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Genre/Form: | History |
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Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
W J Rorabaugh; Donald T Critchlow; Paula Baker |
ISBN: | 0742511898 9780742511897 074251191X 9780742511910 |
OCLC Number: | 52714651 |
Description: | 2 volumes : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
Contents: | 1.A Big Country -- 2.The Plantation South, 1607-1771 -- 3.Religious New England, 1620-1760 -- 4.The Diverse Middle Colonies, 1624-1760 -- 5.The American Revolution, 1750-1783 -- 6.The New Nation, 1783-1800 -- 7.Thomas Jefferson's America, 1801-1829 -- 8.The Market Revolution, 1790-1850 -- 9.Evangelical Religion and Reform, 1790-1850 -- 10.Andrew Jackson and the West -- 11.The Problem of Slavery -- 12.Americans at Mid-century: Unbounded Optimism -- 13.The Sectional Crisis, 1852-1861 -- 14.Civil War, 1861-1865 -- 15.Reconstruction, 1863-1877 |
Responsibility: | William J. Rorabaugh, Donald T. Critchlow, and Paula Baker. |
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America's Promise offers a well-written and insightful account of American history. Students will find it highly engaging and informative. Unlike most textbooks, the authors blend political, social, cultural, and economic history into a synthetic account of where our country came from, where it has been, and where it might be going. -- Julian E. Zelizer, associate professor and director of the Undergraduate Program in Public Policy at SUNY Albany America's Promise is a model textbook: Concise, inexpensive, and filled with anecdotes that make it interesting to read. It is a book that students will actually purchase and read-no small accomplishment in an era of overpriced, bloated textbooks often left unused on store shelves. The authors have turned the history textbook from a 'necessary evil' into a 'positive good.' Two thumbs up. Way up! -- Jonathan Bean, professor of history, Southern Illinois University Carbonale Read more...

