Table of Contents

Preface to the Revised and Expanded Edition - Eric Foner Introduction to the First Edition - Eric Foner Part I: Eras of the American Past 1. Beneficiaries of Catastrophe: The English Colonies in America - John M. Murin 2. The Revolutionary Generation: Ideology, Politics, and Culture in the Early Republic - Linda K. Kerber 3. Society, Politics, and the Market Revolution, 1815-1848 - Sean Wilentz 4. Slavery, the Civil War, and Reconstruction - Eric Foner 5. Public Life in Industrial America, 1877-1917 - Richard L. McCormick 6. Prosperity, Depression, and War, 1920-1945 - Alan Brinkley 7. America since 1945 - William H. Chafe Part II: Major Themes in American Experience 8. Intellectual and Cultural History - Thomas Bender 9. Western History - Richard White 10. Social History - Alice Kessler-Harris 11. U.S. Women's History - Linda Gordon 12. The History of the Family and the History of Sexuality - Estelle B. Freedman 13. African-American History - Thomas C. Holt 14. American Labor History - Leon Fink 15. Ethnicity and Immigration - Thomas B. Shenton and Kevin Kenny 16. Liberty and Power: U.S. Diplomatic History, 1750-1945 - Walter LaFeber About the Contributors

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About the Author

Eric Foner is DeWitt Clinton Professor of History at Columbia University. He is the author of numerous books, including Reconstruction, 1863-1877, which was awarded the Bancroft Prize.