Our History | Steven M. Gillon

- 1Reconstruction and the New South, 1865–1900
- 2The Western Frontier, 1862–1900
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  - 2.1The Westward Experiment
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  - 2.2Native Cultures Under Assault
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  - 2.3Exploiting the West
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  - 2.4Life in the West
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  - 2.5The Hispanic Heritage in the Southwest
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  - 2.6The West and the American Imagination
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  - 2.7Conclusion
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  - 2.9Competing Voices: Native Americans, Whites, and the Land
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- 3The Industrial Experiment, 1865–1900
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  - 3.1The Setting for Industrial Expansion, 1865–1889
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  - 3.2The New Industrial Order
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  - 3.3The Changing World of Work, 1870–1900
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  - 3.4The House of Labor
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  - 3.5Conclusion
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  - 3.6Chapter Summary
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  - 3.7Competing Voices: Organized Labor
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- 4The New Urban Nation, 1865–1910
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  - 4.1The Birth Of The Modern City
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  - 4.2New Experiments In Culture
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  - 4.3The Persistence Of Piety
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  - 4.4Conclusion
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  - 4.5Chapter Summary
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  - 4.6Competing Voices: Immigration and American Identity
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- 5State and Society, 1877–1900
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  - 5.1The Politics of Stalemate
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  - 5.2National Politics from Hayes to Harrison, 1877–1890
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  - 5.3Agrarian Revolt, 1880–1892
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  - 5.4The Crisis of the 1890s
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  - 5.5The Republican Triumph: The Election of 1896
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  - 5.6Conclusion
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  - 5.7Chapter Summary
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  - 5.8Competing Voices: Populism and Its Critics
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- 6The Progressive Era, 1889–1916
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  - 6.1The Rise of Progressivism
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  - 6.2Political Reform
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  - 6.3Social Tensions in an Age of Reform
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  - 6.4The Progressive Presidents
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  - 6.5Conclusion
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  - 6.6Chapter Summary
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  - 6.7Competing Voices: Managing Modern Society
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- 7The Experiment in American Empire, 1865–1917
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  - 7.1The Roots of Expansion, 1865–1898
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  - 7.2War and World Responsibilities, 1898–1901
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  - 7.3Theodore Roosevelt and the “Big Stick,” 1901–1912
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  - 7.4The New Freedom Abroad, 1912–1917
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  - 7.5Conclusion
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  - 7.6Chapter Summary
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  - 7.7Competing Voices: American Imperialism
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- 8Making the World Safe for Democracy: America and World War I, 1914–1920
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  - 8.1The Road to War, 1914–1917
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  - 8.2War, Mobilization, and Progressive Reform, 1916–1919
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  - 8.3Making War and Peace, 1917–1919
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  - 8.4An Uncertain Peace, 1919–1920
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  - 8.5Conclusion
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  - 8.6Chapter Summary
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  - 8.7Competing Voices: National Security Versus Individual Liberty
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- 9The New Era, 1920–1928
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  - 9.1The Modern Age
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  - 9.2The Culture of Dissent
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  - 9.3The Guardians
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  - 9.4Republicans in Power
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  - 9.5Conclusion
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  - 9.6Chapter Summary
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  - 9.7Competing Voices: The Church and State
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- 10“Fear Itself”: Crash, Depression, and the New Deal, 1929–1938
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  - 10.1The Great Depression
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  - 10.2The New Deal Experiment, 1933–1938
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  - 10.3Depression Culture, 1929–1938
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  - 10.4The New Deal and Society, 1933–1938
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  - 10.5Conclusion
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  - 10.6Chapter Summary
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  - 10.7Competing Voices: Debating the Proper Role of Government
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- 11War and Society, 1933–1945
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  - 11.1America and the World Crisis, 1933–1941
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  - 11.2Fighting a Global War, 1941–1945
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  - 11.3War and National Culture, 1941–1945
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  - 11.4Victory, 1942–1945
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  - 11.5Conclusion
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  - 11.6Chapter Summary
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  - 11.7Competing Voices: The Dropping of the Bomb
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- 12The Cold War Begins, 1945–1952
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  - 12.1From World War to Cold War, 1945–1949
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  - 12.2In the Shadow of FDR, 1945–1948
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  - 12.3The Cold War Heats Up, 1950–1952
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  - 12.4The Politics of Fear, 1945–1952
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  - 12.5Conclusion
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  - 12.6Chapter Summary
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  - 12.7Competing Voices: America’s Role in the World
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- 13The Consumer Society, 1945–1960
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  - 13.1The Consumer Revolution
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  - 13.2Shaping National Culture, 1945–1960
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  - 13.3The Politics of Moderation, 1952–1956
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  - 13.4American Ideals and Social Realities, 1950–1960
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  - 13.5The Quest for National Purpose, 1957–1960
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  - 13.6Conclusion
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  - 13.7Chapter Summary
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  - 13.8Competing Voices: The Politics of Race
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- 14Consensus and Confrontation, 1960–1968
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  - 14.1The Kennedy Presidency, 1960–1963
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  - 14.2The New Liberal Experiment, 1963–1966
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  - 14.3Protest, Politics, and Racial Equality
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  - 14.4Vietnam: Containment and Tragedy, 1964–1968
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  - 14.5Challenging the Consensus, 1960–1967
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  - 14.6The Watershed Year, 1968
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  - 14.7Conclusion
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  - 14.8Chapter Summary
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  - 14.9Competing Voices: Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X
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- 15The Politics of Polarization, 1969–1979
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  - 15.1Experiments in Peacemaking, 1969–1974
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  - 15.2Richard Nixon and the Two Americas, 1969–1974
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  - 15.3Old Values, New Realities, 1970–1979
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  - 15.4The Age of Limits, 1974–1979
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  - 15.5Conclusion
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  - 15.6Chapter Summary
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  - 15.7Competing Voices: The Politics of Gender
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- 16The Reagan Experiment, 1979–1988
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  - 16.1The Conservative Revival, 1979–1980
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  - 16.2The Culture Wars, 1980–1988
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  - 16.3The Reagan Presidency, 1980–1988
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  - 16.4Reagan and the Cold War, 1980–1988
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  - 16.5Wealth and Poverty in Reagan’s America, 1980–1988
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  - 16.6Conclusion
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  - 16.8Competing Voices: Immigration and American Identity
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- 17America After the Cold War, 1988–2000
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  - 17.1The Post–Cold War Experiment, 1988–1992
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  - 17.2The Clinton Administration, 1992–2000
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  - 17.3Globalization and Its Discontents
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  - 17.4Social Tensions in the Nineties
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  - 17.5Conclusion
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  - 17.7Competing Voices: Congress Debates War or Peace
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- 18America in the 21st Century, 2001–2024
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  - 18.1The Presidency of George W. Bush
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  - 18.2The Election and Presidency of Barack Obama
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  - 18.3Social Tensions and Cultural Conflict
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  - 18.4The Trump Presidency
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  - 18.5The Biden Presidency
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  - 18.6Conclusion
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