U.S. history by Corbett, P. Scott, author, Janssen, Volker (Historian), author; Lund, John M., 1968- author; Pfannestiel, Todd J., author; Vickery, Paul S., author; OpenStax College, issuing body; Rice University, issuing body instant download

U.S. history by Corbett, P. Scott, author, Janssen, Volker (Historian), author; Lund, John M., 1968- author; Pfannestiel, Todd J., author; Vickery, Paul S., author; OpenStax College, issuing body; Rice University, issuing body instant download

2 volumes : 29 cm, U.S. History covers the breadth of the chronological history of the United States and also provides the necessary depth to ensure the course is manageable for instructors and students alike. U.S. History is designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of most courses. The authors introduce key forces and major developments that together form the American experience, with particular attention paid to considering issues of race, class, and gender. The text provides a balanced approach to U.S. history, considering the people, events, and ideas that have shaped the United States from both the top down (politics, economics, diplomacy) and bottom up (eyewitness accounts, lived experience), Revision UH-2014-004)03/18)-BB, Volume 1. The Americas, Europe, and Africa before 1492 -- Early globalization: the Atlantic world, 1492-1650 -- Creating new social orders: colonial societies, 1500-1700 -- Rule Britannia! the English Empire, 1660-1763 -- Imperial reforms and colonial protests, 1763-1774 -- America's war for independence, 1775-1783 -- Creating republican governments, 1776-1790 -- Growing pains: the new republic, 1790-1815 -- Industrial transformation in the North, 1800-1850 -- Jacksonian democracy, 1820-1840 -- A nation on the move: westward expansion, 1800-1850 -- Cotton is king: the antebellum South, 1800-1860 -- Antebellum idealism and reform impulses, 1820-1860 -- Troubled times: the tumultuous 1850s -- The Civil War, 1860-1865 -- The era of reconstruction, 1865-1877 -- Go west young man! westward expansion, 1840-1900 -- Industrialization and the rise of big business, 1870-1900 -- Volume 2. The growing pains of urbanization, 1870-1900 -- Politics in the Gilded Age, 1870-1900 -- Leading the way: the progressive movement, 1890-1920 -- Age of empire: American foreign policy, 1890-1914 -- Americans and the Great War, 1914-1919 -- The jazz age: redefining the nation, 1919-1929 -- Brother, can you spare a dime? The Great Depression, 1929-1932 --…