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American History: Connecting with the Past, 15th Edition
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The latest iteration of Alan Brinkley’s American History, a comprehensive U.S. History program, transforms the learning experience through proven, adaptive technology helping students better grasp the issues of the past while providing instructors greater insight on student performance. Known for its clear, single voice and balanced scholarship, Brinkley asks students to think historically about the many forces shaping and re-shaping our dynamic history. 0073513296
Brief Table of Contents
Chapter One: THE COLLISION OF CULTURES
Chapter Two: TRANSPLANTATIONS AND BORDERLANDS
Chapter Three: SOCIETY AND CULTURE IN PROVINCIAL AMERICA
Chapter Four: THE EMPIRE IN TRANSITION
Chapter Five: THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
Chapter Six: THE CONSTITUTION AND THE NEW REPUBLIC
Chapter Seven: THE JEFFERSONIAN ERA
Chapter Eight: VARIETIES OF AMERICAN NATIONALISM
Chapter Nine: JACKSONIAN AMERICA
Chapter Ten: AMERICA'S ECONOMIC REVOLUTION
Chapter Eleven: COTTON, SLAVERY, AND THE OLD SOUTH
Chapter Twelve: ANTEBELLUM CULTURE AND REFORM
Chapter Thirteen: THE IMPENDING CRISIS
Chapter Fourteen: THE CIVIL WAR
Chapter Fifteen: RECONSTRUCTION AND THE NEW SOUTH
Chapter Sixteen: THE CONQUEST OF THE FAR WEST
Chapter Seventeen: INDUSTRIAL SUPREMACY
Chapter Eighteen: THE AGE OF THE CITY
Chapter Nineteen: FROM CRISIS TO EMPIRE
Chapter Twenty: THE PROGRESSIVE ERA
Chapter Twenty-One: AMERICA AND THE GREAT WAR
Chapter Twenty-Two: THE NEW ERA
Chapter Twenty-Three: THE GREAT DEPRESSION
Chapter Twenty-Four: THE NEW DEAL
Chapter Twenty-Five: THE GLOBAL CRISIS, 1921-1941
Chapter Twenty-Six: AMERICA IN A WORLD AT WAR
Chapter Twenty-Seven: THE COLD WAR
Chapter Twenty-Eight: THE AFFLUENT SOCIETY
Chapter Twenty-Nine: CIVIL RIGHTS, VIETNAM, AND THE ORDEAL OF LIBERALISM
Chapter Thirty: THE CRISIS OF AUTHORITY
Chapter Thirty-One: FROM "THE AGE OF LIMITS" TO THE AGE OF REAGAN
Chapter Thirty-Two: THE AGE OF GLOBALIZATION
Chapter Two: TRANSPLANTATIONS AND BORDERLANDS
Chapter Three: SOCIETY AND CULTURE IN PROVINCIAL AMERICA
Chapter Four: THE EMPIRE IN TRANSITION
Chapter Five: THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
Chapter Six: THE CONSTITUTION AND THE NEW REPUBLIC
Chapter Seven: THE JEFFERSONIAN ERA
Chapter Eight: VARIETIES OF AMERICAN NATIONALISM
Chapter Nine: JACKSONIAN AMERICA
Chapter Ten: AMERICA'S ECONOMIC REVOLUTION
Chapter Eleven: COTTON, SLAVERY, AND THE OLD SOUTH
Chapter Twelve: ANTEBELLUM CULTURE AND REFORM
Chapter Thirteen: THE IMPENDING CRISIS
Chapter Fourteen: THE CIVIL WAR
Chapter Fifteen: RECONSTRUCTION AND THE NEW SOUTH
Chapter Sixteen: THE CONQUEST OF THE FAR WEST
Chapter Seventeen: INDUSTRIAL SUPREMACY
Chapter Eighteen: THE AGE OF THE CITY
Chapter Nineteen: FROM CRISIS TO EMPIRE
Chapter Twenty: THE PROGRESSIVE ERA
