American Stories: A History of the United States, Volume 2, 4th edition

Published by Pearson (July 14, 2021) © 2018

  • H W. Brands University of Texas at Austin
  • Timothy H. Breen Northwestern University
  • R H. Williams Southern Methodist University
  • Ariela J. Gross UCLA School of Law

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American Stories: A History of the United States presents an accessible exploration of America's rich, complex past. Authors H. W. Brands, T. H. Breen, Ariela Gross and R. Hal Williams look beyond the assortment of facts that make up US history to help you truly understand the story of our nation. This streamlined, powerful narrative explores the dilemmas, choices and decisions made by the American people, as well as by their leaders, that helped shape America.

The 4th Edition better connects these American people and their decisions with time and place. This approach enables you to learn how to think both critically and historically.

Table of contents

16. The Agony of Reconstruction, 1865 - 1877
17. The West: Exploiting an Empire, 1849 - 1902
18. The Industrial Society, 1850 - 1901
19. Toward an Urban Society, 1877 - 1900
20. Political Realignments, 1876 - 1901
21. Toward Empire, 1865 - 1902
22. The Progressive Era, 1895 - 1917
23. From Roosevelt to Wilson in the Age of Progressivism, 1900 - 1920
24. The Nation at War, 1901 - 1920
25. Transition to Modern America, 1919 - 1928
26. Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal, 1929 - 1939
27. America and the World, 1921 - 1945
28. The Onset of the Cold War, 1945 - 1960
29. Affluence and Anxiety, 1945 - 1960
30. The Turbulent Sixties, 1960 - 1968
31. To a New Conservatism, 1969 - 1988
32. Into the Twenty-First Century, 1989 - 2016

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