A Political History of the USA : One Nation Under God (Paperback)

Introduction.- PART I: MAKING A STATE.- The European Impact in America, 1494-1676.- North American Colonies, 1632-1732.- The Colonies in the Empire, 1651-1774.- War and Order, 1775-1787.- PART II: CONSOLIDATING THE POWER OF THE STATE.- The Culture of Politics, 1788-1826.- From Coexistence to Expansion, 1783-1832.- Nationalism, Sectionalism, and Slavery, 1820-1861.- Lincoln and the Civil War, 1858-1865.- The Sections Integrated: South, West, and Northeast, 1865-1896.- PART III: THE AMERICAN STATE AND THE WORLD.- The New Empire, 1890-1917.- Progressive America, 1900-1920.- The Crises of Progressive Capitalism, 1919-1933.- The Cosmopolitan New Deal in Depression and War, 1933 -1945.- Cold War America, 1945-1963.- PART IV: PERSONAL POLITICS AND THE STATE.- The Long 1960s, 1954-1975.- Cultural Divisions and Cultural Imperialism, 1968-2000.- Epilogue: America in History, 2001 and After.- Critical Suggestions for Reading and Study.- Index.