Prefatory Note
English territorial claims & colonial beginnings
Backgrounds of migration & settlement
Laying foundations in agriculture
The rise of commerce & industry
Growth of social & intellectual autonomy
Practicing the arts of self-government
Two systems & ideologies in conflict
Independence completed by revolution
Constitutional government for the United States
Establishing the republican way of life
The revolutionary generation in charge of the federal government
Expansion to the Pacific
The Industrial Revolution
Rise of national democracy
A broadening & deepening sense of civilization
Party strife over control of the federal government
National unity sealed in an armed contest
Reconstruction & economic expansion
Centralization of economy
Centralization as involved in the political struggle
The breach with historic continentalism
Widening knowledge & thought
Revolts against plutocracy grow in political power
Realizations in social improvement
Gates of old opportunities closing
World War & aftermath
Economic crash & the New Deal uprising
Global war & home front
Appendices
Reading List
Index
Maps & Charts
Prefatory Note
English territorial claims & colonial beginnings
Backgrounds of migration & settlement
Laying foundations in agriculture
The rise of commerce & industry
Growth of social & intellectual autonomy
Practicing the arts of self-government
Two systems & ideologies in conflict
Independence completed by revolution
Constitutional government for the United States
Establishing the republican way of life
The revolutionary generation in charge of the federal government
Expansion to the Pacific
The Industrial Revolution
Rise of national democracy
A broadening & deepening sense of civilization
Party strife over control of the federal government
National unity sealed in an armed contest
Reconstruction & economic expansion
Centralization of economy
Centralization as involved in the political struggle
The breach with historic continentalism
Widening knowledge & thought
Revolts against plutocracy grow in political power
Realizations in social improvement
Gates of old opportunities closing
World War & aftermath
Economic crash & the New Deal uprising
Global war & home front
Appendices
Reading List
Index
Maps & Charts