Every chapter begins with a set of theme statements which are drawn from broad themes central to American history: geography, economics, government, citizenship, culture, science, technology, constitutional heritage and global relations. Throughout the book the student will be asked to think critically about the events and issues that have shaped American history.
• A New Republic Best Book of the Year • The Globalist Top Books of the Year • Winner of the Maine Literary Award for Non-fiction • Particularly relevant in understanding who voted for who in this presidential election year, this is ...
In American Nations, Colin Woodard leads us on a journey through the history of our fractured continent, and the rivalries and alliances between its component nations, which conform to neither state nor international boundaries.
A history of North America's 11 rival cultural regions challenges popular perceptions about the red state-blue state conflict, tracing lingering tensions stemming from disparate intranational values that have shaped every major event in ...
A textbook tracing the political, social, and economic history of the United States from the discovery of America to the present day.
In the late nineteenth century, New York's Tammany Hall was controlled by “Honest John” Kelly, Richard Croker, and Charles F. Murphy, while Chicago was run by equally colorful characters—“Hinky Dink” Kenna and “Bathhouse” John ...
The American Nation
A History of the American Nation
This book tells the story of America's relationship with Shakespeare. The story of how and why Shakespeare became a hero within American popular culture.
Divisiveness is the hallmark of American politics today. In the Emergence of One American Nation, Donald J. Fraser explores the difficulties that the founding generation confronted in molding the United States into one nation.
In this book, his most profound and probing work, he lays bare the obstacles and challenges to American democracy in the twenty-first century. This book must be read by all those concerned about the future of the American nation.