Synopses & Reviews
Like its corresponding full-size version, The Enduring Vision, Concise, features an engaging, elegantly written narrative that emphasizes political, social, and cultural history within a chronological framework. The Enduring Vision was the first U.S. history survey text to incorporate sustained attention to cultural history, and is also known for its innovative coverage of the West and the environment. Relative to the Complete Edition, the Fifth Edition of The Enduring Vision, Concise, represents a 40 percent reduction in length. The full-color format offers the illustrative maps and captivating artwork of the full-length Enduring Vision at a fraction of the cost.
Synopsis
Like its corresponding full-size version, The Enduring Vision, Concise, features an engaging, elegantly written narrative that emphasizes political, social, and cultural history within a chronological framework. The Enduring Vision was the first U.S. history survey text to incorporate sustained attention to cultural history, and is also known for its innovative coverage of the West and the environment. Relative to the Complete Edition, the Fifth Edition of The Enduring Vision, Concise, represents a 40 percent reduction in length. The full-color format offers the illustrative maps and captivating artwork of the full-length Enduring Vision at a fraction of the cost.
About the Author
Paul S. Boyer, Merle Curti Professor of History Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, earned his Ph.D. from Harvard University. An editor of NOTABLE AMERICAN WOMEN, 1607-1950 (1971), he also coauthored SALEM POSSESSED: THE SOCIAL ORIGINS OF WITCHCRAFT (1974), for which, with Stephen Nissenbaum, he received the John H. Dunning Prize of the American Historical Association. His other works include URBAN MASSES AND MORAL ORDER IN AMERICA, 1820-1920 (1978), BY THE BOMB?S EARLY LIGHT: AMERICAN THOUGHT AND CULTURE AT THE DAWN OF THE ATOMIC AGE (1985), WHEN TIME SHALL BE NO MORE: PROPHECY BELIEF IN MODERN AMERICAN CULTURE (1992), and PROMISES TO KEEP: THE UNITED STATES SINCE WORLD WAR II (3e, ?2003). He is also editor-in-chief of the OXFORD COMPANION TO UNITED STATES HISTORY (2001). His articles and essays have appeared in the ?American Quarterly,? ?New Republic,? and other journals. He has been a visiting professor at the University of California, Los Angeles; Northwestern University; and the College of William and Mary.Clifford E. Clark, Jr., M.A. and A.D. Hulings Professor of American Studies and professor of history at Carleton College, earned his Ph.D. from Harvard University. He has served as both the chair of the History Department and director of the American Studies program at Carleton. Clark is the author of HENRY WARD BEECHER: SPOKESMAN FOR A MIDDLE-CLASS AMERICA (1978), THE AMERICAN FAMILY HOME, 1800-1960 (1986), THE INTELLECTUAL AND CULTURAL HISTORY OF ANGLO-AMERICA SINCE 1789 in the GENERAL HISTORY OF THE AMERICAS SERIES, and, with Carol Zellie, NORTHFIELD: THE HISTORY AND ARCHITECTURE OF A COMMUNITY (1997). He also has edited and contributed to MINNESOTA IN A CENTURY OF CHANGE: THE STATE AND ITS PEOPLE SINCE 1900 (1989). A past member of the Council of the American Studies Association, Clark is active in the fields of material culture studies and historic preservation, and he serves on the Northfield, Minnesota, Historical Preservation Commission.Sandra McNair Hawley received her Ph.D. from Case Western Reserve University. She co-authored the book Global Politics with Dean A. Minix and has written numerous papers on US/Chinese relations, with a focus on popular culture portraits of Asia and their implications. She currently teaches at San Jacinto College and is working on a new book on the history of Texas.Joseph F. Kett, James Madison Professor of History at the University of Virginia, received his Ph.D. from Harvard University. His works include THE FORMATION OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL PROFESSION: THE ROLE OF INSTITUTIONS, 1780-1860 (1968), RITES OF PASSAGE: ADOLESCENCE IN AMERICA, 1790-PRESENT (1977), THE PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE UNDER DIFFICULTIES: FROM SELF-IMPROVEMENT TO ADULT EDUCATION IN AMERICA, 1750-1990 (1994), and THE NEW DICTIONARY OF CULTURAL LITERACY (2002), of which he is coauthor. A former History Department chair at Virginia, he also has participated on the Panel on Youth of the President's Science Advisory Committee, has served on the Board of Editors of the "History of Education Quarterly," and is a past member of the Council of the American Studies Association.Neal Salisbury, Barbara Richmond 1940 Professor Emeritus in the Humanities (History), at Smith College, received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles. He is the author of MANITOU AND PROVIDENCE: INDIANS, EUROPEANS, AND THE MAKING OF NEW ENGLAND, 1500-1643 (1982), editor of THE SOVEREIGNTY AND GOODNESS OF GOD, by Mary Rowlandson (1997), and co-editor, with Philip J. Deloria, of THE COMPANION TO AMERICAN INDIAN HISTORY (2002). With R. David Edmunds and Frederick E. Hoxie, he has written THE PEOPLE: A HISTORY OF NATIVE AMERICA (2007) (also published by Cengage Learning). He has contributed numerous articles to journals and edited collections, and co-edits a book series, CAMBRIDGE STUDIES IN NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN HISTORY. He is active in the fields of colonial and Native American history, and has served as president of the American Society for Ethnohistory and on the Council of the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture.
Table of Contents
1. Native Peoples of America, to 1500 2. Rise of the Atlantic World, 1400-1625 3. Expansion and Diversity. The Rise of Colonial America, 1625-1700 4. The Bonds of Empire, 1660-1750 5. Roads to Revolution, 1750-1776 6. Securing Independence, Defining Nationhood, 1776-1788 7. Launching the New Republic, 1789-1800 8. Jeffersonianism and the Era of Good Feelings, 1801-1824 9. The Transformation of American Society, 1815-1840 10. Politics, Religion, and Reform in Antebellum America 11. Technology, Culture, and Everyday Life, 1840-1860 12. The Old South and Slavery, 1830-1860 13. Immigration, Expansion, and Sectional Conflict, 1840-1848 14. From Compromise to Secession, 1850-1861 15. Crucible of Freedom: Civil War, 1861-1865 16. The Crises of Reconstruction, 1865-1877 17. The Transformation of the Trans-Mississippi West, 1860-1900 18. The Rise of Industrial America, 1865-1900 19. Immigration, Urbanization, and Everyday Life, 1860-1900 20. Politics and Expansion in an Industrializing Age, 1877-1900 21. The Progressive Era, 1900-1917 22. Global Involvements and World War I, 1902-1920 23. The 1920s: Coping with Change 24. The Great Depression and the New Deal, 1929-1939 25. Americans and a World in Crisis, 1933-1945 26. The Cold War Abroad and at Home, 1945-1952 27. America at Midcentury, 1952-1960 28. The Liberal Era, 1960-1968 29. A Time of Upheaval, 1968-1974 30. Society, Politics, and World Events from Ford to Reagan, 1974-1989 31. Beyond the Cold War. Charting a New Course, 1988-1995 32. New Century, New Challenges, 1996 to the Present Appendix Photograph Credits Index