Interpretations of American History
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Interpretations of American History

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Interpretations of American History

About this book

Without a doubt, the teaching of American history has changed since George Billias and Gerald Grob first issued Interpretations of American History, a comprehensive introduction to the major debates and schools of thought within the field of American history. For this ninth edition, Francis G. Couvares has thoroughly updated the text to include both developments in scholarly debate and changes in the format. He has consolidated two chapters on the revolutionary era into one, and he has also merged formerly separate chapters on profit and commerce in the trading of human beings and the complex and resilient culture that enslaved people sustained. Additionally, he has written a completely new chapter on environmental history and updated the final chapters of the text to include recent scholarship that connects the history of the Civil Rights Movement to the Black Lives Matter Movement; scholarship that discusses intersectionality within feminism, and recent work on political realignment and fragmentation.  

In a major revision to the format, Couvares has omitted excerpts of scholarly articles. However, for curious students or research assignments, he includes ample current references. Further, this updated edition anticipates electronic reading of discrete chapters rather than the entire book, and each chapter stands alone well enough to be assigned individually. 

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Table of contents

  1. Cover 
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Preface
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Introduction
  9. Chapter One: Indigenous Americans: Resistance, Adaptation, Survival
  10. Chapter Two: Beyond 1619: The Origins of Racial Slavery and the Culture(s) of Slavery in America
  11. Chapter Three: Religion in Early America: The Path to Pluralism
  12. Chapter Four: Revolutionary Era?: From the Revolutionary War to the Constitution
  13. Chapter Five: Jacksonian Democracy: How Democratic? How Racist?
  14. Chapter Six: Antebellum Reform: Abolition, Temperance, Women’s Rights
  15. Chapter Seven: The Civil War: Liberating or Nation-Building? Repressible or Irrepressible?
  16. Chapter Eight: Reconstruction: From Racial Revolution to Nationalist Compromise
  17. Chapter Nine: Environmental History: Declining Wilderness or Managed Garden?
  18. Chapter Ten: American Imperialism: Economic Expansion or Ideological Crusade?
  19. Chapter Eleven: Immigrant Assimilation or Transnational Race-Making?
  20. Chapter Twelve: The Triumph of Capitalism: Efficiency or Class War?
  21. Chapter Thirteen: The Progressive Era: A Search for Order or for Justice?
  22. Chapter Fourteen: The New Deal: Reform, Revolution, or Restoration?
  23. Chapter Fifteen: The Cold War and Beyond: Stability, Hegemony, or Chaos?
  24. Chapter Sixteen: Race and Rights in Postwar America: From Civil Rights to Black Power to Black Lives Matter
  25. Chapter Seventeen: From the History of Women to the Histories of Gender, Sexuality and Intersectionality
  26. Chapter Eighteen: Politics into the New Millennium: Realignment, Polarization, or Fragmentation?
  27. Notes
  28. Index