American Stories: Living American History: v. 1: To 1877 / Edition 1

by Jason Ripper

Overview

This book is ideal for any introductory American history instructor who wants to make the subject more appealing. It's designed to supplement a main text, and focuses on "personalized history" presented through engaging biographies of famous and less-well-known figures from the colonial period to 1877. Historical patterns and trends appear as they are seen through individual lives, and the selection of the profiled individuals reflects a cultural awareness and a multicultural perspective.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780765619181
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	04/15/2008
Series:	American Stories Series , #1
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	5.80(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d)

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments, Prologue Native Americans and Europeans Up to 1600, Chapter 1 Colonial New England, Chapter 2 The Colonial South, Chapter 3 Colonial Society, Chapter 4 The Coming of the Revolution, Chapter 5 The American Revolution, Chapter 6 The Constitutional Period, Chapter 7 Politics and Society in the Early Republic, Chapter 8 The United States on the World Stage, Chapter 9 The War of 1812, Chapter 10 Andrew Jackson and America, Chapter 11 The United States and the Antebellum West, Chapter 12 Nineteenth-Century Slavery, Chapter 13 The Coming of the Civil War, Chapter 14 The Civil War, Chapter 15 After the Civil War, About the Author