The Enduring Vision features an engaging narrative that integrates political, social, and cultural history within a chronological framework. The first U.S. history survey to incorporate sustained attention to cultural history, the text is also known for its innovative coverage of public health, the environment, and the West--including Native American history.The Sixth Edition presents increased global coverage and a new comparative feature, "Beyond America: Global Interactions," which provides an international context for significant developments in the United States. A range of student oriented pedagogical features, including focus questions and an online glossary, makes this edition even more accessible. The authors continue to explore the enduring vision of the American people, a vision they describe as "a shared determination to live up to the values that give meaning to America."

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Note: Each chapter includes a Conclusion and Chronology. Prologue: Enduring Vision, Enduring Land 1. Native Peoples of America, to 1500 The First Americans, c. 13,000-2500 BC Cultural Diversity, c. 2500 BC-AD 1500 North American Peoples on the Eve of European Contact Beyond America--Global Interactions: The Origins and Spread of Agriculture 2. The Rise of the Atlantic World, 1400-1625 African and European Backgrounds Europe and the Atlantic World, 1400-1600 Footholds in North America, 1512-1625 Technology and Culture: Sugar Production in the Americas 3. The Emergence of Colonial Societies, 1625-1700 Chesapeake Society Puritanism in New England The Spread of Slavery: The Caribbean and Carolina The Middle Colonies Rivals for North America: France and Spain Technology and Culture: Native American Baskets and Textiles in New England 4. The Bonds of Empire, 1660-1750 Rebellion and War, 1660-1713 Colonial Economies and Societies, 1660-1750 Competing for a Continent, 1713-1750 Public Life in British America, 1689-1750 Beyond America--Global Interactions: European Maritime Empires, 1440-1740 5. Roads to Revolution, 1750-1776 Triumph and Tensions: The British Empire, 1750-1763 Imperial Authority, Colonial Opposition, 1760-1766 Resistance Resumes, 1766-1770 The Deepening Crisis, 1770-1774 Toward Independence, 1774-1776 Technology and Culture: Public Sanitation in Philadelphia 6. Securing Independence, Defining Nationhood, 1776-1788 The Prospects of War War and Peace, 1776-1783 The Revolution and Social Change Forging New Governments, 1776-1787 Toward a New Constitution, 1786-1788 Beyond America--Global Interactions: The American Revolution as an International War 7. Launching the New Republic, 1788-1800 Constitutional Government Takes Shape, 1788-1796 Hamilton's Domestic Policies, 1789-1994 The United States in a Wider World, 1789-1796 Parties and Politics, 1793-1800 Economic and Social Change Beyond America--Global Interactions: Trade and Empire in the Pacific, to 1800 8. Jeffersonianism and the Era of Good Feelings, 1801-1824 The Age of Jefferson The Gathering Storm The War of 1812 The Awakening of American Nationalism Technology and Culture: Mapping America 9. The Transformation of American Society, 1815-1840 Westward Expansion The Growth of the Market Economy The Transportation Revolution: Steamboats, Canals, and Railroads Industrial Beginnings Equality and Inequality The Revolution in Social Relationships Technology and Culture: Building the Erie Canal 10. Democratic Politics, Religious Revival, and Reform, 1824-1840 The Rise of Democratic Politics, 1824-1832 The Bank Controversy and the Second Party System, 1833-1840 The Rise of Popular Religion The Age of Reform Beyond America--Global Interactions: The Panic of 1837 11. Technology, Culture, and Everyday Life, 1840-1860 Technology and Economic Growth The Quality of Life Democratic Pastimes The Quest for Nationality in Literature and Art Technology and Culture: Guns and Gun Culture 12. The Old South and Slavery,1830-1860 King Cotton The Social Groups of the White South Social Relations in the White South Life Under Slavery The Emergence of African-American Culture Beyond America--Global Interactions: Slavery as a Global Institution 13. Immigration, Expansion, and Sectional Conflict, 1840-1848 Newcomers and Natives The West and Beyond The Politics of Expansion, 1840-1846 The Mexican-American War and Its Aftermath, 1846-1848 Technology and Culture: The Telegraph 14. From Compromise to Secession, 1850-1861 The Compromise of 1850 The Collapse of the Second Party System, 1853-1856 The Crisis of the Union, 1857-1860 The Collapse of the Union, 1860-1861 Beyond America--Global Interactions: Slave Emancipation in the Atlantic World 15. Crucible of Freedom: Civil War, 1861-1865 Mobilizing for War In Battle, 1861-1862 Emancipation Transforms the War, 1863 War and Society, North and South The Union Victorious, 1864-1865 Technology and Culture: The Camera and the Civil War 16. The Crises of Reconstruction, 1865-1877 Reconstruction Politics, 1865-1868 Reconstruction Governments The Impact of Emancipation New Concerns in the North, 1868-1876 Reconstruction Abandoned, 1876-1877 Technology