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Cover of A History of the United States, Volume 2 v1.0
Published: 
March 2012
Page Count: 
580
ISBN (Digital): 
978-1-4533-2955-9

A History of the United States, Volume 2

Version 1.0
By David J. Trowbridge

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Key Features

  • A blend of social and cultural history in a direct and concise narrative.
  • Examples of how the past has been interpreted by others over time to show why historical interpretations change, and why this matters.
  • Connections between events and eras, such as the ideas and rhetoric of the American Revolution and the Civil War or the impact of the Cold War on the Civil Rights Movement.
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This textbook is suitable for the following courses: U.S. History (after 1865).

A History of the United States covers the traditional timeline of events after 1865, while adding cultural context through extensive narratives. Trowbridge makes history come alive with detailed historical perspectives and an impressive numbers of pictures and maps.

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  • About the Author
  • Preface

    • Chapter 1: What Does Freedom Mean?: Reconstruction, 1865–1877

  • 1.1 Race, Reunion, and the Aftermath of War
  • 1.2 Congressional Reconstruction
  • 1.3 Challenges of Reconstruction
  • 1.4 Reconstruction Reversed
  • 1.5 Conclusion
  • 1.6 Further Reading

    • Chapter 2: Western Expansion, the New South, and Industrial America, 1870–1890

  • 2.1 Native Americans and the Trans-Mississippi West
  • 2.2 Winning and Losing the West
  • 2.3 Growth of Industrial America and the New South
  • 2.4 Challenging the Gilded Age
  • 2.5 Further Reading

    • Chapter 3: Populism and Imperialism, 1890–1900

  • 3.1 Urban American and Popular Culture
  • 3.2 National Politics and the Populist Party
  • 3.3 Immigration, Ethnicity, and the “Nadir of Race Relations”
  • 3.4 Imperialism at Home and Abroad
  • 3.5 Further Reading

    • Chapter 4: From Populism to the Progressive Era, 1900–1912

  • 4.1 National Politics during the Progressive Era
  • 4.2 The Progressives
  • 4.3 Radicalism and the Limits of Egalitarian Reform
  • 4.4 Life in “Modern America”
  • 4.5 Conclusion
  • 4.6 Further Reading

    • Chapter 5: The Late Progressive Era and World War, 1912–1920

  • 5.1 The Wilson Administration and the Coming War
  • 5.2 The Great War and America
  • 5.3 Armistice and Aftermath
  • 5.4 Conclusion
  • 5.5 Further Reading

    • Chapter 6: Roaring Twenties to the Great Depression, 1920–1932

  • 6.1 Prosperity and Its Limits
  • 6.2 Immigration and Closing the Golden Door
  • 6.3 Popular Culture and a Renaissance in Harlem
  • 6.4 The Crash: From Decadence to Depression
  • 6.5 Conclusion
  • 6.6 Further Reading

    • Chapter 7: The New Deal and Origins of World War II, 1932–1939

  • 7.1 The First New Deal, 1933–1935
  • 7.2 Last Hired, First Fired: Women and Minorities in the Great Depression
  • 7.3 Second New Deal and Its Opponents, 1935–1939
  • 7.4 America’s Entry into World War II
  • 7.5 Conclusion
  • 7.6 Further Reading

    • Chapter 8: America and World War II, 1941–1945

  • 8.1 Pearl Harbor and the Arsenal of Democracy
  • 8.2 Double V: Freedom Abroad, Freedom at Home
  • 8.3 D-Day to Victory
  • 8.4 Conclusion
  • 8.5 Further Reading

    • Chapter 9: The Cold War at Home and Abroad, 1945–1953

  • 9.1 Postwar Europe, Asia, and the Middle East
  • 9.2 Postwar America
  • 9.3 Red Scares, Lavender Scares, and the Quest for Equality during the Early Cold War
  • 9.4 Containment and the Korean “Conflict”
  • 9.5 Further Reading

    • Chapter 10: The Cold War and the Affluent Society, 1954–1963

  • 10.1 The Global Cold War during the Eisenhower Administration
  • 10.2 America during the Eisenhower Years
  • 10.3 America and the World during the Kennedy Years
  • 10.4 Conclusion
  • 10.5 Further Reading

    • Chapter 11: Vietnam and Civil Disobedience, 1963–1969

  • 11.1 From New Frontier to Great Society
  • 11.2 The Great Society and the Vietnam War
  • 11.3 “More than a Hamburger:” Civil Rights and Social Justice
  • 11.4 1968–1969: Unrest and Upheaval
  • 11.5 Further Reading

    • Chapter 12: The 1970s

  • 12.1 Vietnam, Détente, and Watergate
  • 12.2 Détente, Decline, and Domestic Politics
  • 12.3 Equality and Liberation in the New America
  • 12.4 The Middle East and Malaise: America in the Late 1970s
  • 12.5 Conclusion
  • 12.6 Further Reading

    • Chapter 13: The Reagan and Bush Years, 1980–1992

  • 13.1 Conservatism and the “Reagan Revolution”
  • 13.2 The End of the Cold War
  • 13.3 American Life in the 1980s
  • 13.4 The Presidency of George Bush (Sr.)
  • 13.5 Conclusion
  • 13.6 Further Reading

    • Chapter 14: America in Our Time, 1992–Present

  • 14.1 America during the Clinton Administration
  • 14.2 From the Center to the Edge: America during the George W. Bush Administration
  • 14.3 Diversity in the New America
  • 14.4 Continuity and Change: The United States and the Transition from Bush to Obama
  • 14.5 Conclusion
  • 14.6 Further Reading
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    David J. Trowbridge Marshall University

    Trowbridge (Ph.D., Kansas) is an associate professor of history and Director African and African American Studies at Marshall University. He teaches graduate and undergraduate courses on civil rights, race and ethnicity, and military and diplomatic history. His favorite course to teach remains the introductory U.S. history surveys where he gets to witness hundreds of students discover that they, too, love history (much to their surprise). He has published several articles in leading academic journals, including the Journal of African American History. He is also the author of a forthcoming book titled Jim Crow in the Land of John Brown that explores the origins of racial segregation in the Midwest. In addition to his academic career, Dr. Trowbridge is proud to serve in the Air National Guard and is a veteran of the Iraq War.
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