Chapter Twenty-One: AMERICA AND THE GREAT WAR
Chapter Twenty-Two: THE NEW ERA
Chapter Twenty-Three: THE GREAT DEPRESSION
Chapter Twenty-Four: THE NEW DEAL
Chapter Twenty-Five: THE GLOBAL CRISIS, 1921-1941
Chapter Twenty-Six: AMERICA IN A WORLD AT WAR
Chapter Twenty-Seven: THE COLD WAR
Chapter Twenty-Eight: THE AFFLUENT SOCIETY
Chapter Twenty-Nine: CIVIL RIGHTS, VIETNAM, AND THE ORDEAL OF LIBERALISM
Chapter Thirty: THE CRISIS OF AUTHORITY
Chapter Thirty-One: FROM "THE AGE OF LIMITS" TO THE AGE OF REAGAN
Chapter Thirty-Two: THE AGE OF GLOBALIZATION
Chapter Four: THE EMPIRE IN TRANSITION
Chapter Five: THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
Chapter Six: THE CONSTITUTION AND THE NEW REPUBLIC
Chapter Seven: THE JEFFERSONIAN ERA
Chapter Eight: VARIETIES OF AMERICAN NATIONALISM
Chapter Nine: JACKSONIAN AMERICA
Chapter Ten: AMERICA'S ECONOMIC REVOLUTION
Chapter Eleven: COTTON, SLAVERY, AND THE OLD SOUTH
Chapter Twelve: ANTEBELLUM CULTURE AND REFORM
Chapter Thirteen: THE IMPENDING CRISIS
Chapter Fourteen: THE CIVIL WAR
Chapter Fifteen: RECONSTRUCTION AND THE NEW SOUTH
Chapter Sixteen: THE CONQUEST OF THE FAR WEST
Chapter Seventeen: INDUSTRIAL SUPREMACY
Chapter Eighteen: THE AGE OF THE CITY
Chapter Nineteen: FROM CRISIS TO EMPIRE
Chapter Twenty: THE PROGRESSIVE ERA
Chapter Twenty-One: AMERICA AND THE GREAT WAR
Chapter Twenty-Two: THE NEW ERA
Chapter Twenty-Three: THE GREAT DEPRESSION
Chapter Twenty-Four: THE NEW DEAL
Chapter Twenty-Five: THE GLOBAL CRISIS, 1921-1941
Chapter Twenty-Six: AMERICA IN A WORLD AT WAR
Chapter Twenty-Seven: THE COLD WAR
Chapter Twenty-Eight: THE AFFLUENT SOCIETY
Chapter Twenty-Nine: CIVIL RIGHTS, VIETNAM, AND THE ORDEAL OF LIBERALISM
Chapter Thirty: THE CRISIS OF AUTHORITY
Chapter Thirty-One: FROM "THE AGE OF LIMITS" TO THE AGE OF REAGAN
Chapter Thirty-Two: THE AGE OF GLOBALIZATION
Chapter Six: THE CONSTITUTION AND THE NEW REPUBLIC
Chapter Seven: THE JEFFERSONIAN ERA
Chapter Eight: VARIETIES OF AMERICAN NATIONALISM
Chapter Nine: JACKSONIAN AMERICA
Chapter Ten: AMERICA'S ECONOMIC REVOLUTION
Chapter Eleven: COTTON, SLAVERY, AND THE OLD SOUTH
Chapter Twelve: ANTEBELLUM CULTURE AND REFORM
Chapter Thirteen: THE IMPENDING CRISIS
Chapter Fourteen: THE CIVIL WAR
Chapter Fifteen: RECONSTRUCTION AND THE NEW SOUTH
Chapter Sixteen: THE CONQUEST OF THE FAR WEST
Chapter Seventeen: INDUSTRIAL SUPREMACY
Chapter Eighteen: THE AGE OF THE CITY
Chapter Nineteen: FROM CRISIS TO EMPIRE
Chapter Twenty: THE PROGRESSIVE ERA
Chapter Twenty-One: AMERICA AND THE GREAT WAR
Chapter Twenty-Two: THE NEW ERA
Chapter Twenty-Three: THE GREAT DEPRESSION
Chapter Twenty-Four: THE NEW DEAL
Chapter Twenty-Five: THE GLOBAL CRISIS, 1921-1941
Chapter Twenty-Six: AMERICA IN A WORLD AT WAR
Chapter Twenty-Seven: THE COLD WAR
Chapter Twenty-Eight: THE AFFLUENT SOCIETY
Chapter Twenty-Nine: CIVIL RIGHTS, VIETNAM, AND THE ORDEAL OF LIBERALISM
Chapter Thirty: THE CRISIS OF AUTHORITY
Chapter Thirty-One: FROM "THE AGE OF LIMITS" TO THE AGE OF REAGAN