and Culture: The Sewing Machine 17. The Transformation of the Trans-Mississippi West, 1860-1900 Native Americans and the Trans-Mississippi West Settling the West Southwestern Borderlands Exploiting the Western Landscape The West of Life and Legend Beyond America--Global Interactions: Cattle-Raising in the Americas 18. The Rise of Industrial America, 1865-1900 The Rise of Corporate America Stimulating Economic Growth The New South Factories and the Work Force Labor Unions and Industrial Conflict Technology and Culture: Electricity 19. Immigration, Urbanization, and Everyday Life, 1860-1900 The New American City Middle- and Upper-Class Society and Culture Working-Class Politics and Reform Working-Class Leisure in the Immigrant City Cultures in Conflict Technology and Culture: Flush Toilets and the Invention of the Nineteenth-Century Bathroom 20. Politics and Expansion in an Industrializing Age, 1877-1900 Party Politics in an Era of Upheaval, 1877-1884 Politics of Privilege, Politics of Exclusion, 1884-1892 The 1890s: Politics in a Depression Decade Expansionist Stirrings and War with Spain, 1878-1901 Beyond America--Global Interactions: Missionaries to the World 21. The Progressive Era, 1900-1917 Progressives and Their Ideas State and Local Progressivism Progressivism and Social Control Blacks, Women, and Workers Organize National Progressivism Phase I: Roosevelt and Taft, 1901-1913 National Progressivism Phase II: Woodrow Wilson, 1913-1917 Beyond America--Global Interactions: Progressive Reformers Worldwide Share Ideas and Strategies 22. Global Involvements and World War I, 1902-1920 Defining America's World Role, 1902-1914 War in Europe, 1914-1917 Mobilizing at Home, Fighting in France, 1917-1918 Promoting the War and Suppressing Dissent Economic and Social Trends in Wartime America Joyous Armistice, Bitter Aftermath, 1918-1920 Technology and Culture: The Phonograph, Popular Music, and Home-Front Morale in World War I 23. The 1920s: Coping with Change, 1920-1929 A New Economic Order The Harding and Coolidge Administrations Mass Society, Mass Culture Cultural Ferment and Creativity A Society in Conflict Hoover at the Helm Beyond America--Global Interactions: The "New Woman" in the 1920s 24. The Great Depression and the New Deal, 1929-1939 Crash and Depression, 1929-1932 The New Deal Takes Shape, 1933-1935 The New Deal Changes Course, 1935-1936 The New Deal's End Stage, 1937-1939 Social Change and Social Action in the 1930s The American Cultural Scene in the 1930s Technology and Culture: Sound, Color, and Animation Come to the Movies 25. Americans and a World in Crisis, 1933-1945 The United States in a Menacing World, 1933-1939 Into the Storm, 1939-1941 America Mobilizes for War The Battlefront, 1942-1944 War and American Society Triumph and Tragedy, 1945 Beyond America--Global Interactions: Refugees from Fascism: The Intellectual Migration to the United States 26. The Cold War Abroad and at Home, 1945-1952 The Postwar Political Setting, 1945-1946 Anticommunism and Containment, 1946-1952 The Truman Administration at Home, 1945-1952 The Politics of Anticommunism Beyond America--Global Interactions: Decolonization and the Cold War 27. America at Midcentury, 1952-1960 The Eisenhower Presidency The Cold War Continues The Affluent Society Consensus and Conservatism The Other America Seeds of Disquiet Technology and Culture: The Interstate Highway System 28. The Liberal Era, 1960-1968 The Kennedy Presidency, 1960-1963 The Struggle for Black Equality, 1961-1968 Liberalism Ascendant, 1963-1968 Voices of Protest The Liberal Crusade in Vietnam, 1961-1968 Technology and Culture: The Pill 29. A Time of Upheaval, 1968-1974 The Youth Movement The Counterculture 1968: The Politics of Upheaval Nixon and World Politics Domestic Problems and Divisions The Crisis of the Presidency Beyond America--Global Interactions: The British Invasion 30. Conservative Resurgence, Economic Woes, Foreign Challenges, 1974-1989 Cultural Trends Economic and Social Changes in Post-1960s America Years of Malaise: Post-Watergate Politics and Diplomacy, 1974-1981 The Reagan Revolution, 1981-1984 Reagan's Second Term, 1985-1989 Technology and Culture: The Personal Computer 31. Beyond the Cold War: Charting a New Course, 1988-2000 The Bush Years: Global Resolve, Domestic Drift, 1988-1993 The Clinton Era Begins: Debating Domestic Policy, 1993-1996 The Economic Boom of the 1990s Clinton's Foreign Policy: Defining America's Role in a Post-Cold War World The Clinton Era Ends: Domestic Politics, Impeachment, Disputed Election, 1996-2000 Cultural Trends at Century's End Beyond America--Global Interactions: The Challenge of Globalization 32. Global Dangers, Global Challenges, 2001 to the Present America Under Attack: September 11, 2001, and Its Aftermath Politics and The Economy in Bush's First Term, 2001-2005 Foreign Policy in a Threatening Era Social and Cultural Trends in Contemporary America Domestic Policy Since 2004 Technology and Culture: Developing New Tools for Measuring Global Warming Appendix Documents The American Land The American People The American Government The American Economy