Building the American republic. / Volume 1, : A narrative history to 1877 / / Harry L. Watson.

• VerfasserIn: Watson, Harry L.,
• Place / Publishing House: Chicago ;, London : : The University of Chicago Press,, 2018.
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (646 pages)

Building the American Republic combines centuries of perspectives and voices into a fluid narrative of the United States. Throughout their respective volumes, Harry L. Watson and Jane Dailey take care to integrate varied scholarly perspectives and work to engage a diverse readership by addressing wh...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Preface
• Chapter 1. First Americans, to 1550
• Chapter 2. The First English Colonies, 1584–1676
• Chapter 3. The Emerging Empire, 1676–1756
• Chapter 4. Colonial Society and Culture, 1676–1756
• Chapter 5. The Era of Independence, 1756–1783
• Chapter 6. A Federal Republic, 1783–1789
• Chapter 7. Federalists and Republicans, 1789–1815
• Chapter 8. Market Revolution in the North, 1815–1860
• Chapter 9. Northern Culture and Reform, 1815–1860
• Chapter 10. The World of the South, 1815–1860
• Chapter 11. The Transformation of Politics, 1815–1836
• Chapter 12. Wars for the West, 1836–1850
• Chapter 13. The House Dividing, 1850–1861
• Chapter 14. “A New Birth of Freedom,” 1861–1865
• Chapter 15. Reconstructing the Republic, 1865–1877
• Acknowledgments
• For Further Reading
• Index