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About The American People
About the Book
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American People:
The Creating a Nation and a Society, SVE
Sixth Edition
Gary B. Nash, University of California, Los Angeles;
Julie Roy Jeffrey, Goucher College;
John R. Howe, University of Minnesota;
Peter J. Frederick, Wabash College;
Allen F. Davis, Temple University;
Allan M. Winkler, Miami University of Ohio
©2004
1200 pp Cloth
0-321-12524-X
American People, Volume I - To 1877 (Chapters 1-16), The
©2004
700 pp Paper
0-321-12525-8
American People, Volume II - Since 1865 (Chapters 16-31), The
©2004
700 pp Paper
0-321-12526-6
Appropriate Courses
U.S. History Survey I (to 1877); U.S. History Survey II (since 1865); U.S. History Survey (One Semester); U.S. History Survey (Two Semesters).
Summary
Written by an outstanding team of scholars and teachers, The American People seamlessly weaves together the rich and complex story of the creation and development of the American nation and American society.
The narrative integrates discussion of public events such as presidential elections, wars, and reform movements with the private stories of ordinary Americans who participated in and responded to these events. As it unfolds the drama of American history, the Sixth Edition of The American People provides the most current scholarship and highlights the connections between the many factors-political, social, economic, technological, religious, cultural, international, and intellectual—that have shaped American society.
Features
- The text's strong social emphasis reflects the "humanness" of America's history as it is revealed in the everyday lives of Americans. By reading about ordinary people, students are introduced to a rich and thought-provoking treatment of the American past. Show any of the chapter-opening vignettes to convey this emphasis.
- "Recovering the Past" essays introduce students to the fascinating variety of evidence that historians use to reconstruct the past-from novels, political cartoons, and diaries to houses, clothing, and popular music.
- An Interactive Edition CD-ROM offers an exciting new learning tool that includes the entire text, all text maps, numerous primary sources, complete study guide and videos, and is free when a professor orders the book packaged with the CD-ROM.
New to This Edition
- New content includes in-depth treatment of Africa and the Americas before 1492 in Chapter 1, "Ancient America and Africa;" a reorganization of Chapters 2-5 to include new material on African bondage and early slave trade, new coverage of Caribbean colonization experiments (Chapter 2) and greater emphasis on the Seven Years War as a world war (Chapter 5).
- Part 6 has been reorganized to improve the chronological flow of topics in the Post-World War II era.
- New Chapter 31, "The Post Cold War World," examines the Clinton administration, economics and social change, election of 2000, and new foreign policy challenges including the events of September 11, 2001.
- An integrated international perspective has been increased throughout the text, with more of an emphasis on the transactional nature between America and the rest of the world. International maps and charts further enhance students' understanding of historical events throughout the world.
- "Analyzing History" feature, formally known as "Diagraphics," are recast to better help students learn how to read graphs and data and to think about what they mean. Each "Analyzing History" feature connects a historical event or process to its social consequences and are accompanied by critical thinking questions called "Reflecting on the Past."
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