{"product_id":"the-sum-of-our-dreams-9780190692575","title":"The Sum of Our Dreams","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn The Sum of Our Dreams, Louis P. Masur offers a sweeping yet compact history of America from its beginnings to the current moment. For general readers seeking an accessible, single-volume account, one that challenges but does not overwhelm, and which distills and connects the major events and figures in the country''s past in a single narrative, here is that book. Evoking Barack Obama''s belief that America remains the sum of its dreams, Masur locates the origin of those dreams-of freedom, equality, and opportunity-and traces their progress chronologically, illuminating the nation''s struggle over time to articulate and fulfill their promise. Moving from the Colonial Era, to the Revolutionary Period, the Early Republic, and through the Civil War, Masur turns his attention to Reconstruction, the Gilded Age, the Progressive Age, World War One, the Great Depression, World War Two, the Cold War, Civil Rights, Vietnam, and Watergate, and then laying out clearly and concisely what underlies the divisiveness that has characterized American civic life over the last forty years-and now more than ever. Above all, however, Masur lets the story of American tell itself. Inspired by James Baldwin''s observation that American history is longer, larger, more beautiful and more terrible than anything anyone has ever said about it, he expands our notion of that history while identifying its individual threads. The Sum of Our Dreams will be the new go-to single volume for anyone wanting a foundational understanding of the nation''s past, and its present.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGeneral readers will find Masur's book interesting, but its greatest value may be in its use as an undergraduate textbook, whose 11 well-written chapters, prologue, epilogue, and 36 well-chosen images (all well worth unpacking) make it easily accessible. * B. F. Le Beau, CHOICE *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePrologue: \"Land of Hope and Dreams\"  Chapter 1: To Plant and to Conquer  Virginia Massachusetts New York Native Americans Seven Years War  Chapter 2: If Men Were Angels  Revolution  Constitution Political Parties  War of 1812 Missouri Compromise  Chapter 3: Empire of Liberty    Nullification Revival Removal Mexican-American War Westward Course of Empire  Chapter 4: A Higher Law  Compromise  Abolition Bleeding Kansas Dred Scott John Brown's Raid  Chapter 5: Government of the People  Secession Civil War Emancipation Home Fronts Reconstruction  Chapter 6: Survival of the Fittest  Corruption   Competition Cooperation Frontiers Imperialism    Chapter 7: Land of Promise  Immigration Progressivism   Segregation Socialism   World War I    Chapter 8: This New Battle  Prohibition Depression Dust Bowl New Deal WW II    Chapter 9: Blowin' in the Wind  Consumerism   Cold War  Civil Rights Counterculture Vietnam   Chapter 10: Government is the Problem  Watergate The Great Inflation New Right   New Democrat New World Order  Chapter 11: The Change That We Seek   War on Terror  Globalization   Vote for Change Social Media American Ideals  Epilogue: \"Let America Be America Again\"","brand":"Oxford University Press Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49524557152599,"sku":"9780190692575","price":26.12,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780190692575.jpg?v=1731857246","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-sum-of-our-dreams-9780190692575","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}