Synopses & Reviews
Created through a "student-tested, faculty-approved" review process with hundreds of students and faculty, HIST3 provides an engaging and accessible solution for the U.S. History course--and one that appeals to the diverse learning styles of today's learners.
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"I get more positive feedback about this book than any that we have previously used. It is rare for students to comment about the textbook on class evaluations, but they do that with this book."
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"With HIST, students can develop a working knowledge of the key individuals, events, and ideas of the past and begin the process of thinking historically: understanding the historical context; studying causation; making connections; seeing why it matters on its own terms and as an influence on contemporary life. The writing is clear, the layout is alluring, and the focus is right on target."
About the Author
Kevin M. Schultz teaches American history at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He has special interests in religion, ethnoracial history, and American intellectual and cultural life, and has written significantly on these subjects. His TRI-FAITH AMERICA: HOW POSTWAR CATHOLICS AND JEWS HELPED AMERICA REALIZE ITS PROTESTANT PROMISE was published by Oxford University Press in 2011, and his essays have appeared in THE JOURNAL OF AMERICAN HISTORY, AMERICAN QUARTERLY, THE JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF RELIGION, LABOR HISTORY, and several other venues, popular and academic alike. An award-winning teacher, he received his B.A. from Vanderbilt University and his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley.
Table of Contents
1. Three Societies on the Verge of Contact. 2. Contact and Settlement, 1492-1660. 3. Expansion and Its Costs, 1660-1700. 4. Expansion and Control, 1700-1763. 5. Toward Revolution, 1763-1775. 6. The Revolution. 7. Confederation and Constitution, 1783-1789. 8. Securing the New Nation, 1789-1800. 9. Jeffersonian Democracy, 1800-1814. 10. The Market Revolution. 11. Politics of the Market Revolution. 12. A Regionalized America, 1830-1860. 13. The Continued Move West. 14. The Impending Crisis. 15. The Civil War. 16. Reconstruction, 1865-1877. 17. The Industrial Revolution. 18. The Industrial