(eBook PDF) Of the People: A History of the United States, Volume 1: To 1877 3rd Edition

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product details:

• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0190254866
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0190254865
• Author: James Oakes (Author), Michael McGerr (Author), Jan Ellen Lewis (Author), Nick Cullather (Author), & 4 more

Of the People: A History of the United States, Third Edition, not only tells the history of America of its people and places, of its dealings and ideals but it also unfolds the story of American democracy, carefully marking how this country’s evolution has been anything but certain, from its complex beginnings to its modern challenges. This comprehensive survey focuses on the social and political lives of people some famous, some ordinary revealing the compelling story of America’s democracy from an individual perspective, from across the landscapes of diverse communities, and ultimately from within the larger context of the world.

table of contents:

1. ANCIENT AMERICA, BEFORE 1492

2. EUROPEANS ENCOUNTER THE NEW WORLD, 1492–1600

3. THE SOUTHERN COLONIES IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY, 1601–1700

4. THE NORTHERN COLONIES IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY, 1601–1700

5. COLONIAL AMERICA IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY, 1701–1770

6. The British Empire and the Colonial Crisis, 1754–1775

7. THE WAR FOR AMERICA, 1775–1783

8. BUILDING A REPUBLIC, 1775–1789

9. THE NEW NATION TAKES FORM, 1789–1800

10. Republicans in Power, 1800–1824

11. The Expanding Republic, 1815–1840

12. The New West and the Free North, 1840–1860

13. The Slave South, 1820–1860

14. THE HOUSE DIVIDED, 1846–1861

15. THE CRUCIBLE OF WAR, 1861–1865

16. Reconstruction, 1863–1877

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