Overview

Using images as primary historical evidence, Visions of America brings history alive for a generation of visual learners–and shows how conflicting visions of America have shaped our nation’s past.   Visions of America recognizes the value of using images to engage students in serious inquiry about the historical development of the United States. Visual images are critical primary sources, and using them effectively requires the development of key analytic skills. This new textbook revolutionizes the role of images in the history survey by integrating them into the narrative. The visual legacy of the nation’s past also provides insight into the competing visions of America that have shaped American political culture. Visions of America explores the tensions and conflicts that have marked virtually every chapter of American history. It presents history as a dynamic, unpredictable, and dramatic process shaped by the choices made by people of all classes

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Author:   Jennifer D. Keene ,  Saul T. Cornell ,  Edward T. O'Donnell
Publisher:   Pearson Education (US)
Imprint:   Pearson
Dimensions:   Width: 21.60cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 27.60cm
Weight:   1.070kg
ISBN:  

9780321053091

ISBN 10:   0321053095
Pages:   437
Publication Date:   28 August 2006
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Replaced By:   9780205092673
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Awaiting stock  

Table of Contents

"CHAPTER 1  Peoples in Motion: The Atlantic World to 1590   The First Americans Migration, Settlement, and the Rise of Agriculture The Aztec Mound Builders and Pueblo Dwellers Eastern Woodlands Indian Societies American Societies on the Eve of European Contact   European Civilization in Turmoil The Allure of the East and the Challenge of Islam Trade, Commerce, and Urbanization             COMPETING VISIONS European and Huron Views of Nature Renaissance and Reformation  New Monarchs and the Rise of the Nation-State   Columbus and the Columbian Exchange Columbus Encounters the “Indians” European Technology in the Era of the Columbian Exchange The Conquest of the Aztec and Inca Empires             IMAGES AS HISTORY Blood of the Gods: Aztec Human Sacrifice   West African Worlds West African Societies, Islam, and Trade The Portuguese-African Connection African Slavery   European Colonization of the Atlantic World The Black Legend and the Creation of New Spain             CHOICES AND CONSEQUENCES Facing the Spanish Inquisition in Mexico City Fishing and Furs: France’s North Atlantic Empire English Expansion: Ireland and Virginia   Europeans and the Indian Peoples of the Americas   Conclusion Chapter Review     CHAPTER 2  Models of Settlement: English Colonial Societies, 1590-1700   The Chesapeake  The Founding of Jamestown             CHOICES AND CONSEQUENCES The Ordeal of Pocahontas Tobacco Agriculture and Political Reorganization Lord Baltimore’s Refuge: Maryland Life in the Chesapeake: Tobacco and Society   New England Plymouth Plantation             IMAGES AS HISTORY Corruption versus Piety: Dutch Art in the Seventeenth Century Thanksgiving Myths and Realities A Godly Commonwealth Schism and Heresy Expansion and Conflict   The Caribbean Colonies Power Is Sweet Barbados:  The Emergence of a Slave Society   The Restoration Era and the Proprietary Colonies The English Conquest of the Dutch Colony of New Netherland A Peaceable Kingdom: Quakers in New Jersey and Pennsylvania             COMPETING VISIONS  Lord Baltimore and William Penn: Two Visions of Religious Toleration The Carolinas   The Crisis of the Late Seventeenth Century War and Rebellion The Dominion of New England and the Glorious Revolution The Salem Witchcraft Hysteria   The Whig Ideal and the Emergence of Political Stability  The Whig Vision of Politics Mercantilism, Federalism, and the Structure of Empire   Conclusion Chapter Review     CHAPTER 3  Growth, Slavery, and Conflict: Colonial America, 1710-1763   Culture and Society in the Eighteenth Century The Refinement of America             IMAGES AS HISTORY A Portrait of Colonial Aspirations More English, Yet More American Strong Assemblies and Weak Governors   Enlightenment and Awakening Georgia’s Utopian Experiment             COMPETING VISIONS Slavery and Georgia American Champions of the Enlightenment Awakening, Revivalism, and American Society Indian Revivals   African Americans in the Colonial Era The Atlantic Slave Trade Southern Slavery Northern Slavery and Free Blacks Slave Resistance and Rebellion An African American Culture Emerges under Slavery   Immigration, Regional Economies, and Inequality Immigration to the Colonies Regional Economies             New England             The Mid-Atlantic             The Upper and Lower South             The Backcountry Cities: Expansion and Inequality Rural America: Land Becomes Scarce   War and the Contest over Empire The Rise and Fall of the Middle Ground War and the Contest for Empire             CHOICES AND CONSEQUENCES Quakers, Pacifism, and the Paxton Uprising   Conclusion Chapter Review     CHAPTER 4   Revolutionary America, 1764-1783   Tightening the Reins of Empire Taxation without Representation The Stamp Act Crisis An Assault on Liberty The Intolerable Acts and the First Continental Congress Lexington, Concord, and Lord Dunmore’s Proclamation   Patriots vs. Loyalists The Battle of Bunker Hill             IMAGES AS HISTORY Trumbull’s “The Death of General Warren at the Battle of Bunker Hill” Common Sense