A History of the United StatesThe sixth volume, on the Civil War Era, of Harvard historian Edward Channing's 'Great Work, ' A History of the United States, won the Pulitzer Prize for History in 1925. Unfortunately, the series went out of print some years ago. This new volume makes the essence of Channing's history available to a new generation of readers by reprinting highlights from each volume. Davis D. Joyce has written an extensive introduction which places Channing and his work in perspective in American historiography. Contents: I. The Planting of a Nation in the New World, 1000-1660; II. A Century of Colonial History, 1660-1760; III. The American Revolution, 1761-1789; IV. Federalists and Republicans, 1789-1815; V. The Period of Transition, 1815-1848; VI. The War for Southern Independence. |
Contents
THE DISCOVERY OF THE NEW WORLD | 5 |
THE FOUNDING OF MARYLAND | 31 |
THE COMING OF THE PILGRIMS | 47 |
THE COLONIES IN 1660 | 61 |
A CENTURY OF COLONIAL HISTORY 16601760 | 77 |
THE COLONIAL POLICY OF THE RESTORATION | 79 |
VIRGINIA AND NEW ENGLAND 16601680 | 93 |
THE MARCH OF EDUCATION 16901760 | 109 |
FEDERALISTS AND REPUBLICANS 17891815 | 195 |
THE DOWNFALL OF FEDERALISM | 197 |
THE CLOSING SCENE | 215 |
THE PERIOD OF TRANSITION 18151848 | 225 |
THE WONDERFUL CENTURY | 227 |
THE PLANTATION SYSTEM AND ABOLITIONISM | 245 |
THE YEAR 1846 | 271 |
THE WAR FOR SOUTHERN INDEPENDENCE | 289 |
THE EXPULSION OF THE FRENCH | 127 |
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 17611789 | 147 |
THE BEGINNINGS OF AN ERA 17601763 | 149 |
THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR IN THE YEAR 1776 | 161 |
ECONOMIC ADJUSTMENT | 175 |
A DIVIDED COUNTRY | 291 |
THE DECISION OF THE OHIO VALLEY | 311 |
THE COLLAPSE OF THE CONFEDERACY | 323 |
NOTES | 337 |
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