Chapter Thirty-Two: THE AGE OF GLOBALIZATION
Chapter Eight: VARIETIES OF AMERICAN NATIONALISM
Chapter Nine: JACKSONIAN AMERICA
Chapter Ten: AMERICA'S ECONOMIC REVOLUTION
Chapter Eleven: COTTON, SLAVERY, AND THE OLD SOUTH
Chapter Twelve: ANTEBELLUM CULTURE AND REFORM
Chapter Thirteen: THE IMPENDING CRISIS
Chapter Fourteen: THE CIVIL WAR
Chapter Fifteen: RECONSTRUCTION AND THE NEW SOUTH
Chapter Sixteen: THE CONQUEST OF THE FAR WEST
Chapter Seventeen: INDUSTRIAL SUPREMACY
Chapter Eighteen: THE AGE OF THE CITY
Chapter Nineteen: FROM CRISIS TO EMPIRE
Chapter Twenty: THE PROGRESSIVE ERA
Chapter Twenty-One: AMERICA AND THE GREAT WAR
Chapter Twenty-Two: THE NEW ERA
Chapter Twenty-Three: THE GREAT DEPRESSION
Chapter Twenty-Four: THE NEW DEAL
Chapter Twenty-Five: THE GLOBAL CRISIS, 1921-1941
Chapter Twenty-Six: AMERICA IN A WORLD AT WAR
Chapter Twenty-Seven: THE COLD WAR
Chapter Twenty-Eight: THE AFFLUENT SOCIETY
Chapter Twenty-Nine: CIVIL RIGHTS, VIETNAM, AND THE ORDEAL OF LIBERALISM
Chapter Thirty: THE CRISIS OF AUTHORITY
Chapter Thirty-One: FROM "THE AGE OF LIMITS" TO THE AGE OF REAGAN
Chapter Thirty-Two: THE AGE OF GLOBALIZATION
Chapter Ten: AMERICA'S ECONOMIC REVOLUTION
Chapter Eleven: COTTON, SLAVERY, AND THE OLD SOUTH
Chapter Twelve: ANTEBELLUM CULTURE AND REFORM
Chapter Thirteen: THE IMPENDING CRISIS
Chapter Fourteen: THE CIVIL WAR
Chapter Fifteen: RECONSTRUCTION AND THE NEW SOUTH
Chapter Sixteen: THE CONQUEST OF THE FAR WEST
Chapter Seventeen: INDUSTRIAL SUPREMACY
Chapter Eighteen: THE AGE OF THE CITY
Chapter Nineteen: FROM CRISIS TO EMPIRE
Chapter Twenty: THE PROGRESSIVE ERA
Chapter Twenty-One: AMERICA AND THE GREAT WAR
Chapter Twenty-Two: THE NEW ERA
Chapter Twenty-Three: THE GREAT DEPRESSION
Chapter Twenty-Four: THE NEW DEAL
Chapter Twenty-Five: THE GLOBAL CRISIS, 1921-1941
Chapter Twenty-Six: AMERICA IN A WORLD AT WAR
Chapter Twenty-Seven: THE COLD WAR
Chapter Twenty-Eight: THE AFFLUENT SOCIETY
Chapter Twenty-Nine: CIVIL RIGHTS, VIETNAM, AND THE ORDEAL OF LIBERALISM
Chapter Thirty: THE CRISIS OF AUTHORITY
Chapter Thirty-One: FROM "THE AGE OF LIMITS" TO THE AGE OF REAGAN
Chapter Thirty-Two: THE AGE OF GLOBALIZATION
Chapter Twelve: ANTEBELLUM CULTURE AND REFORM
Chapter Thirteen: THE IMPENDING CRISIS
Chapter Fourteen: THE CIVIL WAR
Chapter Fifteen: RECONSTRUCTION AND THE NEW SOUTH
Chapter Sixteen: THE CONQUEST OF THE FAR WEST
Chapter Seventeen: INDUSTRIAL SUPREMACY
Chapter Eighteen: THE AGE OF THE CITY
Chapter Nineteen: FROM CRISIS TO EMPIRE
Chapter Twenty: THE PROGRESSIVE ERA
Chapter Twenty-One: AMERICA AND THE GREAT WAR
Chapter Twenty-Two: THE NEW ERA
Chapter Twenty-Three: THE GREAT DEPRESSION
Chapter Twenty-Four: THE NEW DEAL
Chapter Twenty-Five: THE GLOBAL CRISIS, 1921-1941
Chapter Twenty-Six: AMERICA IN A WORLD AT WAR
Chapter Twenty-Seven: THE COLD WAR
Chapter Twenty-Eight: THE AFFLUENT SOCIETY
Chapter Twenty-Nine: CIVIL RIGHTS, VIETNAM, AND THE ORDEAL OF LIBERALISM
