Global Americans, Volume 2

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Maria Montoya | Laura A. Belmonte | Carl J. Guarneri | Ellen Hartigan-O’Connor | Steven Hackel | Lon Kurashige America?s national experience and collective history have always been subject to transnational forces and affected by global events and conditions. In recognition of this reality, GLOBAL AMERICANS presents a history of North America and then the United States in which world events and processes are central rather than colorful sidelights. In doing so, the text reflects the diverse experiences of you — the students it speaks to — and your families. You?ll be immersed in an accessible and inclusive American history in which a variety of social, cultural, economic, and geographic dynamics play key roles. The authors want you to see yourselves in the narrative, primary source documents, images, and other media they have assembled. GLOBAL AMERICANS reveals the long history of global events that have shaped — and been shaped by — the peoples who have come to constitute the United States. I was amazed, in fact, at how cleverly and subtly the international connections were incorporated into the larger narrative, including some, I?m rather chagrined to admit, I have never thought to include myself. That said, the global theme never seemed forced, and none of the international material is included just for the sake of inclusion. The chapters are interesting and incorporate real people?This means that students are not reading the same stories they?ve read for 13 or so years, written by different people. It makes things more interesting. 14. REUNION AND RETREAT: RECONSTRUCTION, 1865-1877. Wartime Origins of Reconstruction. Postwar Conditions and Conflicting Agendas. Congressional Reconstruction. Reconstruction and Resistance in the South. Abandonment of Reconstruction. 15. INCORPORATION OF THE U.S. WEST, 1862-1917. Ties of Commerce. A Strong Federal Role. Native American Resistance and Resettlement. Development of the West as a Market. West in the American Imagination. 16. THE MAKING OF INDUSTRIAL AMERICA, 1877-1917. Age of Steel. Growth of Cities. Life in Industrialized America. Industrial Violence and the Rise of Unions. 17. THE POLITICS OF REFORM, 1877-1917. Party System in an Industrial Age. Early Reform Attempts. Economic Crisis and the Populist Party. Limitations and Triumphs of Progressivism. Progressivism and National Politics. 18. PROJECTING POWER, 1875-1920. Roots of the U.S. Empire. War, Insurrection, and the Challenges of Empire. Economic Imperialism in the Pacific and the Americas. The Great War. Home Front Mobilization for the War and the Peace Settlements. 19. MANAGING MODERNITY, 1919-1929. The Aftermath of World War I. Economic Boom. Market Expansion. Americanism. Cultural Pluralism. 20. GREAT DEPRESSION, NEW DEAL, AND IMPENDING WAR, 1929-1939. Enduring Economic Collapse. The New Deal. Life in the 1930s. End of the New Deal and the Coming of War. 21. THE WORLD AT WAR, 1939-1945. From Neutral to Belligerent. First Challenges to Axis Power. On the Home Front. Road to Victory. 22. THE COLD WAR, 1945-1965. From Allies to Enemies. Militarization of the U.S.-Soviet Conflict. The Cold War at Home. Superpower Crisis and Diplomacy. Cold War in the Developing World. 23. PROSPERITY AND THE COLD WAR ECONOMY, 1945-1965. Government and Prosperity. Cold War and Economic Growth. Social and Cultural Trends. Families in an Uncertain World. New Social Divisions. 24. CIVIL RIGHTS AND HUMAN RIGHTS, 1945-1965. International Context for Civil and Human Rights. Civil Rights Movement and Southern Race Relations. Enactment of Rights-Based Liberalism. Expanded Struggle for Equality. 25. THE VIETNAM WAR ERA, 1965-1975. U.S. Escalates Warfare in Vietnam. Fighting for Peace and Freedom. The Rights Revolution. Nixon Triumphs and Then Falls. 26. THE GLOBAL CONSERVATIVE SHIFT, 1975-1988. Shifts in Global Dynamics. Economic Transformations. Private Lives, Public Debates. Triumph and Travail on the Right. 27. CLOSER TOGETHER, FURTHER APART, 1975-2000. Victories Abroad, Challenges at Home. A Changing Population. The Clinton Years. The Global Village. 28. GLOBALIZATION AND ITS DISCONTENTS, 2000-2014. National Security and the Global Order. Global Capitalism. 21st Century America. APPENDIX (offered in MindTap only). The Declaration of Independence. The Articles of Confederation. The Constitution of the United States of America. Amendments to the Constitution. The Federalist Papers, Nos. 10 and 51. Presidents and Vice Presidents.

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