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Visions of America A History of the United States

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ISBN-10: 0321066871

ISBN-13: 9780321066879

Edition: 2010

Authors: KEEFE & CORNELL, Saul Cornell, Jennifer D. Keene, Edward O'Donnell, Edward T. O'Donnell

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how conflicting visions of America have shaped our nationrsquo;s past. Visions of Americarecognizes the value of using images to engage students in serious inquiry about the historical development of the United States. Visual images are critical primary sources, and using them effectively requires the development of key analytic skills. This new textbook revolutionizes the role of images in the history survey by integrating them into the narrative. The visual legacy of the nationrsquo;s past also provides insight into the competing visions of America that have shaped American political culture.Visions of Americaexplores the tensions and conflicts that have marked virtually every chapter of…    
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List price: $69.99
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Pearson Education, Limited
Publication date: 6/25/2009
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 905
Size: 8.50" wide x 10.50" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 4.4
Language: English

Peoples in Motion: The Atlantic World to 1590
The First Americans
Migration and Earliest Settlement
The Archaic Era: The Rise of Agriculture and Complex Societies
Ancient American Civilizations
Early Mesoamerican Civilizations
Mound Builders
Pueblo Dwellers
Eastern Woodland Indian
Societies
American Indian Societies on the Eve of European Contact
European Civilization in Ferment
European Civilization
The Allure of the East and the Challenge of Islam
Urbanization, Trade, and the Commercial Revolution
The Renaissance and the Protestant Reformation
Images as History: Calvinist Iconoclasm
New Monarchs and the Rise of the Nation State
West African Worlds
West African Societies, Islam, and Trade
The Portuguese-African Connection
African Slavery
Expansion and Encounter
Columbus and the Columbian Exchange
Spanish Conquest and Colonization
Competing Visions: Native Americans: Barbarians or Innocents?
Fishing and Furs: Francersquo;s Northern Adventure
Conquerors, Traders, and Planters in a New World
Elizabethan Expansionism
The Lost Colony of Roanoke
New Spain
New France
From Pirates to Planters
Conclusion
Colonial Societies, 1590-1700
The Chesapeake Colonies
The Founding of Jamestown
Life and Death in Early Virginia
Choices and Consequences: The Ordeal of Pocahontas
Lord Baltimorersquo;s Refuge: Maryland
Life in Maryland
New England
Plymouth Plantation
Images as History: Corruption v. Piety: Dutch Art in the 17 th Century
Thanksgiving Myths and Realities
The Puritan City Upon a Hill
Competing Visions
Conflicting Views of Religious Liberty
Expansion and Conflict
The Caribbean Colonies
Providence Island
The Caribbean City Upon a Hill
Barbados: Sugar and Slaves
Filling Out the Eastern Seaboard: The Restoration Colonies
From New Netherland to New York
A Peaceable Kingdom: Quakers in New Jersey and Pennsylvania