A History of the American People

Volume 1: To the Civil War

James Truslow Adams

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2020
• Print ISBN:
  9780367543143
• eBook ISBN:
  9781000172959
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: American Civil War History
• Index: History

Originally published in 1933, and written by "America's historian", James Truslow Adams, this volume tells the story of the rise of the American nation encompassing economics, religion, social change and politics from settlement to the Civil War. Due emphasis is given to the inter-connectedness of America with Europe – both in terms of cultural heritage and political and military entanglements. Extensive in size and scope and richly illustrated with half-tones and maps these volumes balance a historical narrative with philosophical interpretation whilst touching on as many aspects of American life and history as possible.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Original Title Page
• Original Copyright Page
• Preface
• Contents
• Illustrations
• Chapter I. Discovery and Settlement
• Chapter II. The Colonial System Takes Form
• Chapter III. The Duel with France
• Chapter IV. American Life in 1763
• Chapter V. The Insoluble Problems of the New Empire
• Chapter VI. The Revolution
• Chapter VII. The Federal Union Formed
• Chapter VIII. The New Nation Gets Under Way
• Chapter IX. Jeffersonian Democracy
• Chapter X. The Presidency of Jefferson
• Chapter XI. The War of 1812
• Chapter XII. The Era of Good Feeling
• Chapter XIII. The Jacksonian Period
• Chapter XIV. The Nation in Mid-Century
• Chapter XV. A Decade of Expansion, 1840–1850
• Chapter XVI. The Inevitable Conflict
• Index