American Stories: A History of the United States, Combined Volume, 5th edition

  • H W. Brands
  • , Timothy H. Breen
  • , Ariela J. Gross

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American Stories: A History of the United States looks beyond the assortment of facts that make up US history to help you truly understand the story of our nation. Authors H. W. Brands, T. H. Breen and Ariela Gross present coverage of the dilemmas and decisions made by the American people, as well as by their leaders, that helped shape America.

The authors have revised the 5th Edition to reflect the latest scholarship and research in the field. A fresh approach to the text’s early chapters yields a more inclusive view of pre-colonial history. And an extensively updated closing chapter explains the key events of this century in the context of the compelling story of the United States to date.

Published by Pearson (December 9th 2024) - Copyright © 2025

ISBN-13: 9780137941384

Subject: History

Category: United States History Survey

  1. New World Encounters, Preconquest to 1608
  2. England’s New World Experiments, 1607 to 1732
  3. Putting Down Roots: Opportunity and Oppression in Colonial Society, 1619 to 1692
  4. Experience of Empire: Eighteenth-Century America, 1680 to 1763
  5. The American Revolution: From Elite Protest to Popular Revolt, 1763 to 1783
  6. We The People: 1783 to 1789
  7. Democracy and Dissent: The Violence of Party Politics, 1788 to 1800
  8. Republican Ascendancy: The Jeffersonian Vision, 1800 to 1814
  9. Nation Building and Nationalism, 1815 to 1825
  10. The Triumph of White Men’s Democracy, 1824 to 1840
  11. Slavery in the US South, 1793 to 1861
  12. The Pursuit of Perfection, 1800 to 1861
  13. An Age of Expansionism, 1830 to 1861
  14. The Sectional Crisis, 1846 to 1861
  15. Secession and the Civil War, 1860 to 1865
  16. The Agony of Reconstruction, 1865 to 1877
  17. The West Exploiting an Empire, 1849 to 1902
  18. The Industrial Society, 1850 to 1901
  19. Toward an Urban Society, 1877 to 1900
  20. Political Realignments, 1876 to 1901
  21. Toward Empire, 1865 to 1902
  22. The Progressive Era, 1895 to 1917
  23. From Roosevelt to Wilson in the Age of Progressivism, 1900 to 1920
  24. The Nation at War, 1901 to 1920
  25. Transition to Modern America, 1919 to 1928
  26. Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal, 1929 to 1939
  27. America and the World, 1921 to 1945
  28. The Cold War Abroad and at Home, 1945 to 1960
  29. The Turbulent Sixties, 1960 to 1968
  30. To a New Conservatism, 1969 to 1988
  31. After the Cold War, 1989 to 2000
  32. America in the Twenty-first Century, 2000 to 2023