The Enduring Vision: A History of the American People, Volume 1: To 1877, Concise

Like its corresponding full-size version, THE ENDURING VISION, CONCISE, is an engaging, elegantly written narrative that emphasizes political, social, and cultural history within a chronological framework. THE ENDURING VISION is known for sustained attention to cultural history, and for innovative coverage of the environment, and the West. The Sixth Edition of THE ENDURING VISION, CONCISE, features a new co-author, Andrew Rieser, new pedagogy, and a beautiful new design. Available in the following split options: THE ENDURING VISION, CONCISE Sixth Edition Complete (Chapters 1-32), ISBN: 0547222807; Volume A: To 1877 (Chapters 1-16), ISBN: 0547222815; Volume B: Since 1865 (Chapters 16-32), ISBN: 0547222785. Front Cover......Page 0 Title Page......Page 3 Copyright......Page 4 Contents......Page 5 Maps......Page 11 Charts, Graphs, Tables......Page 12 Preface......Page 13 1 Native Peoples of America, to 1500......Page 17 Archaic Societies......Page 18 Mesoamerica and South America......Page 21 The Southwest......Page 22 The Eastern Woodlands......Page 23 Nonfarming Societies......Page 26 Kinship and Gender......Page 27 Spiritual and Social Values......Page 29 2 The Rise of the Atlantic World, 1400-1625......Page 32 West Africa: Tradition and Change......Page 33 European Culture and Society......Page 35 Religious Upheavals......Page 38 The Reformation in England, 1533–1625......Page 40 The “New Slavery” and Racism......Page 41 To America and Beyond, 1492–1541......Page 42 Spain’s Conquistadors, 1492–1526......Page 44 The Columbian Exchange......Page 45 Spain’s Northern Frontier......Page 46 Colonizing Canada......Page 47 Failure and Success in Virginia, 1603–1625......Page 49 New England Begins, 1614–1625......Page 51 A “New Netherland” on the Hudson, 1609–1625......Page 52 3 The Emergence of Colonial Societies, 1625-1700......Page 54 State and Church in Virginia......Page 55 State and Church in Maryland......Page 56 Tobacco Shapes a Region, 1630–1670......Page 58 Bacon’s Rebellion, 1675–1676......Page 59 From Servitude to Slavery......Page 60 A City upon a Hill, 1628–1632......Page 61 New England Ways......Page 62 Towns, Families, and Farm Life......Page 64 Economic and Religious Tensions......Page 65 Expansion and Native Americans......Page 66 Salem Witchcraft, 1691–1693......Page 68 The Spread of Slavery: The Caribbean and Carolina......Page 69 Rice and Slaves: Carolina......Page 70 Precursors: New Netherland and New Sweden......Page 72 English Conquests: New York and New Jersey......Page 73 Quaker Pennsylvania......Page 74 France Claims a Continent......Page 76 New Mexico: The Pueblo Revolt......Page 77 Florida and Texas......Page 78 4 The Bonds of Empire, 1660-1750......Page 81 Royal Centralization, 1660–1688......Page 82 The Glorious Revolution in England and America, 1688–1689......Page 83 A Generation of War, 1689–1713......Page 85 Mercantilist Empires in America......Page 86 Population Growth and Diversity......Page 87 Colonial Farmers and the Environment......Page 91 The Urban Paradox......Page 92 Slavery......Page 93 The Rise of the Colonial Elites......Page 94 France and the American Heartland......Page 95 British Expansion in the South: Georgia......Page 96 Spain’s Borderlands......Page 97 The Return of War, 1739–1748......Page 98 Colonial Politics......Page 99 The Enlightenment......Page 100 The Great Awakening......Page 102 5 Roads to Revolution, 1750-1776......Page 106 A Fragile Peace, 1750–1754......Page 107 The Seven Years’ War in America, 1754–1760......Page 108 Anglo-American Friction......Page 110 Frontier Tensions......Page 111 The Writs of Assistance, 1760–1761......Page 112 The Stamp Act Crisis, 1765–1766......Page 113 The Declaratory Act, 1766......Page 116 Ideology, Religion, and Resistance......Page 117 Crisis over the Townshend Duties, 1767......Page 118 The Colonists’ Reaction, 1767–1769......Page 119 Women and Colonial Resistance......Page 120 Customs “Racketeering,” 1767–1768......Page 121 Wilkes and Liberty, 1768–1770......Page 122 The Boston Massacre, 1770......Page 123 The Committees of Correspondence, 1772–1773......Page 124 Conflicts in the Backcountry......Page 125 The Tea Act, 1773......Page 126 The “Intolerable Acts”......Page 127 The First Continental Congress......Page 128 From Resistance to Rebellion......Page 129 Common Sense......Page 130 Declaring Independence......Page 131 6 Securing Independence, Defining Nationhood, 1776-1788......Page 