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Book SynopsisFollow history with a spirited narrative that tells the captivating stories of all people in the United States in Norton's best-selling A PEOPLE AND A NATION: A HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES, BRIEF EDITION, 11E. Written by award-winning historians and acclaimed authors, this revised edition clearly depicts historic change -- from race, gender, economics and public policy to family life, popular culture, social movements, international relations and warfare. The first book to focus on U.S. social history, this edition now emphasizes the place of the U.S. in international history and the world. Streamlined chapters, new learning features and more than 90 maps support learning, while a new digital version and optional MindTap and Infuse digital resources help you envision what life was like in the past. This edition is available as a complete edition or split editions: VOLUME I: TO 1877 (Chs. 114), and VOLUME II: SINCE 1865 (Chs. 1429).
Table of Contents1. Three Old Worlds Create a New, 1492���1600. 2. Europeans Colonize North America, 1600���1650. 3. North America in the Atlantic World, 1650���1720. 4. Becoming America? 1720���1760. 5. The Ends of Empire, 1754���1774. 6. American Revolutions, 1775���1783. 7. Forging a Nation, 1783���1800. 8. Defining the Nation, 1801���1823. 9. The Rise of the South, 1815���1860. 10. The Restless North, 1815���1860. 11. The Contested West, 1815���1860. 12. Politics and the Fate of the Union, 1824���1859. 13. Transforming Fire: The Civil War, 1860���1865. 14. Reconstruction: An Unfinished Revolution, 1865���1877.
