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Connect students to the stories of history. Connect students to the experience of history. Connect students to success in history. At McGraw-Hill, we have spent the past few years deepening our understanding of the student and instructor experience. Employing a wide array of research tools including surveys, focus groups, and ethnographic studies, we've identified areas in need of improvement to provide an opportunity for greater learning and teaching experiences. Experience History is a direct result of this.
Experience History is also a first in American History. Its groundbreaking adaptive diagnostic and interactive exercises paired with its lively narrative and engaging visuals creates a unique teaching and learning environment propelling greater student success and better course results. Instructors gain better insight into students' engagement and understanding as students develop a base of knowledge and construct critical thinking skills. Gripping stories keep students turning the page while the adaptive diagnostics for each chapter and a personalized study plan for each individual student help students prepare for class discussions and course work while enjoying increased course success.
Experience History emphasizes that history is not just a collection of proven facts, but is "created" from the detective work of historians examining evidence from the past. Providing the interactive environment that only an integrated solution can provide, Experience History gives students the opportunity to examine primary sources and explore specific periods and events. This leads to greater understanding as well as the building and practicing of critical thinking skills. As students uniquely experience American History, Experience History propels students to greater understanding while achieving greater course success.
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Synopsis
Known for its friendly narrative style and careful blending of political and social history, Nation of Nations offers a balanced approach to teaching the American history survey course. The story presented by the authors reflects their belief that the American past can only be fully understood when linked to events worldwide. As a result of this view, Nation of Nations has become the leader in the integration of global material, done in a sensible and thoughtful way. This sixth edition features expanded coverage of environmental and pre-colonial history by new coauthor Brian DeLay, as well as a completely redesigned map program, additional After the Fact content, and a new online version of the popular Primary Source Investigator.
About the Author
James West Davidson received his B.A. from Haverford College and his Ph.D. from Yale University. A historian who has pursued a full-time writing career, he is the author of numerous books, among them After the Fact: The Art of Historical Detection (with Mark H. Lytle), The Logic of Millennial Thought: Eighteenth Century New England, and Great Heart: The History of a Labrador Adventure (with John Rugge). He is co-editor with Michael Stiff of the Oxford New Narratives in American History, in which his most recent book appears: 'They Say': Ida B. Wells and the Reconstruction of Race. Christine Leigh Heyrman is Associate Professor of History at the University of Delaware. She received a Ph.D. in American Studies from Yale University and is the author of Commerce and Culture: The Maritime Communities of Colonial Massachusetts, 1690-1750. Her book exploring the evolution of religious culture in the Southern U.S., entitled Southern Cross: The Beginnings of the Bible Belt, was awarded the Bancroft Prize in 1998. Mark H. Lytle received his Ph.D. from Yale University and is Professor of History and Environmental Studies. he has served two years as Mary Ball Washington Professor of American History at University College, Dublin, in Ireland. His publications include The Origins of the Iranian-American Alliance, 1941-1953, After the Fact: The Art of Historical Detection (with James West Davidson), America's Uncivil Wars: The Sixties Era from Elvis to the Fall of Richard Nixon, and, most recently, The Gentle Subversive: Rachel Carson, Silent Spring, and the Rise of the Environmental Movement. He is co-editor of a joint issue of the journals of Diplomatic History and Environmental History dedicated to the field of environmental diplomacy. Michael B. Stoff is Associate Professor of History and Director of the Plan II Honors Program at the University of Texas at Austin. The recipient of a Ph.D. from Yale University, he has been honored many times for his teaching, most recently with election to the Academy of Distinguished Teachers. He is the author of Oil, War, and American Security: The Search for a National Policy on Foreign Oil,1941-1947, co-editor (with Jonathan Fanton and R. Hal Williams) of The Manhattan Project: A Documentary Introduction to the Atomic Age, and series co-editor (with James West Davidson) of the Oxford New Narratives in American History. He is currently working on a narrative on the bombing of Nagasaki.