134 Loyalists and Other British Sympathizers......Page 135 The Opposing Sides......Page 136 Shifting Fortunes in the North, 1776–1778......Page 138 The War in the West, 1776–1782......Page 141 American Victory in the South, 1778–1781......Page 142 Peace at Last, 1782–1783......Page 143 Egalitarianism Among White Men......Page 144 White Women in Wartime......Page 145 A Revolution for Black Americans......Page 146 Native Americans and the Revolution......Page 147 From Colonies to States......Page 148 Finance, Trade, and the Economy, 1781–1786......Page 150 The Confederation and the West, 1785–1787......Page 151 Shays’s Rebellion, 1786–1787......Page 153 The Philadelphia Convention, 1787......Page 154 The Struggle over Ratification, 1787–1788......Page 157 7 Launching the New Republic, 1788-1800......Page 161 The Federal Judiciary and the Bill of Rights......Page 162 Hamilton and His Objectives......Page 164 Establishing the Nation’s Credit......Page 165 Creating a National Bank......Page 166 Emerging Partisanship......Page 167 The Whiskey Rebellion......Page 168 Spanish Power in Western North America......Page 169 France and Factional Politics, 1793......Page 170 Diplomacy and War, 1793–1796......Page 172 Ideological Confrontation, 1793–1794......Page 173 The Republican Party, 1794–1796......Page 174 The Election of 1796......Page 175 The Alien and Sedition Acts, 1798......Page 176 The Election of 1800......Page 178 Producing for Markets......Page 179 White Women in the Republic......Page 180 Land and Culture: Native Americans......Page 181 African-American Struggles......Page 182 8 Jeffersonianism and the Era of Good Feelings, 1801-1824......Page 186 Jefferson and Jeffersonianism......Page 187 Jefferson and the Judiciary......Page 188 The Louisiana Purchase......Page 190 The Lewis and Clark Expedition......Page 192 Challenges on the Home Front......Page 193 The Suppression of American Trade and Impressment......Page 195 The Embargo Act of 1807......Page 196 James Madison and the Failure of Peaceable Coercion......Page 197 Tecumseh and the Prophet......Page 198 Congress Votes for War......Page 199 The British Offensive......Page 200 The Hartford Convention......Page 202 Madison’s Nationalism and the Era of Good Feelings, 1817–1824......Page 203 John Marshall and the Supreme Court......Page 204 The Missouri Compromise, 1820–1821......Page 205 Foreign Policy Under Monroe......Page 206 The Monroe Doctrine, 1823......Page 207 9 The Transformation of American Society, 1815-1840......Page 209 Western Society and Customs......Page 210 The Far West......Page 211 The Removal of the Indians......Page 212 The Agricultural Boom......Page 214 Federal Land Policy......Page 215 The Panic of 1819......Page 216 The Transportation Revolution: Steamboats, Canals, and Railroads......Page 217 The Growth of the Cities......Page 219 Causes of Industrialization......Page 220 Textile Towns in New England......Page 221 Equality and Inequality......Page 222 Growing Inequality: The Rich and the Poor......Page 223 Free Blacks in the North......Page 224 The Revolution in Social Relationships......Page 225 The Challenge to Family Authority......Page 226 Wives and Husbands......Page 227 Horizontal Allegiances and the Rise of Voluntary Associations......Page 228 10 Democratic Politics, Religious Revival, and Reform, 1824-1840......Page 230 The Election of 1824......Page 231 The Rise of Andrew Jackson......Page 232 Jackson in Office......Page 234 Nullification......Page 235 The Bank Veto and the Election of 1832......Page 237 The War on the Bank......Page 238 The Election of 1836......Page 239 The Search for Solutions......Page 240 The Second Party System Matures......Page 241 The Second Great Awakening......Page 242 Critics of Revivals: The Unitarians......Page 243 The Shakers......Page 244 The War on Liquor......Page 245 Public-School Reform......Page 246 Abolition......Page 247 Women’s Rights......Page 249 Penitentiaries and Asylums......Page 250 Utopian Communities......Page 251 11 Technology, Culture, and Everyday Life, 1840-1860......Page 253 Agricultural Advancement......Page 254 Technology and Industrial Progress......Page 255 The Railroad Boom......Page 256 The Quality Of Life......Page 258 Conveniences and Inconveniences......Page 259 Disease and Health......Page 260 Phrenology......Page 261 Newspapers......Page 262 Minstrel Shows......Page 263 The Quest for Nationality in Literature and Art......Page 264 Cooper, Emerson, Thoreau, Fuller, and Whitman......Page 265 Hawthorne, Melville, and