America: A Concise History, Volume I: To 1877With fresh interpretations from two new authors, wholly reconceived themes, and a wealth of cutting-edge scholarship, the Fifth Edition of America: A Concise History is designed to work perfectly with the way you teach the survey today. Building on the book’s hallmark strengths—balance, explanatory power, and a brief-yet-comprehensive narrative—as well as its outstanding full-color visuals and built-in primary sources, authors James Henretta, Rebecca Edwards, and Robert Self have shaped America into the ideal brief book for the modern survey course, at a value that can’t be beat. |
Contents
PART 1 The Creation of American Society 14501763 | 2 |
PART 2 The New Republic 17631820 | 128 |
PART 3 Overlapping Revolutions 18201860 | 258 |
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