America: A Concise History, Volume One: To 1877 Book

Part One

THE CREATION OF AMERICAN SOCIETY, 1450–1763

1 THE EMERGENCE OF AN "ATLANTIC WORLD": EUROPE, AFRICA, AND AMERICA, 1450–1620

2 THE INVASION AND SETTLEMENT OF NORTH AMERICA, 1550–1700

3 CREATING A BRITISH EMPIRE IN AMERICA, 1660–1750

4 GROWTH AND CRISIS IN COLONIAL SOCIETY, 1720–1765

Part Two

THE NEW REPUBLIC, 1763–1820

5 TOWARD INDEPENDENCE: YEARS OF DECISION, 1763–1776

6 MAKING WAR AND REPUBLICAN GOVERNMENTS, 1776–1789

7 POLITICS AND SOCIETY IN THE NEW REPUBLIC, 1787–1820

8 CREATING A REPUBLICAN CULTURE, 1790–1820

Part Three

ECONOMIC REVOLUTION AND SECTIONAL STRIFE, 1820–1877

9 ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION, 1820–1860

10 A DEMOCRATIC REVOLUTION, 1820–1844

11 RELIGION AND REFORM, 1820–1860

12 THE SOUTH EXPANDS: SLAVERY AND SOCIETY, 1800–1860

13 THE CRISIS OF THE UNION, 1844–1860

14 TWO SOCIETIES AT WAR, 1861–1865

15 RECONSTRUCTION, 1865–1877