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American History Now

Eric Foner (Edited by), Lisa McGirr (Edited by), American Historical Association (Edited by)

9781439902448

Paperback / softback, published 11 June 2011

440 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm, 0.626 kg

A new generation of scholars addresses the current themes and questions in interpreting American history

Volume Editors’ Preface


Series Editor’s Preface



Part I: Eras of the American Past


1. Squaring the Circles: The Reach of Colonial America • Alan Taylor


2. American Revolution and Early Republic • Woody Holton


3. Jacksonian America • Seth Rockman


4. Slavery, the Civil War, and Reconstruction • Adam Rothman


5. The Possibilities of Politics: Democracy in America, 1877 to 1917 • Robert D. Johnston


6. The Interwar Years • Lisa McGirr


7. The Uncertain Future of American Politics, 1940 to 1973 • Meg Jacobs


8. 1973 to the Present • Kim Phillips-Fein



Part II: Major Themes in the American Experience


9. The United States in the World • Erez Manela


10. The “Cultural Turn” • Lawrence B. Glickman


11. American Religion • John T. McGreevy


12. Frontiers, Borderlands, Wests • Stephen Aron


13. Environmental History • Sarah T. Phillips


14. History of American Capitalism • Sven Beckert


15. Women’s and Gender History • Rebecca Edwards


16. Immigration and Ethnic History • Mae M. Ngai


17. American Indians and the Study of U. S. History • Ned Blackhawk


18. African-American History • Kevin Gaines



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