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American history & culture : from the Explorers to cable TV / Donald Ross.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ross, Donald, 1941-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American literature--History and criticism--Outlines, syllabi, etc.
- American literature.
- Literature and history--United States--Outlines, syllabi, etc.
- Literature and history.
- United States--Civilization--Outlines, syllabi, etc.
- United States.
- Civilization.
- United States--History--Outlines, syllabi, etc.
- History.
- Genre:
- Outlines and syllabi.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 592 pages ; 23 cm
- Other Title:
- American history and culture
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Peter Lang, [2000]
- Contents:
- 1. The first hundred years of European contact with North America 1
- 2. The second century: To the Commonwealth 9
- The international picture 9
- Virginia 11
- New England 15
- Middle colonies 19
- New France 20
- 3. The second century: Through the Glorious Revolution 23
- The Commonwealth years 23
- Stuart Restoration 24
- Glorious Revolution 29
- Iroquois relations 31
- New France 32
- New Mexico 34
- Written accounts of the early colonies 35
- 4. British North America, 1700-1763 37
- The War of the Spanish Succession (Queen Anne's War) 38
- Respite: 1713-1750 39
- Conflicts with New France, New Spain, and on the frontier 47
- Seven Years' War, 1756-1763 50
- 5. Buildup and the War for Independence, 1763-1783 53
- Prelude: 1763-1776 53
- The war 62
- New Spain 67
- Coda: Abolition and limits on the slave trade 68
- 6. After Independence 73
- Impact of the war on society 73
- Western lands 78
- Constitution 80
- The regions in the 1790s 82
- Politics in the Washington administrations 83
- Foreign policy, domestic politics 85
- 7. Jefferson and the Republicans, 1800-1828 93
- Cultural changes in the early 1800s 93
- Jefferson's foreign policy 95
- Madison's two wars 99
- Monroe 1816/7 and 1820/1 104
- John Quincy Adams 1824/5 108
- Romanticism 110
- 8. Jackson through the Mexican War, 1828-1849 113
- Jackson's era, 1828-1840 113
- Political parties 120
- Mexican War 124
- Changes in communication 129
- Reform movements 131
- 9. Compromise to Secession, 1850-1860 135
- Economy at mid-century 135
- National political disputes 140
- Foreign policy in the 1840s and 1850s 142
- Kansas 144
- End game 146
- What people really talked about in the 1850s 149
- 10. Civil War 151
- Domestic policy and the northern economy 155
- International relations during the war 156
- Union politics 157
- Confederate politics and economics 159
- Early Reconstruction 160
- From the foreign desk, around 1870 164
- 11. Reconstruction and the Republicans, 1869-1880 171
- Economic depression of 1873-1878 and Grant's scandals 174
- Indian wars 176
- The 1876 election 179
- Mining 180
- Railroads 181
- Coda: The Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition 185
- 12. The modern world 191
- The open-range cattle industry 191
- Inventions, new industries, and corporations 193
- Elections of 1880 and 1884 196
- Cities 197
- Domestic life and women's sphere 203
- High culture and education 205
- Immigration 207
- Agriculture 210
- Labor 214
- Election of 1888 215
- Indians 216
- 13. The 1890s 221
- "New" South and Jim Crow 222
- People's Party and Populism 226
- Panic of 1893 and the Homestead strike 230
- Interludes
- Columbian Expo and sports 232
- Back to reality
- Pullman strike and Coxey's army 236
- Regionalism 239
- Imperialism 239
- Trusts and capitalism out of control 248
- 14. Teddy Roosevelt to Woodrow Wilson 253
- Religion and politics 253
- Reform philosophies 257
- Social sciences 259
- Cities and states 260
- Roosevelt's domestic initiatives 263
- Roosevelt's foreign initiatives 266
- Immigration, second round 268
- Lifestyle changes 270
- The Taft presidency 278
- Socialism and the labor movement 280
- 15. The Great War 283
- From the foreign desk, around 1913 283
- Wilson's domestic policies in the first term 285
- Invasion of Mexico, 1916-1917 287
- The war before America's entry 289
- Mobilization 292
- Fighting 296
- The peace treaty 298
- The effects 300
- Prohibition and woman's suffrage 305
- 16. The Twenties 309
- Economic boom 309
- The youth culture 312
- Prohibition 315
- New York's three cultures 318
- Sports and diversions 324
- Radio 325
- Movies 327
- Aviation 329
- Automobility 330
- Domestic politics and policies 331
- Foreign policies 334
- Those left out 336
- The stock market crash 338
- Crimes of the decade 342
- 17. Depression and New Deal 347
- Depression 347
- The 1932 election 351
- The first New Deal, 1933-1935 352
- Social and economic impacts 354
- The second New Deal 358
- The second term 361
- Diversions 363
- Foreign events 368
- Buildup to war 372
- Crimes of the decade 374
- 18. World war and postwar tensions 381
- The Second World War 381
- The strategy for Allied victory 382
- The nature of fighting 385
- Effects on the American people 387
- The home front 389
- Domestic policy and the election of 1944 393
- Moral dilemmas 394
- Postwar economy and legislation 396
- The beginnings of the Cold War 397
- Civil rights and the election of 1948 403
- 19. The Fifties 409
- Television 409
- Other mass media 413
- The Russian A-bomb and China 416
- Korean War 418
- Anticommunism 420
- The 1952 election and the Eisenhower presidency 424
- Continued economic boom 427
- Union activities and industrial conglomerates 431
- Suburbs 436
- Education 439
- Political realignment 441
- Those left out
- the poor and African Americans 442
- Early desegregation efforts 443
- Sports update 446
- Crimes of the decade 448
- 20. Vietnam and the Sixties 451
- The election of 1960 451
- Berlin and the Cuban missile crisis 453
- Domestic policy 456
- Civil rights for African Americans 458
- The Great Society 461
- Vietnam buildup and stalemate 464
- From the foreign desk 467
- Ethnic radicalism, nationalism, and separatism 469
- Early women's liberation 472
- White, middle-class youth culture 475
- Other diversions 481
- Things fall apart in 1968 482
- Crimes of the decade 487
- 21. Watergate and the economy 493
- Foreign affairs 494
- Domestic policy 496
- Environmentalism, consumerism 498
- Women's liberation and the politics of gender 500
- The 1972 election 502
- Watergate 503
- The Ford and Carter administrations 506
- Energy crisis, wheat deals, and "stagflation" 507
- Crimes of the decade 515
- 22. Downsizing and post-everything 517
- The media's maturity and fragmentation 519
- Computers 527
- Attitudes 530
- The economy 534
- Domestic politics 539
- Foreign adventures 542
- Post-everything aesthetics and ideology 544
- Crimes of the decades 548
- Appendix Medical practice 551.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0820448613
- OCLC:
- 42597694
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