study tool that
complements the narrative. These highlight key terms, events, and concepts
as they appear.
Expanded coverage of science and technology as important forces in
American history.
The first four chapters have been thoroughly revised to show connections
between the history of the British colonies and the larger, global context
of migration and settlement, also known as the emergence of the "Atlantic
World."
Extensive new material on environmental history has been added, in
particular in chapters 12, 18, 21, 22, 29, 30, 32, and 34.
To obtain an instructor login for this Online Learning Center, ask your local sales representative.
If you're an instructor thinking about adopting this textbook, request a free copy for review.
2004 McGraw-Hill Higher Education