American Past A Survey of American History

Name: American Past A Survey of American History
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ISBN: 9780495566106

ISBN-10: 0495566101

ISBN-13: 9780495566106

Edition: 8th 2009 (Revised)

Authors: Joseph R. Conlin

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Author Joseph R. Conlin's award-winning teaching and writing styles are reflected in this colorful and engaging look at the individuals, events, and ideas that have shaped this nation's past. Organized into short, easy-to-read chapters, this text sets the story in a political context, weaving in social, cultural, economic, intellectual, constitutional, diplomatic, and military events along the way. American history has never been so eye-opening--and enjoyable. This Enhanced Edition also shows you how to use the maps, images, and charts in the book to gain an edge in your studies. A brief introduction to the text--"Studying from Primary Source Materials"--reveals some of the tricks to…

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List price: $85.95
Edition: 8th
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Wadsworth
Publication date: 1/10/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 552
Size: 8.25" wide x 10.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 2.486
Language: English

Joseph Conlin was born in Philadelphia and educated at Villanova University (A.B.) and the University of Wisconsin (M.A., Ph.D.). He taught American history at half a dozen colleges and universities, spending most of his career at California State University, Chico. He was a Fulbright Professor in Rome and Salzburg and was twice Visiting Senior Lecturer at the Social History Centre at Warwick University, England. For 30 years (60 semesters), with a few subtracted for sabbaticals, he taught between one and four sections of the United States history survey course each term, a total of about 200 times. He won four awards for excellence in teaching. Conlin has written a dozen books, about 70…




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Settlements Across the Sea: The Reasons, the Failures, and a Success 1550-1624



Thirteen Colonies: England's American Empire 1620-1732



English Intentions, American Facts of Life: Colonial Society in the 1600s



Other Americans: Colonial Indians and Africans



Competition for a Continent: French America and British America, 1608-1763



Family Quarrels: Dissension in the Colonies, 1763-1770



From Riot to Rebellion: The Road to Independence 1770-1776



The War for Independence: Winning the Revolution 1776-1781



Inventing a Country: American Constitutions 1781-1789



We the People: Putting the Constitution to Work 1789-1800



Jeffersonian America: Expansion and Frustration 1800-1815



Beyond the Appalachians: The West in the Early Nineteenth Century



Nation Awakening: Political and Economic Development 1815-1824



The People's Hero: Andrew Jackson and a New Era 1824-1830



In the Shadow of Old Hickory: Personalities and Politics 1830-1842



Religion and Reform: Evangelicals and Enthusiasts, 1800-1850



A Different Country: The South and Slavery



The Peculiar Institution: Slavery as It Was Perceived Slavery as It Was



From Sea to Shining Sea: American Expansion 1820-1848



Apples of Discord: The Poisoned Fruits of Victory 1844-1854



The Collapse of the Union: From Debate to Violence 1854-1861



Tidy Plans, Ugly Realities: The Civil War through 1862



Driving Old Dixie Down: General Grant's War of Attrition 1863-1865



Aftermath: Reconstructing the Union Failing the Freedmen 1865-1877



Parties, Patronage, and Pork: Politics in the Late Nineteenth Century



Technology, Industry, and Business: Economic Revolution in the Late Nineteenth Century



Living with Leviathan: Reactions to Big Business and Great Wealth



We Who Built America: Factories and Immigrants



Urban America: The Growth of Big Cities and Big City Problems