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xxii, 772 pages : illustrations, plates, maps, facsimiles ; 24 cm. |
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191 pages : illustrations (part color) ; 32 cm. |
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Crofts American history series; D. R. Fox, general editor
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Time-Life library of art
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Crofts American history series.
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Time-Life library of art.
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| Bibliography |
Bibliography at end of each chapter; "General bibliography": pages 707-749. |
| Contents |
Europe on the eve of expansion -- The commercial revolution -- The geographic background -- The role of the indian -- The spanish settlements -- The French in America -- The Dutch and the Swedes -- The coming of the English -- The expansion of New England -- The proprietary colonies -- Political foundations -- The growth of religious liberty -- The people -- Colonial economy -- Everyday life -- The significance of the frontier -- The early westward movement -- Imperial rivalry -- The final stroke -- The economic background -- The end of "salutary neglect" -- The political aspect of the revolution -- The climax approaches -- The causes of rebellion summarized -- The die is cast -- Whigs and tories -- The ordeal of battle -- Economic and social aspects -- The scars of war -- The "critical period" -- The articles of confederation -- Drafting a constitution -- The fight for ratification -- Starting the machinery -- Hamiltonianism versus Jeffersonianism -- Foreign complications -- Adams and the downfall of federalism -- Jefferson and his philosophy -- Republicanism at the helm -- The west and the Louisiana purchase -- The turn of Jefferson's fortunes -- Economic boycott -- Agrarian imperialism -- The "second war of independence" -- Republican nationalism -- THe era of good feeling -- Monroe and his doctrine -- THe era of hard feeling -- The ascendancy of King Andrew -- The end of the bank -- The tariff and nullification -- Other issues -- Van Buren and the panic of 1837 -- Town and country -- Travel and communication -- Education and the arts -- The professions -- The clergy and religion -- The influence of the westward movement -- The development of a land policy -- The settlement of the old northwest -- The settlement of the old southwest -- The birth of an American community -- The Trans-Mississippi west -- The coming of the factory system -- The expansion of transportation -- Financing the industrial revolution -- The human element -- The significance of the industrial revolution -- The humanitarian revolt -- Experiments in living -- Education for the masses -- the growth of democracy -- The golden day -- Southern development -- The planter aristocracy -- The plain people -- The slave system -- The political south -- Harrison and tyler -- The Canadian boundry line -- Texas and the campaign of 1844 -- Manifest destiny -- The wilmot proviso and the election of 1848 -- The compromise of 1850 -- The campaign of 1852 -- More manifest destiny -- The prosperous fifties -- Upsetting the compromises -- Slavery and the territories -- The house divided -- 1860 and secession -- An appraisal of secession -- Resort to arms -- Strategy, political and military -- The western war -- The war in the east -- Politics during war time -- Financing the war -- Life in the north -- War time in the confederacy -- The European front -- Problems of peace -- Congressional reconstruction -- Reconstruction in the south -- National politics -- Failure of political reconstruction -- Significance of the republican victory -- Grant and his administration -- Revolt of the liberal republicans -- Disputed election of 1876 -- Steel, meat, and oil -- A contracting world -- Early labor organization -- The rulers of the industrial age -- Legal aids -- The trans-Mississippi advance -- The mineral frontier -- The ranchers' frontier -- The farmers' frontier -- The end of the frontier -- The revolution in agriculture -- The granger movement -- The coming of federal regulation -- The currency problem -- Greenbacks and silver -- Political History, 1876-1896 -- Political background -- The administration of Hayes -- Garfield and Arthur -- The democratic victory of 1884 -- The return of the republicans -- Cleveland a second time -- The urban trend -- Ways of living -- The cultural level -- The age of science -- The people at play -- Consolidation of business -- The tariff issue -- The gathering of the forces -- The critical election -- Foreign affairs from Johnson to Cleveland -- Civil war liabilities -- Alaska -- The United States in the pacific area -- Hawaii -- Samoa -- Latin America -- The Venezuela boundary -- The advent of the new imperialism -- Preliminaries to war -- War with Spain -- Cuba -- Puerto Rico -- The philippines -- The constitutional aspect -- Venezuela and the drago doctrine -- Panama -- Santo Domingo -- Haiti and Nicaragua -- Mexico -- The far east -- Politics -- Industrial combinations -- The revolution in transportation -- The consolidation of capital -- The consolidation of labor -- America at the turn of the century -- The muckrakers -- The quest for social justice -- Cultural patterns -- Political reform -- Left-wing politics -- National politics -- The taft administration -- The return of the democrats -- The new freedom -- The war comes to Europe -- Why we fought -- The problem of neutrality rights -- "He kept us out of war" -- Mobilizing resources -- The great crusade -- The peacemakers -- The return to normalcy -- The coolidge era -- Cross currents in diplomacy -- Retreat from imperialism -- Prosperity and reaction -- Resurgent nationalism -- The prohibition experiment -- Culture in the jazz age -- The boom years -- Big business in the twenties -- Labor in retreat -- Recent transportation changes -- The decline of agriculture -- Economic collapse -- Meeting the emergency -- Dealing with agriculture -- Currency and banking under the new deal -- Industry and the new deal -- Labor and the new deal -- Social, political, and constitutional aspects -- Foreign affairs under Roosevelt -- The political scene |
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United States -- History.
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United States. |
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History. |
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United States -- Politics and government.
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Politics and government. |
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Art, Modern -- History.
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Art, Modern. |
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Art, Modern -- Indexes.
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Indexes.
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Indexes.
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Time-Life Books.
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