Learn American history YOUR Way with Schultz's HIST, Volume 1, 6th Edition! This easy-to-read, narratively constructed comprehensive paperback textbook presents course content through visually-engaging chapters, engaging story telling and clear analysis of the complex themes of U.S. history.
1. Three Societies on the Verge of Contact.
2. Contact and Settlement, 1492–1660.
3. Expansion and Its Costs, 1660–1700.
4. Expansion and Control, 1700–1763.
5. Toward Revolution, 1763–1775.
6. The Revolution.
7. Confederation and Constitution, 1783–1789.
8. Securing the New Nation, 1789–1800.
9. Jeffersonian Democracy, 1800–1814.
10. The Market Revolution.
11. Politics of the Market Revolution.
12. A Regionalized America, 1830–1860.
13. The Continued Move West.
14. The Impending Crisis.
15. The Civil War.
16. Reconstruction, 1865–1877.
17. The Industrial Revolution.
18. The Industrial Age: North, South, and West.
19. The Progressive Era.
20. Becoming a World Power.
21. Prosperity and Change in the Twenties.
22. The Great Depression and the New Deal.
23. World War II.
24. Cold War America.
25. The Sixties.
26. The Age of Fracture: The 1970s.
27. Reagan's America.
28. America in the Information Age.
29. Globalization and Its Discontents.
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Kevin M. Schultz
Kevin M. Schultz teaches American history at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), one of the most diverse campuses in the country. He has special interests in religion, ethnic and racial history, and American intellectual and cultural life. He is currently president of the Society for U.S. Intellectual History and is the author of several books. His most recent, BUCKLEY AND MAILER: THE DIFFICULT FRIENDSHIP THAT SHAPED THE SIXTIES (W.W. Norton & Co.), came out in 2015 and was reviewed widely, including in The New Yorker, the Wall Street Journal, and dozens more venues. His TRI-FAITH AMERICA: HOW POSTWAR CATHOLICS AND JEWS HELPED AMERICA REALIZE ITS PROTESTANT PROMISE was published by Oxford University Press in 2011 and is now in paperback, and his essays have appeared in THE JOURNAL OF AMERICAN HISTORY, AMERICAN QUARTERLY, THE JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF RELIGION, LABOR HISTORY, and several other venues, popular and academic alike. An award-winning teacher, he received his B.A. from Vanderbilt University and his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley.
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The text provides an inclusive, people-centered narrative that takes into account the diversity of experiences among its readers as well as historical figures who created American History.
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End of Chapter Summaries provide strong pedagogical support for students looking to get the most out of what they've read.
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Comprehensive coverage of critical historical events that have occurred recently, through fall of 2023, has been provided.
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The text provides more robust coverage of Asian American history.
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More in-depth coverage of the history of policing in America is included.
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Short, comprehensive chapters in a modern design present content in an engaging and accessible format that increases the number of students who actually read the chapter without minimizing coverage for your course. The text is In-class tested to ensure student success.
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The text uses engaging and memorable historical images and maps that provide a visual telling of key events in U.S. history.
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The text provides important context for chapter material with “The Reasons Why...” boxes, which explain broader reasons for events, and “Looking Ahead” sections that close each chapter and prepare students for the material ahead.
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Timelines feature major events in American history and other significant events in world history, demonstrating the overlapping nature of history.