Chapter Thirty: THE CRISIS OF AUTHORITY
Chapter Thirty-One: FROM "THE AGE OF LIMITS" TO THE AGE OF REAGAN
Chapter Thirty-Two: THE AGE OF GLOBALIZATION
Chapter Fourteen: THE CIVIL WAR
Chapter Fifteen: RECONSTRUCTION AND THE NEW SOUTH
Chapter Sixteen: THE CONQUEST OF THE FAR WEST
Chapter Seventeen: INDUSTRIAL SUPREMACY
Chapter Eighteen: THE AGE OF THE CITY
Chapter Nineteen: FROM CRISIS TO EMPIRE
Chapter Twenty: THE PROGRESSIVE ERA
Chapter Twenty-One: AMERICA AND THE GREAT WAR
Chapter Twenty-Two: THE NEW ERA
Chapter Twenty-Three: THE GREAT DEPRESSION
Chapter Twenty-Four: THE NEW DEAL
Chapter Twenty-Five: THE GLOBAL CRISIS, 1921-1941
Chapter Twenty-Six: AMERICA IN A WORLD AT WAR
Chapter Twenty-Seven: THE COLD WAR
Chapter Twenty-Eight: THE AFFLUENT SOCIETY
Chapter Twenty-Nine: CIVIL RIGHTS, VIETNAM, AND THE ORDEAL OF LIBERALISM
Chapter Thirty: THE CRISIS OF AUTHORITY
Chapter Thirty-One: FROM "THE AGE OF LIMITS" TO THE AGE OF REAGAN
Chapter Thirty-Two: THE AGE OF GLOBALIZATION
Chapter Sixteen: THE CONQUEST OF THE FAR WEST
Chapter Seventeen: INDUSTRIAL SUPREMACY
Chapter Eighteen: THE AGE OF THE CITY
Chapter Nineteen: FROM CRISIS TO EMPIRE
Chapter Twenty: THE PROGRESSIVE ERA
Chapter Twenty-One: AMERICA AND THE GREAT WAR
Chapter Twenty-Two: THE NEW ERA
Chapter Twenty-Three: THE GREAT DEPRESSION
Chapter Twenty-Four: THE NEW DEAL
Chapter Twenty-Five: THE GLOBAL CRISIS, 1921-1941
Chapter Twenty-Six: AMERICA IN A WORLD AT WAR
Chapter Twenty-Seven: THE COLD WAR
Chapter Twenty-Eight: THE AFFLUENT SOCIETY
Chapter Twenty-Nine: CIVIL RIGHTS, VIETNAM, AND THE ORDEAL OF LIBERALISM
Chapter Thirty: THE CRISIS OF AUTHORITY
Chapter Thirty-One: FROM "THE AGE OF LIMITS" TO THE AGE OF REAGAN
Chapter Thirty-Two: THE AGE OF GLOBALIZATION
Chapter Eighteen: THE AGE OF THE CITY
Chapter Nineteen: FROM CRISIS TO EMPIRE
Chapter Twenty: THE PROGRESSIVE ERA
Chapter Twenty-One: AMERICA AND THE GREAT WAR
Chapter Twenty-Two: THE NEW ERA
Chapter Twenty-Three: THE GREAT DEPRESSION
Chapter Twenty-Four: THE NEW DEAL
Chapter Twenty-Five: THE GLOBAL CRISIS, 1921-1941
Chapter Twenty-Six: AMERICA IN A WORLD AT WAR
Chapter Twenty-Seven: THE COLD WAR
Chapter Twenty-Eight: THE AFFLUENT SOCIETY
Chapter Twenty-Nine: CIVIL RIGHTS, VIETNAM, AND THE ORDEAL OF LIBERALISM
Chapter Thirty: THE CRISIS OF AUTHORITY
Chapter Thirty-One: FROM "THE AGE OF LIMITS" TO THE AGE OF REAGAN
Chapter Thirty-Two: THE AGE OF GLOBALIZATION
Chapter Twenty: THE PROGRESSIVE ERA
Chapter Twenty-One: AMERICA AND THE GREAT WAR
Chapter Twenty-Two: THE NEW ERA
Chapter Twenty-Three: THE GREAT DEPRESSION
Chapter Twenty-Four: THE NEW DEAL
Chapter Twenty-Five: THE GLOBAL CRISIS, 1921-1941
Chapter Twenty-Six: AMERICA IN A WORLD AT WAR
Chapter Twenty-Seven: THE COLD WAR
Chapter Twenty-Eight: THE AFFLUENT SOCIETY
Chapter Twenty-Nine: CIVIL RIGHTS, VIETNAM, AND THE ORDEAL OF LIBERALISM
Chapter Thirty: THE CRISIS OF AUTHORITY
Chapter Thirty-One: FROM "THE AGE OF LIMITS" TO THE AGE OF REAGAN