and the Declaration of Independence The Plight of the Loyalists             CHOICES AND CONSEQUENCES  A Loyalist Wife’s Dilemma   Americaat War The War in the North The Southern Campaigns and Final Victory at Yorktown   The Radicalism of the American Revolution Popular Politics in the Revolutionary Era Constitutional Experiments: Testing the Limits of Democracy African Americans’ Struggle’s for Freedom The American Revolution in Indian Country Liberty’s Daughters: Women and the Revolutionary Movement             COMPETING VISIONS Remember the Ladies   Conclusion Chapter Review     CHAPTER 5  A Virtuous Republic: Creating a Workable Government 1783-1789   Republicanism and the Politics of Virtue George Washington: The American Cincinnatus The Politics of Virtue: Views from the States             IMAGES AS HISTORY Views of Women’s Role Democracy Triumphant?  Debtors versus Creditors   Life under the Articles of Confederation No Taxation with Representation  Diplomacy:  Frustration and Stalemate Settling the Old Northwest Shays’ Rebellion             COMPETING VISIONS Reactions to Shays’s Rebellion   The Movement for Constitutional Reform Large States versus Small States Conflict over Slavery Filling out the Constitutional Design   The Great Debate Federalists versus Anti-Federalists The Theory of the Large Republic: The Genius of James Madison Ratification                   CHOICES AND CONSEQUENCES To Ratify or Not, That Is the Question The Creation of a Loyal Opposition    Conclusion Chapter Review     CHAPTER 6  Political Passions in the New Republic, 1789-1800   Launching the New Government Choosing the First President The First Federal Elections: Completing the Constitution Filling Out the Branches of Government   Hamilton's Ambitious Program Hamilton’s Vision for the New Republic The Assumption of State Debts Madison’s Opposition The Bank, the Mint, and the Report on Manufactures Jefferson and Hamilton: Contrasting Visions of the Republic   Partisanship without Parties A New Type of Politician The Growth of the Partisan Press The Democratic-Republican Societies   Conflicts at Home and Abroad The French Revolution in America Adams versus Clinton: A Contest for Vice President Diplomatic Controversies and Triumphs Violence along the Frontier             CHOICES AND CONSEQUENCES Washington’s Decision to Crush the Whiskey Rebellion   Cultural Politics in a Passionate Age Political Fashions and Fashionable Politics Literature, Education, and Gender Federalists, Republicans, and the Politics of Race             IMAGES AS HISTORY ""Liberty Displaying the Arts and Sciences""   The Stormy Presidency of John Adams Washington’s Farewell Address The XYZ Affair and Quasi-War with France The Alien and Sedition Acts             COMPETING VISIONS Congressional Debate over the Sedition Act The Disputed Election of 1800 Gabriel's Rebellion   Conclusion Chapter Review              CHAPTER 7  JEFFERSONIAN AMERICA, 1800-1824   Politics in Jeffersonian America Jefferson’s Visions of Government The Jeffersonian Style Political Slurs and the Politics of Honor Religion in Jeffersonian America   An Expanding Empire of Liberty Dismantling the Federalist Program The Courts: The Last Bastion of Federalist Power             CHOICES AND CONSEQUENCES  John Marshall’s Dilemma The Louisiana Purchase Lewis and Clark Pan-Indian Revivalism, and Jeffersonian Expansionism Dissension at Home Jefferson’s Attack on the Federalist Judiciary The Controversial Mr. Burr   AmericaConfronts a World at War The Failure of Peaceable Coercion Madison’s Travails: Diplomatic Blunders Abroad and Tensions on the Frontier The War of 1812             COMPETING VISIONS War Hawks and Their Critics The Hartford Convention The Republic Reborn: Consequences of the War of 1812 The National Republican Vision of James Monroe             IMAGES AS HISTORY Samuel Morse’s House of Representatives and the National Republican Vision Diplomatic Triumphs Economic and Technological Innovation Judicial Nationalism Crisis and the Collapse of the National Republican Consensus The Panic of 1819 The Missouri Crisis Denmark Vesey’s Rebellion   Conclusion Chapter Review     CHAPTER 8  The Democratization of American Culture, 1824-1840   Democracy in America Democratic Culture             COMPETING VISIONS Should White Men without Property Have the Vote? Davy Crockett and the Frontier Myth   Andrew Jackson and His Age The Election of 1824 and “The Corrupt Bargain” The Election of 1828: “Old Hickory’s” Triumph The Reign of “King Mob” States’ Rights and the Nullification Crisis   White Man’s Democracy Race and Politics in the Jacksonian Era The Cherokee Cases Resistance and Removal             CHOICES AND CONSEQUENCES  Acquiescence or Resistance: The Cherokee Dilemma Democrats, Whigs, and the Second Party System Third Party Challenges: Anti-Masonry and Workingmen’s Parties The Bank War and the Rise of the Whigs             IMAGES AS HISTORY “Old Hickory” or “King Andrew”: Popular Images of Andrew Jackson Economic Crisis and the Presidency of Martin Van Buren   Playing the Democrats’ Game: Whigs in the Election of 1840 The Log Cabin Campaign Gender and Social Class: The Whig Appeal Democrats and Whigs: Two Visions of Government and Society   Conclusion Chapter Review     CHAPTER 9  Workers, Farmers, and Slaves: The Transformation of the American Economy, 1815-1848   The Market Revolution Agricultural Changes and Consequences A Nation on the Move: Roads, Canals, Steamboats, and Trains             IMAGES AS HISTORY Nature, Technology, and the Railroad: