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The Meeting of Cultures | |
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America Before Columbus | |
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Europe Looks Westward | |
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The Arrival of the English | |
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Conclusion | |
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For Further Reference | |
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Debating the Past: The American Population Before Columbus | |
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America in the World: The Atlantic Context of Early American History | |
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America in the World: Mercantilism and Colonial Commerce | |
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Transplantations and Borderlands | |
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The Early Chesapeake | |
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The Growth of New England | |
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The Restoration Colonies | |
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Borderlands and Middle Grounds | |
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The Development of Empire | |
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Conclusion | |
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For Further Reference | |
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Debating the Past: Native Americans and "The Middle Ground" | |
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Society and Culture in Provincial America | |
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The Colonial Population | |
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The Colonial Economies | |
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Patterns of Society | |
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Awakenings and Enlightenments | |
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Conclusion | |
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For Further Reference | |
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Debating the Past: The Origins of Slavery | |
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Debating the Past: The Witchcraft Trials | |
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The Empire in Transition | |
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Loosening Ties | |
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The Struggle for the Continent | |
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The New Imperialism | |
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Stirrings of Revolt | |
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Cooperation and War | |
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Conclusion | |
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For Further Reference | |
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America in the World: The First Global War | |
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Patterns of Popular Culture: Taverns in Revolutionary Massachusetts | |
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The American Revolution | |
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The States United | |
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The War for Independence | |
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War and Society | |
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The Creation of State Governments | |
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The Search for a National Government | |
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Conclusion | |
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For Further Reference | |
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Debating the Past: The American Revolution | |
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America in the World: The Age of Revolutions | |
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The Constitution and the New Republic | |
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Framing a New Government | |
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Adoption and Adaptation | |
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Federalists and Republicans | |
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Establishing National Sovereignty | |
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The Downfall of the Federalists | |
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Conclusion | |
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For Further Reference | |
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Debating the Past: The Background of the Constitution | |
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The Jeffersonian Era | |
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The Rise of Cultural Nationalism | |
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Stirrings of Industrialism | |
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Jefferson the President | |
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Doubling the National Domain | |
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Expansion and War | |
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The War of 1812 | |
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Conclusion | |
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For Further Reference | |
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America in the World: The Global Industrial Revolution | |
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Patterns of Popular Culture: Horse Racing | |
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Varieties of American Nationalism | |
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Stabilizing Economic Growth | |
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Expanding Westward | |
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The "Era of Good Feelings" | |
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Sectionalism and Nationalism | |
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The Revival of Opposition | |
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Conclusion | |
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For Further Reference | |
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Jacksonian America | |
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The Rise of Mass Politics | |
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"Our Federal Union" | |
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The Removal of the Indians | |
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Jackson and the Bank War | |
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The Emergence of the Second Party System | |
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Politics After Jackson | |
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Conclusion | |
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For Further Reference | |
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Debating the Past: Jacksonian Democracy | |
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Patterns of Popular Culture: The Penny Press | |
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America's Economic Revolution | |
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The Changing American Population | |
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Transportation and Communications Revolutions | |
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Commerce and Industry | |
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Men and Women at Work | |
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Patterns of Society | |
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The Agricultural North | |
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Conclusion | |
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For Further Reference | |
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Patterns of Popular Culture: Shakespeare in America | |
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Cotton, Slavery, and the Old South | |
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The Cotton Economy | |
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Southern White Society | |
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The "Peculiar Institution" | |
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The Culture of Slavery | |
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Conclusion | |
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For Further Reference | |
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Debating the Past: The Character of Slavery | |
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Antebellum Culture and Reform | |
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The Romantic Impulse | |
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Remaking Society | |
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The Crusade Against Slavery | |
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Conclusion | |
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For Further Reference | |
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America in the World: The Abolition of Slavery | |
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The Impending Crisis | |
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Looking Westward | |
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Expansion and War | |
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The Sectional Debate | |
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The Crisis of the 1850s | |
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Conclusion | |
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For Further Reference | |
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The Civil War | |
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The Secession Crisis | |
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The Mobilization of the North | |
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The Mobilization of the South | |
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Strategy and Diplomacy | |
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Campaigns and Battles | |
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Conclusion | |
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For Further Reference | |
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Debating the Past: The Causes of the Civil War | |
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Patterns of Popular Culture: Baseball and the Civil War | |
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Reconstruction and the New South | |
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The Problems of Peacemaking | |
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Radical Reconstruction | |
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The South in Reconstruction | |
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The Grant Administration | |
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The Abandonment of Reconstruction | |
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The New South | |
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Conclusion | |
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For Further Reference | |
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Debating the Past: Reconstruction | |
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The Conquest of the Far West | |
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The Societies of the Far West | |
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The Changing Western Economy | |
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The Romance of the West | |
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The Dispersal of the Tribes | |
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The Rise and Decline of the Western Farmer | |
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Conclusion | |
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For Further Reference | |
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Debating the Past: The Frontier and the West | |
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Industrial Supremacy | |
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Sources of Industrial Growth | |
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Capitalism and Its Critics | |
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The Ordeal of the Worker | |
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Conclusion | |