Chapter Thirty-Two: THE AGE OF GLOBALIZATION
Chapter Twenty-Two: THE NEW ERA
Chapter Twenty-Three: THE GREAT DEPRESSION
Chapter Twenty-Four: THE NEW DEAL
Chapter Twenty-Five: THE GLOBAL CRISIS, 1921-1941
Chapter Twenty-Six: AMERICA IN A WORLD AT WAR
Chapter Twenty-Seven: THE COLD WAR
Chapter Twenty-Eight: THE AFFLUENT SOCIETY
Chapter Twenty-Nine: CIVIL RIGHTS, VIETNAM, AND THE ORDEAL OF LIBERALISM
Chapter Thirty: THE CRISIS OF AUTHORITY
Chapter Thirty-One: FROM "THE AGE OF LIMITS" TO THE AGE OF REAGAN
Chapter Thirty-Two: THE AGE OF GLOBALIZATION
Chapter Twenty-Four: THE NEW DEAL
Chapter Twenty-Five: THE GLOBAL CRISIS, 1921-1941
Chapter Twenty-Six: AMERICA IN A WORLD AT WAR
Chapter Twenty-Seven: THE COLD WAR
Chapter Twenty-Eight: THE AFFLUENT SOCIETY
Chapter Twenty-Nine: CIVIL RIGHTS, VIETNAM, AND THE ORDEAL OF LIBERALISM
Chapter Thirty: THE CRISIS OF AUTHORITY
Chapter Thirty-One: FROM "THE AGE OF LIMITS" TO THE AGE OF REAGAN
Chapter Thirty-Two: THE AGE OF GLOBALIZATION
Chapter Twenty-Six: AMERICA IN A WORLD AT WAR
Chapter Twenty-Seven: THE COLD WAR
Chapter Twenty-Eight: THE AFFLUENT SOCIETY
Chapter Twenty-Nine: CIVIL RIGHTS, VIETNAM, AND THE ORDEAL OF LIBERALISM
Chapter Thirty: THE CRISIS OF AUTHORITY
Chapter Thirty-One: FROM "THE AGE OF LIMITS" TO THE AGE OF REAGAN
Chapter Thirty-Two: THE AGE OF GLOBALIZATION
Chapter Twenty-Eight: THE AFFLUENT SOCIETY
Chapter Twenty-Nine: CIVIL RIGHTS, VIETNAM, AND THE ORDEAL OF LIBERALISM
Chapter Thirty: THE CRISIS OF AUTHORITY
Chapter Thirty-One: FROM "THE AGE OF LIMITS" TO THE AGE OF REAGAN
Chapter Thirty-Two: THE AGE OF GLOBALIZATION
Chapter Thirty: THE CRISIS OF AUTHORITY
Chapter Thirty-One: FROM "THE AGE OF LIMITS" TO THE AGE OF REAGAN
Chapter Thirty-Two: THE AGE OF GLOBALIZATION
Chapter Thirty-Two: THE AGE OF GLOBALIZATION
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About the Author
Alan Brinkley
Alan Brinkley (1949–2019) was the Allan Nevins Professor of History at Columbia University. He served as university provost at Columbia from 2003 to 2009. He authored works such as Voices of Protest: Huey Long, Father Coughlin, and the Great Depression, which won the 1983 National Book Award; American History: Connecting with the Past; The End of Reform: New Deal Liberalism in Recession and War; Liberalism and Its Discontents; Franklin D. Roosevelt; and The Publisher: Henry Luce and His American Century. He served as board chair of the National Humanities Center, board chair of the Century Foundation, and a trustee of Oxford University Press. He was also a member of the Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 1998–1999 he was the Harmsworth Professor of History at Oxford University, and in 2011–2012 the Pitt Professor at the University of Cambridge. He won the Joseph R. Levenson Memorial Teaching Award at Harvard and the Great Teacher Award at Columbia. He was educated at Princeton and Harvard.
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