Poe......Page 267 Literature in the Marketplace......Page 268 American Landscape Painting......Page 269 12 The Old South and Slavery, 1830-1860......Page 271 King Cotton......Page 272 The Lure of Cotton......Page 273 The North and South Diverge......Page 274 The Social Groups of the White South......Page 276 Planters and Plantation Mistresses......Page 277 The Yeomen......Page 278 Social Relations in the White South......Page 279 Conflflict over Slavery......Page 280 The Proslavery Argument......Page 281 The Code of Honor and Dueling......Page 282 Life Under Slavery......Page 283 Work and Discipline of Plantation Slaves......Page 284 The Slave Family......Page 285 The Longevity, Health, and Diet of Slaves......Page 287 Life on the Margin: Free Blacks in the Old South......Page 288 Slave Resistance......Page 289 The Language of Slaves......Page 290 African-American Religion......Page 291 Black Music and Dance......Page 292 13 Immigration, Expansion, and Sectional Conflict, 1840-1848......Page 294 Expectations and Realities......Page 295 The Germans......Page 296 The Irish......Page 297 Anti-Catholicism, Nativism, and Labor Protest......Page 298 Immigrant Politics......Page 299 Far Western Trade......Page 300 The Texas Revolution, 1836......Page 302 The Overland Trails......Page 303 The Politics of Expansion, 1840–1846......Page 304 Tyler and the Annexation of Texas......Page 305 The Election of 1844......Page 306 Manifest Destiny, 1845......Page 307 Polk and Oregon......Page 308 The Origins of the Mexican-American War......Page 309 The Mexican- American War......Page 310 The Wilmot Proviso......Page 313 The Election of 1848......Page 314 The California Gold Rush......Page 315 14 From Compromise to Secession, 1850-1861......Page 317 The Compromise of 1850......Page 318 Zachary Taylor at the Helm......Page 319 Henry Clay Proposes a Compromise......Page 320 Assessing the Compromise......Page 321 Uncle Tom’s Cabin......Page 322 The Collapse of the Second Party System, 1853–1856......Page 324 The Surge of Free Soil......Page 325 The Whigs Disintegrate, 1854–1855......Page 326 The Rise and Fall of the Know-Nothings, 1853–1856......Page 327 The Republican Party and the Crisis in Kansas, 1855–1856......Page 328 The Election of 1856......Page 329 The Dred Scott Case, 1857......Page 330 The Lecompton Constitution, 1857......Page 331 The Lincoln-Douglas Debates, 1858......Page 332 The Legacy of Harpers Ferry......Page 334 The Election of 1860......Page 335 The Movement for Secession......Page 337 The Coming of War......Page 338 15 Crucible of Freedom: Civil War, 1861-1865......Page 340 Recruitment and Conscription......Page 341 Financing the War......Page 343 Political Leadership in Wartime......Page 344 Securing the Union’s Borders......Page 346 Armies, Weapons, and Strategies......Page 347 Stalemate in the East......Page 348 The Soldiers’ War......Page 351 Ironclads and Cruisers: The Naval War......Page 352 The Diplomatic War......Page 353 From Confiscation to Emancipation......Page 354 Crossing Union Lines......Page 355 Slavery in Wartime......Page 356 The Turning Point of 1863......Page 357 The War’s Economic Impact: The North......Page 359 The War’s Economic Impact: The South......Page 360 Dealing with Dissent......Page 361 The Medical War......Page 362 The Union Victorious, 1864–1865......Page 363 The Election of 1864......Page 364 Sherman’s March Through Georgia......Page 365 Toward Appomattox......Page 366 The Impact of the War......Page 367 16 The Crisis of Reconstruction, 1865-1877......Page 369 Lincoln’s Plan......Page 370 Presidential Reconstruction Under Johnson......Page 372 The Fourteenth Amendment, 1866......Page 373 Congressional Reconstruction, 1866–1867......Page 374 The Impeachment Crisis, 1867–1868......Page 375 The Fifteenth Amendment and the Question of Woman Suffrage, 1869–1870......Page 376 A New Electorate......Page 378 Republican Rule......Page 379 Counterattacks......Page 380 African-American Institutions......Page 382 Land, Labor, and Sharecropping......Page 384 Toward a Crop-Lien Economy......Page 385 Grantism......Page 386 The Liberals’ Revolt......Page 387 The Panic of 1873......Page 388 Republicans in Retreat......Page 389 Reconstruction Abandoned, 1876–1877......Page 391 “Redeeming” the South......Page 392 The Election of 1876......Page 393 Declaration of Independence......Page 395 Constitution of the United States of America......Page 397 Presidential Elections, 1789–2008......Page 408 Photograph Credits......Page 413 Index......Page 415