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For Further Reference | |
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Patterns of Popular Culture: The Novels of Horatio Alger | |
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The Age of the City | |
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The New Urban Growth | |
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The Urban Landscape | |
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Strains of Urban Life | |
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The Rise of Mass Consumption | |
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Leisure in the Consumer Society | |
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High Culture in the Urban Age | |
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Conclusion | |
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For Further Reference | |
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America in the World: Global Migrations | |
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From Crisis to Empire | |
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The Politics of Equilibrium | |
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The Agrarian Revolt | |
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The Crisis of the 1890s | |
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Stirrings of Imperialism | |
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War with Spain | |
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The Republic as Empire | |
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Conclusion | |
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For Further Reference | |
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Debating the Past: Populism | |
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America in the World: Imperialism | |
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The Progressives | |
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The Progressive Impulse | |
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Women and Reform | |
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The Assault on the Parties | |
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Sources of Progressive Reform | |
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Crusades for Order and Reform | |
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Theodore Roosevelt and the Modern Presidency | |
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The Troubled Succession | |
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Woodrow Wilson and the New Freedom | |
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Conclusion | |
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For Further Reference | |
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Debating the Past: Progressivism | |
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American in the World: Social Democracy | |
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America and the Great War | |
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The "Big Stick": America and the World, 1901-1917 | |
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The Road to War | |
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"War Without Stint" | |
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The Search for a New World Order | |
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A Society in Turmoil | |
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Conclusion | |
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For Further Reference | |
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Patterns of Popular Culture: Billy Sunday and Modern Revivalism | |
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The New Era | |
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The New Economy | |
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The New Culture | |
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A Conflict of Cultures | |
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Republican Government | |
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Conclusion | |
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For Further Reference | |
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America in the World: The Cinema | |
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The Great Depression | |
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The Coming of the Depression | |
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The American People in Hard Times | |
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The Depression and American Culture | |
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The Ordeal of Herbert Hoover | |
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Conclusion | |
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For Further Reference | |
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Debating the Past: Causes of the Great Depression | |
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America in the World: The Global Depression | |
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The New Deal | |
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Launching the New Deal | |
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The New Deal in Transition | |
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The New Deal in Disarray | |
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Limits and Legacies of the New Deal | |
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Conclusion | |
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For Further Reference | |
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Debating the Past: The New Deal | |
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Patterns of Popular Culture: The Golden Age of Comic Books | |
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The Global Crisis, 1921-1941 | |
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The Diplomacy of the New Era | |
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Isolationism and Internationalism | |
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From Neutrality to Intervention | |
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Conclusion | |
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For Further Reference | |
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Debating the Past: The Question of Pearl Harbor | |
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America in the World: The Sino-Japanese War, 1931-1941 | |
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America in a World at War | |
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War on Two Fronts | |
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The American Economy in Wartime | |
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Race and Gender in Wartime America | |
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Anxiety and Affluence in Wartime Culture | |
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The Defeat of the Axis | |
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Conclusion | |
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For Further Reference | |
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Debating the Past: The Decision to Drop the Atomic Bomb | |
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The Cold War | |
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Origins of the Cold War | |
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The Collapse of the Peace | |
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America After the War | |
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The Korean War | |
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The Crusade Against Subversion | |
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Conclusion | |
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For Further Reference | |
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Debating the Past: The Cold War | |
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Debating the Past: McCarthyism | |
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The Affluent Society | |
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The Economic "Miracle" | |
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The Explosion of Science and Technology | |
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People of Plenty | |
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The Other America | |
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The Rise of the Civil Rights Movement | |
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Eisenhower Republicanism | |
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Eisenhower, Dulles, and the Cold War | |
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Conclusion | |
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For Further Reference | |
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Patterns of Popular Culture: Lucy and Desi | |
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Civil Rights, Vietnam, and The Ordeal of Liberalism | |
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Expanding the Liberal State | |
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The Battle for Racial Equality | |
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"Flexible Response" and the Cold War | |
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The Agony of Vietnam | |
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The Traumas of 1968 | |
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Conclusion | |
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For Further Reference | |
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Debating the Past: The Civil Rights Movement | |
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Debating the Past: The Vietnam Commitment | |
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America in the World: 1968 | |
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The Crisis of Authority | |
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Youth Culture | |
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The Mobilization of Minorities | |
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The New Feminism | |
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Environmentalism in a Turbulent Society | |
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Nixon, Kissinger, and the War | |
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Nixon, Kissinger, and the World | |
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Politics and Economics in the Nixon Years | |
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The Watergate Crisis | |
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Conclusion | |
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For Further Reference | |
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Debating the Past: Watergate | |
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America in the World: The End of Colonialism | |
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From the "Age of Limits" to the Age of Reagan | |
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Politics and Diplomacy After Watergate | |
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The Rise of the New American Right | |
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The "Reagan Revolution" | |
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America and the Waning of the Cold War | |
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Conclusion | |
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For Further Reference | |
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Patterns of Popular Culture: The Mall | |
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The Age of Globalization | |
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The Resurgence of Partisanship | |
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The Economic Boom | |
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Science and Technology in the New Economy | |
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A Changing Society | |
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A Contested Culture | |
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The Perils of Globalization | |
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Conclusion | |
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For Further Reference | |
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America in the World: The Global Environmental Movement | |