George Innes’ Lackawanna Valley (1855) Spreading the News The Spread of Industrialization From Artisan to Worker Women and Work The Lowell Experiment             COMPETING VISIONS The Lowell Strike of 1834 Urban Industrialization   The Changing Urban Landscape Old Port Cities and the New Cities of the Interior Immigrants and the City Free Black Communities in the North Riot, Unrest, and Crime Southern Society The Planter Class Yeoman and Tenant Farmers Free Black Communities White Southern Culture Life and Labor under Slavery Varied Systems of Slave Labor Life in the Slave Quarters Slave Religion and Music Resistance and Revolt Slavery and the Law             CHOICES AND CONSEQUENCES Conscience or Duty: Judge Ruffin’s Quandary   Conclusion Chapter Review     CHAPTER 10  Revivalism, Reform, and Artistic Renaissance, 1820-1850 Revivalism and Reform Revivalism and the Market Revolution Temperance             COMPETING VISIONS Temperance Reform and Its Critics Schools, Prisons, and Asylums   Abolitionism and the Pro-Slavery Response The Rise of Immediatism             IMAGES AS HISTORY “The Greek Slave” Anti-Abolitionism and the Abolitionist Response The Pro-Slavery Argument   The Cult of True Womanhood, Reform, and Women’s Rights The New Domestic Ideal Controlling Sexuality The Path Toward Seneca Falls Religious and Secular Utopianism Millennialism, Perfectionism, and Religious Utopianism             CHOICES AND CONSEQUENCES Mary Cragin’s Experiment in Free Love at Oneida Secular Utopias   Literature and Popular Culture Literature and Social Criticism Domestic Fiction, Board Games, and Crime Stories Slaves Tell Their Story: Slavery in American Literature Lyceums and Lectures   Nature’s Nation Landscape Painting Parks and Cemeteries Revival and Reform in American Architecture   Conclusion Chapter Review     CHAPTER 11 “To Overspread the Continent:” Westward Expansion and Political Conflict, 1840-1848   Manifest Destiny and Changing Visions of the West British, French, and Indian Encounters Manifest Destiny and the Overland Trail The Native American Encounter with Manifest Destiny             IMAGES AS HISTORY George Catlin and Mah-to-toh-pa: Representing Indians for an American Audience The Mormon Flight to Utah American Expansionism into the Southwest The Transformation of Northern Mexico The Clash of Interests in Texas The Republic of Texas and the Politics of Annexation Polk’s Expansionist Vision   The Mexican War and Its Consequences A Controversial War             CHOICES AND CONSEQUENCES Henry David Thoreau and Civil Disobedience War with Mexico Images of the Mexican War The Wilmot Proviso Sectionalism and the Election of 1848             COMPETING VISIONS  Slavery and Election of 1848   Conclusion Chapter Review     CHAPTER 12  Slavery and Sectionalism: The Political Crisis of 1848-1861   The Slavery Question in the Territories The Gold Rush Organizing California and New Mexico The Compromise of 1850 Sectionalism on the Rise             CHOICES AND CONSEQUENCES Resisting the Fugitive Slave Act   Political Realignment Young America The Kansas-Nebraska Act Republicans and Know-Nothings Ballots and Blood             IMAGES AS HISTORY The “Foreign Menace” Deepening Controversy   Two Societies The Industrial North Cotton Is Supreme The Other South Divergent Visions   A House Divided The Lincoln-Douglas Debates John Brown's Raid The Election of 1860 Secession             COMPETING VISIONS Secession or Union? Conclusion Chapter Review     CHAPTER 13 A Nation Torn Apart: The Civil War, 1861-1865   Mobilization, Strategy, and Diplomacy Comparative Advantages and Disadvantages Mobilization in the North Mobilization in the South Wartime Diplomacy   The Early Campaigns, 1861-1863 No Short and Bloodless War The Peninsular Campaign A New Kind of War Toward Emancipation Slaughter and Stalemate             IMAGES AS HISTORY Photography and the Visualization of Modern War   Behind the Lines Meeting the Demands of Modern War Hardships on the Home Front New Roles for Women Copperheads Conscription and Civil Unrest             COMPETING VISIONS Civil Liberties in a Civil War   Toward Union Victory Turning Point: 1863 African Americans Under Arms The Confederacy Begins to Crumble             CHOICES AND CONSEQUENCES Equal Peril, Unequal Pay Victory in Battle and at the Polls War Is Hell   Conclusion Chapter Review     CHAPTER 14 Now That We Are Free: Reconstruction and the New South, 1863-1890   Preparing for Reconstruction Emancipation Test Cases Lincoln's 10 Percent Plan Radical Republicans Offer a Different Vision   The Fruits of Freedom Freedom of Movement Forty Acres and a Mule Uplift through Education The Black Church   The Struggle to Define Reconstruction The Conservative Vision of Freedom: Presidential Reconstruction             COMPETING VISIONS Demanding Rights, Protecting Privilege Congressional Reconstruction and the Fourteenth Amendment Radical Republicans Take Control   Implementing Reconstruction The Republican Party in the South Creating Reconstruction Governments in the South The Election of 1868 The Fifteenth Amendment The Rise of White Resistance   Reconstruction Abandoned Corruption and Scandal The North’s Retreat             IMAGES AS HISTORY Political Cartoons Reflect the Shift in Public Opinion  The Election of 1872 Hard Times The Return of Terrorism The End of Reconstruction   The New South Redeemer Rule The Lost Cause The New South Economy The Rise of Sharecropping Jim Crow             CHOICES AND CONSEQUENCES Sanctioning Separation   Conclusion Chapter Review"