Table of Contents
Chapter 17. Reconstructing the Union, 1865-1877 An American Story: The Secret Sale at Davis Bend Presidential Reconstruction Lincoln's 10 Percent Plan The Mood of the South Johnson's Program of Reconstruction The Failure of Johnson's Program Johnson's Break with Congress Dueling Documents: Equality and the Vote in Reconstruction The Fourteenth Amendment The Elections of 1866 Congressional Reconstruction Post-Emancipation Societies in the Americas The Land Issue Impeachment Reconstruction in the South Black Office Holding White Republicans in the South The New State Governments Economic Issues and Corruption Black Aspirations Experiencing Freedom The Black Family Daily Lives: The Black Sharecropper's Cabin The Schoolhouse and the Church New Working Conditions The Freedmen's Bureau Planters and a New Way of Life The Abandonment of Reconstruction The Election of Grant The Grant Administration Growing Northern Disillusionment The Triumph of White Supremacy Historian's Toolbox: Dressed to Kill The Disputed Election of 1876 The Failure of Reconstruction REVIEW CHART: MAJOR PLAYERS IN RECONSTRUCTION CONCLUSION: THE WORLD AT LARGE SIGNIFICANT EVENTS TIMELINE CHAPTER SUMMARY ADDITIONAL READING Chapter 18. The New South and the Trans-Mississippi West, 1870-1914 An American Story: "Come West" The Southern Burden Agriculture in the New South Tenancy and Sharecropping Southern Industry Timber and Steel The Sources of Southern Poverty Life in the New South Rural Life The Church Segregation Western Frontiers Western Landscapes Indian Peoples and the Western Environment Whites and the Western Environment: Competing Visions The War for the West Contact and Conflict Custer's "Last Stand"--And the Indians' Historian's Toolbox: A White Man's View of Custer's Defeat Killing with Kindness Borderlands Dueling Documents: "Americanizing" the Indians Ethno-Racial Identity in the New West Boom and Bust in the West The Transcontinental Railroad Cattle Kingdom Home on the Range A Boom and Bust Cycle The Final Frontier A Rush for Land Farming on the Plains A Plains Existence The Urban Frontier Daily Lives: The Frontier Kitchen of the Plains The West and the World Economy Packaging and Exporting the "Wild West" The South and the West in Sum REVIEW CHART: THE WAR FOR THE WEST CONCLUSION: THE WORLD AT LARGE SIGNIFICANT EVENTS TIMELINE CHAPTER SUMMARY ADDITIONAL READING After the Fact: Historians Reconstruct the Past: Where Have All the Bison Gone? Chapter 19. The New Industrial Order, 1870-1914 An American Story: "Waiting for their Brains" The Development of Industrial Systems Natural Resources and Industrial Technology Systematic Invention Transportation and Communication Finance Capital Daily Lives: The Rise of Information Systems The Corporation An International Pool of Labor Railroads: America's First Big Business A Managerial Revolution Competition and Consolidation The Challenge of Finance The Growth of Big Business Strategies of Growth Carnegie Integrates Steel Rockefeller and the Great Standard Oil Trust The Mergers of J. Pierpont Morgan Corporate Defenders Corporate Critics The Study of Global Warming: First Stirrings The Workers' World Industrial Work Children, Women, and African Americans Historian's Toolbox: Digital Detecting The American Dream of Success The Systems of Labor Early Unions The Knights of Labor The American Federation of Labor The Limits of Industrial Systems Management Strikes Dueling Documents: Two Sides of Haymarket REVIEW CHART: THE STRUCTURES AND STRATEGIES OF BIG BUSINESS CONCLUSION: THE WORLD AT LARGE SIGNIFICANT EVENTS TIMELINE CHAPTER SUMMARY ADDITIONAL READING Chapter 20. The Rise of an Urban Order, 1870-1914 An American Story: A Day in the Life of Boss Plunkitt A New Urban Age The Urban Explosion The Great Global Migration Holding the City Together Bridges and Skyscrapers The Urban Environment: Slum and Tenement Running and Reforming the City Boss Rule Historian's Toolbox: Machine Age Voting Rewards, Costs, and Accomplishments Nativism, Revivals, and the Social Gospel The Social Settlement Movement City Life The Immigrants in the City Urban Middle-Class Life Dueling Documents: City Scenes City Life and "Manliness" Challenges to Convention City Culture Public Education in an Urban Industrial World Higher Learning and the Rise of the Professional Higher Education for Women A Culture of Consumption Leisure City Entertainment at Home and on the Road Daily Lives: The Vaudeville Show REVIEW CHART: THE GROWTH OF CITIES CONCLUSION: THE WORLD AT LARGE SIGNIFICANT EVENTS TIMELINE CHAPTER SUMMARY ADDITIONAL READING Chapter 21. The Political System under Strain at Home and Abroad, 1877-1900 An American Story: "The World United at Chicago" Politics of Paralysis Political Stalemate The Parties The Issues The White House from Hayes to Harrison Ferment in the States and Cities The Revolt of the Farmers The Harvest of Discontent The Origins of the Farmers' Alliance Dueling Documents: What Can a Farmer Do? The Election of 1892 The New Realignment The Depression of 1893 The Rumblings of Unrest The Battle of the Standards Historian's Toolbox: Pinning the Winning Ticket The Rise of Jim Crow Politics McKinley in the White House Visions of Empire Imperialism, European-Style and American The Shapers of American Imperialism Dreams of a Commercial Empire The Imperial Moment Mounting Tensions Daily Lives: The New Navy The Imperial War War in Cuba Peace and the Debate over Empire From Colonial War to Colonial Rule An Open Door in China REVIEW CHART: ACQUIRING AN EMPIRE: 1860-1900 CONCLUSION: THE WORLD AT LARGE SIGNIFICANT EVENTS TIMELINE CHAPTER SUMMARY ADDITIONAL READING After the Fact: Historians Reconstruct the Past: Engendering the Spanish-American War Chapter 22. The Progressive Era, 1890-1920 An American Story: Burned Alive in the City The Roots of Progressive Reform The Progressive System of Beliefs The Pragmatic Approach The Progressive Method The Search for the Good Society Poverty in a New Light Expanding the Women's Sphere Social Welfare Women's Suffrage Controlling the Masses Stemming the Immigrant Tide Daily Lives: "Amusing the Million" The Curse of Demon Rum Prostitution "For Whites Only" Historian's Toolbox: Mementos of Murder The Politics of Municipal and State Reform The Reformation of the Cities Progressivism in the States Progressivism Goes to Washington A Square Deal Bad Food and Pristine Wilds Dueling Documents: Preservation versus Conservation The Election of 1912 Woodrow Wilson and the Politics of Morality Early Career The Reforms of the New Freedom Labor and Social Reform REVIEW CHART: THE PROGRESSIVE AMENDMENTS CONCLUSION: THE WORLD AT LARGE SIGNIFICANT EVENTS TIMELINE CHAPTER SUMMARY ADDITIONAL READING Chapter 23. The United States and the Collapse of the Old World Order, 1901-1920 An American Story: "A Path Between the Seas" Progressive Diplomacy Big Stick in the Caribbean A "Diplomatist of the Highest Rank"