Offers a concise but comprehensive examination of American History. Balancing social and cultural history with traditional political and diplomatic themes, this book tells the story of the diversity and complexity of the United States and the forces that have enabled it to survive and flourish despite division.

Provides students and instructors with an account of the American past. This text places American history into a global context. It explores areas of history such as social, cultural, urban, racial and ethnic history, more history of the West and South, environmental history, and the history of women and gender.

Provides students and instructors with an account of the American past. This text places American history into a global context. It explores areas of history such as social, cultural, urban, racial and ethnic history, more history of the West and South, environmental history, and the history of women and gender.

Supported by a Primary Source Investigator (PSI) CD with hundreds of primary and secondary sources, as well as an Online Learning Center, this work provides an examination of American political and diplomatic history through the Reconstruction and the New South, while exploring the diverse areas of the American past.

Offers an examination of American History. Balancing social and cultural history with political and diplomatic themes, this book tells the story of the diversity and complexity of the United States and the forces that have enabled it to survive and flourish despite division. It includes coverage of events and developments through the year 1877.

Growing out of the Constitutional Convention of 1787, the original Federalist Papers explains the philosophical basis of the American Constitution, defending the idea of the republican government. This work addresses the threats posed by current changes in the American Constitution.

Examines American political and diplomatic history, while exploring areas of the American past that are of interest to scholars and students. This book connects the histories of society and culture with the more traditional stories of politics, diplomacy, and great public events. It features a four-color design, illustrations and mapping program.

Provides students and instructors with an account of the American past. This book explores areas of history such as social, cultural, urban, racial and ethnic history, the history of the West and South, environmental history, the history of women and gender and American history in a global context. It includes a CD-ROM.

Supported by a Primary Source Investigator (PSI) CD with hundreds of primary and secondary sources, as well as an Online Learning Center, this work provides an examination of American political and diplomatic history through the Reconstruction and the New South, while exploring the diverse areas of the American past.

Provides an examination of American political and diplomatic history through the Reconstruction and the New South, while exploring the diverse areas of the American past. This work contains the book and a Primary Source Investigator (PSI) CD with hundreds of primary and secondary sources, as well as a stellar Online Learning Center.