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Jennifer D. Keene is a professor of history and chair of the History Department at Chapman University in Orange, California. Dr. Keene has published three books on the American involvement in the First World War: Doughboys, the Great War and the Remaking of America (2001); The United States and the First World War (2000); and World War I (2006).  She has received numerous fellowships for her research, including a Mellon Fellowship and Fulbright Senior Scholar Awards to Australia and France.  She works closely with the Gilder-Lehrman Institute offering Teaching American History workshops for secondary school teachers throughout the country.   Edward T. O’Donnell is an Associate Professor of History at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, MA.  He is the author of many scholarly articles for journals such as The Journal of Urban History, The Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era, and The Public Historian, as well as several books, including Ship Ablaze: The Tragedy of the Steamboat General Slocum (Random House, 2003) and the forthcoming Talisman of a Lost Hope: Henry George and Gilded Age America (Columbia University Press). Since 2002, he has worked with more than ten Teaching American History grant programs.   Saul Cornell is a professor of History at Ohio State University and one of the nation’s leading legal and constitutional historians. His studies A Well Regulated Militia: The Founding Fathers and the Origins of Gun Control  and The Other Founders: Anti-Federalism and the Dissenting Tradition in America, 1788-1828 were both nominated for the Pulitzer Prize.  He has  published  articles in the Journal of American History,  the William and Mary Quarterly, American Studies, and the Law and History Review, among other journals.  

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