Philip Jenkins - A History of the United States (Palgrave Essential Histories)

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title	:	A History of the United States Palgrave Essential Histories; 2nd Ed.
author	:	Jenkins, Philip.
publisher	:	Palgrave Macmillan (UK)
isbn10 | asin	:	1403900299
print isbn13	:	9781403900296
ebook isbn13	:	9781403913777
language	:	English
subject	United States--History.
publication date	:	2003
lcc	:	E178.1.J35 2003eb
ddc	:	973
subject	:	United States--History.

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A HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES

Second Edition

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Second Edition

Philip Jenkins

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John Philip Jenkins 2003

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List of Tables viii List of Maps ix Preface to the Second Edition x Preface to the First Edition xi Introduction xii 1 Unnamed Lands: The European Settlement, 14921765 The Native Population 2The Conquistadores 6British Settlement 10New England 14Orthodoxy and Heresy 16Crisis, 167592 22The British Colonies in the Eighteenth Century 25The Religious Dimension 31The Great Awakening 35The Anglo-French Wars 38 2 Revolution and Nation Building, 17651825 Towards Separation 43War and Independence 47The Age of Confederation 52Making the Constitution 56A New Nation 63Republicans and Federalists 67The War of 1812 71Expansion 74Indian Confrontation 77Economic Growth 79Freedom is a Habit 82Religion and Culture 84The Growth of Slavery 85

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3 Expansion and Crisis, 182565 Industry and Communications 92Cities 94The New Politics, 182848 97The Age of Civil Disorder 100Reinventing Religion 106Culture 112Pioneers: Westward Expansion 115Red and White 121Slavery 122Abolitionism 125The Crisis of 184860 129The Civil War, 186165 135Consequences 144 4 Cities and Industry, 18651917 Reconstruction 148White Supremacy 152The Western Frontier 155Indian Conflicts 158Imperialism 163Industrialization and the Gilded Age 167Mass Immigration 174Labour and Capital 178Progress and Reaction, 18771917 183Progressives 188Women's Rights 192Culture and Religion 194 5 War and Globalism, 191756 The Global Dilemma 200The First World War 201The Crisis of Radicalism 204The 1920s: Prosperity and Corruption 207The Crash 214

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The New Deal 217Into War 223The Second World War 227Confronting Communism 231Korea 234The Anti Communist Purge, 194656 236The New State 240The American Dilemma 243Culture 246 6 The Modern Era, 19562002 Facing West from California's Shores 250The Cold War 256Race and Civil Rights 261Black Power, 196671 265Social Crisis 268Watergate and the Crisis of the American State 276The Fall of America? 280Liberalism and Liberation 282Repealing the 1960s 287The Reagan Era 290The New Morality 295The Economic Dimension 297While Not the Past Forgetting: The Clinton Years 300The September Massacres 305 Appendix: The Declaration of Independence, 1776 309 Further Reading 313 Index 321

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1.1 The formation of British America 21

1.2 Population growth, 170070 26

1.3 The religious affiliations of the British colonies, 16601780 32

2.1 Population of the states in 1790 (in thousands) 58

2.2 The states, 17871820 64

2.3 Presidential election results, 17891820 65

2.4 Presidents of the United States, 17891829 74

2.5 US population, 17901820 (millions) 76

3.1 US population, 182060 (millions) 91

3.2 US population, 1850 (millions) 96

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