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100	1		_4aut _a Parkes, Henry Bamford
245			_a(The) United States of America _ba history _cby Henry Bamford Parkes
250			_a3rd ed.
260			_aCalcutta _bScientific Book Agency _c1968
300			_axviii, 805p., 14p.: _bill., maps. ; _c23.5 cm.
500			_aIncludes appendix, bibliography and index.
505	0		_aTHE EXPANSION OF EUROPE: The European background -- The development of England -- The opening of the new world -- THE FOUNDING OF THE COLONIES: The beginnings of colonization -- The Chesapeake colonies -- The New England colonies -- The later colonies -- THE LATER COLONIAL PERIOD: The expansion of the colonies -- The British imperial system -- Internal conflicts -- The conflict with France -- THE AMERICAN ENLIGHTENMENT: The meaning of enlightenment -- The diffusion of culture -- The development of religion -- Social theory -- Science and philosophy -- Literature and the arts -- THE REVOLUTION: The causes of the revolution -- The course of the controversy -- The outbreak of the war -- The war of Independence -- THE CONFEDERATION AND THE CONSTITUTION: The conflict of ideals -- Reforms of the revolutionary period -- The confederation period -- The movement for a new Government -- The making of the Constitution -- Ratification -- FEDERALISTS AND REPUBLICANS: The new Nation -- Washington's administration -- Washington's foreign policy -- The Adams administration -- Jefferson's first administration -- EMERGENT NATIONALISM: Neutral rights -- The war of 1812 -- Foreign policy of Monroe and Adams -- Nationalism and sectionalism -- THE SETTLEMENT OF THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY: The westward movement -- Kentucky and Tennessee -- The role of the federal government -- The old northwest -- The old southwest -- Results of the westward movement -- THE OLD SOUTH: The rise of king cotton -- The revival of slavery -- Southern economic problems -- Southern society -- Southern political interests -- THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION: The revolution in transportation -- The revolution in manufacturing -- The growth of the laboring class -- Foreign trade and shipping -- THE JACKSONIAN PERIOD: New political forces -- The rise of Jacksonian democracy -- Jackson's two administrations -- Van Buren, Harrison and Tyler -- THE GROWTH OF SOCIAL IDEALISM: Social trends -- Religion -- Movements for reform -- Education and science -- AMERICAN ROMANTICISM: Factors in literary development -- Early New York writers -- The flowering of new England -- Writers of the southern and middle state -- The other arts -- THE CONQUEST OF THE WEST: Early activities in the far west -- The Texas question -- The transcontinental migration -- Expansionism in American politics -- The war with Mexico -- THE SECTIONAL CONFLICT: Causes of the conflict -- The compromise of 1850 -- The rise of the middle west -- The conflict revived -- The Buchanan administration -- THE CIVIL WAR: Secession and war -- Behind the lines -- From bull run to Gettysburg -- Diplomacy of the war -- From Gettysburg to Appomattox -- The war and the northern economy -- THE POSTWAR SOUTH: After Appomattox -- Johnson and the radicals -- Radical reconstruction -- Economic trends -- The Populist movement -- THE GROWTH OF INDUSTRY: Factors in industrial growth -- The expansion of the railroads -- Industrial and financial development -- Problems of labor -- THE END OF THE FRONTIER: The completion of western settlement -- The farmer in industrial society -- The closing of the frontier -- FROM GRANT TO MCKINLEY: The political system -- Presidential parade -- The revolt of the farmers -- SOCIAL CHANGES IN THE INDUSTRIAL ERA: The growth of cities -- Immigration -- Religious organizations -- Education and science -- The press -- NEW WAYS OF THINKING: The reign of orthodoxy -- The impact of Darwinism -- New ways in sociology and economics -- New ways in philosophy -- New ways in history -- REALISM IN THE ARTS: Literature after the civil war -- Two masters -- The movement towards realism -- Painting, architecture and music -- THE UNITED STATES BECOMES A WORLD POWER: The new power politics -- Overseas expansion -- The open door in China -- Caribbean and Mexican policy -- Relations with Japan -- THE PROGRESSIVE PERIOD: The progressive spirit -- Progressivism in municipal and state politics -- The Roosevelt administration -- The Taft administration -- The Wilson administration -- THE FIRST WORLD WAR: The road to Belligerency -- The United States at war -- The treaty and the league -- POSTWAR POLITICS: From Harding to hoover -- Legislation -- Problems of individual liberty -- Foreign policy -- PROSPERITY AND DEPRESSION: Economic advances -- Weakness in the economic system -- The depression -- THE NEW DEAL: The Hoover administration -- Roosevelt and his new deal -- New deal legislation -- Foreign policy during the new deal period -- THE SECOND WORLD WAR: The end of neutrality -- The United States at war -- Planning a new world order -- SINCE THE WAR: Domestic affairs -- Two worlds -- The Eisenhower administration -- THE ARTS IN A BUSINESS CIVILIZATION: Literary trends -- Criticism -- The novel -- Poetry -- The theater -- Painting and sculpture -- Architecture -- Music -- SOCIETY AT MIDCENTURY: The churches -- education -- Problems of equality -- Changing morals -- Threats to individual independence -- The advance of the sciences -- Conclusion -- KENNEDY AND JOHNSON: The new frontier -- The Kennedy record -- The assassination -- The Johnson administration -- The American dilemma
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