Major Problems in American History, Volume II

Elizabeth Cobbs, Edward Blum, Jon Gjerde, , Elizabeth Cobbs, Edward Blum, Jon Gjerde

• Publisher: Cengage Learning EMEA
• Year: 2016
• Print ISBN:
  9781305585300
• eBook ISBN:
  9781305886810
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: World History
• Index: History

Designed to encourage critical thinking about history, the MAJOR PROBLEMS IN AMERICAN HISTORY series introduces you to both primary sources and analytical essays on important topics in U.S. history. This collection serves as the primary anthology for the introductory survey course, covering the subject's entire chronological span. Comprehensive topical coverage includes politics, economics, labor, gender, culture, and social trends. The fourth edition has been revised to reflect two new historiographical trends: the emergence of the history of religion as an exceptionally lively field and the internationalization of American history. Several chapters include images, songs, and poems to give you a better "feel" for the time period and events under discussion. Key pedagogical elements of the Major Problems format have been retained: chapter introductions, headnotes, and suggested readings.

Table of contents

• Contents
• Preface
• About the Authors
• Introduction: How to Read Primary and Secondary Sources
• Ch 1: Reconstruction
• Ch 2: Western Settlement and the Frontier
• Ch 3: Industrialization, Workers, and the New Immigration
• Ch 4: Imperialism and World Power
• Ch 5: The Progressive Movement
• Ch 6: World War I and the League of Nations
• Ch 7: Crossing a Cultural Divide: The Twenties
• Ch 8: The Depression, the New Deal, and Franklin D. Roosevelt
• Ch 9: The Ordeal of World War II
• Ch 10: The Global Cold War and the Nuclear Age
• Ch 11: The Postwar "Boom": Affluence and Anxiety
• Ch 12: "We Can Do Better": The Civil Rights Revolution
• Ch 13: The Sixties and Vietnam
• Ch 14: The Emergence of the New Right
• Ch 15: End of the Cold War and Rise of Terrorism
• Ch 16: Globalization and the Economic Challenge