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Preface
Versions and Supplements
Maps, Figures, and Tables
How to Use This Book

 

Chapter 1

Mapping Global Frontiers, to 1590 

COMPARING AMERICAN HISTORIES

Malintzin and Martin Waldseemüller 

Native Peoples in the Americas 

Native Peoples Develop Diverse Cultures 

The Aztecs, the Maya, and the Incas 

Native Cultures to the North 

Europe Expands Its Reach 

The Mediterranean World 

Portugal Pursues Long-Distance Trade 

European Encounters with West Africa 

Worlds Collide 

Europeans Cross the Atlantic 

Europeans Explore the Americas

Mapmaking and Printing 

The Columbian Exchange 

Europeans Make Claims to North America 

Spaniards Conquer Indian Empires

Spanish Adventurers Head North 

Europeans Compete in North America 

Spain Seeks Dominion in Europe and the Americas 

Conclusion: A Transformed America 

Chapter Review  

 

Chapter 2

Colonization and Conflicts, 1580–1680 

COMPARING AMERICAN HISTORIES

Powhatan and Anne Hutchinson 

Religious, Economic, and Imperial Transformations 

The Protestant Reformation 

Spain’s Global Empire Declines 

France Enters the Race for Empire  

The Dutch Expand into North America 

The English Seek an Empire 

The English Establish Jamestown

Tobacco Fuels Growth in Virginia 

Expansion, Rebellion, and the Emergence of Slavery 

The English Compete for West Indies Possessions 

Pilgrims and Puritans Settle New England 

Pilgrims Arrive in Massachusetts 

The Puritan Migration 

The Puritan Worldview 

Anglo-American Ideals, 2001

Dissenters Challenge Puritan Authority 

Wars in Old and New England 

Conclusion: European Empires in North America 

Chapter Review  

 

Chapter 3

Colonial America amid Global Change, 1680–1754 

COMPARING AMERICAN HISTORIES

William Moraley Jr. and Eliza Lucas

Europeans Expand Their Claims 

English Colonies Grow and Multiply 

The Pueblo Revolt and Spain’s Fragile Empire 

France Seeks Land and Control  

European Wars and American Consequences 

Colonial Conflicts and Indian Alliances 

Indians Resist European Encroachment 

Conflicts on the Southern Frontier 

The Benefits and Costs of Empire 

Colonial Traders Join Global Networks 

Imperial Policies Focus on Profits 

The Atlantic Slave Trade 

Seaport Cities and Consumer Cultures 

Labor in North America 

Finding Work in the Colonies 

Coping with Economic Distress 

Rural Americans Face Changing Conditions 

Slavery Takes Hold in the South 

Africans Resist Their Enslavement 

Conclusion: Changing Fortunes in British North America 

Chapter Review  

 

Chapter 4

Religious Strife and Social Upheavals, 1680–1750 

COMPARING AMERICAN HISTORIES

Gilbert Tennent and Sarah Grosvenor 

An Ungodly Society? 

The Rise of Religious Anxieties 

Cries of Witchcraft 

Family and Household Dynamics

Women’s Changing Status 

Working Families 

Reproduction and Women’s Roles 

The Limits of Patriarchal Order 

Diversity and Competition in Colonial Society 

Population Growth and Economic Competition 

Increasing Diversity 

Expansion and Conflict      

Religious Awakenings 

The Roots of the Great Awakening 

An Outburst of Revivals 

Religious Dissension 

Political Awakenings 

Changing Political Relations 

Dissent and Protest 

Transforming Urban Politics 

Conclusion: A Divided Society 

Chapter Review  

 

Chapter 5

War and Empire, 1754–1774 

COMPARING AMERICAN HISTORIES

George Washington and Pontiac 

Imperial Conflicts and Indian Wars, 1754–1763 

The Opening Battles 

A Shift to Global War

The Costs of Victory 

Battles and Boundaries on the Frontier 

Conflicts over Land and Labor Escalate 

Postwar British Policies and Colonial Unity 

Common Grievances 

Forging Ties across the Colonies 

Great Britain Seeks Greater Control 

Resistance to Britain Intensifies 

The Stamp Act Inspires Coordinated Resistance

The Townshend Act

The Boston Massacre 

Continuing Conflicts at Home 

Tea and Widening Resistance 

The Continental Congress and Colonial Unity 

Conclusion: Liberty within Empire 

Chapter Review 

 

Chapter 6

The American Revolution, 1775–1783 

COMPARING AMERICAN HISTORIES

Thomas Paine and Elizabeth Freeman

The Question of Independence 

Armed Conflict Erupts 

Building a Continental Army 

Reasons for Caution and for Action 

Declaring Independence 

Choosing Sides 

Recruiting Supporters

Choosing Neutrality 

Committing to Independence 

Fighting for Independence, 1776–1777 

British Troops Gain Early Victories 

Patriots Prevail in New Jersey 

A Critical Year of Warfare 

Patriots Gain Critical Assistance 

Surviving on the Home Front 

Governing in Revolutionary Times 

Colonies Become States 

Patriots Divide over Slavery 

France Allies with the Patriots

Raising Armies and Funds 

Indian and Patriots Battle for Land

Conflicts Escalate on the Frontier

Winning the War and the Peace, 1778–1783

War Rages in the South

An Uncertain Peace 

A Surprising Victory 

Conclusion: Legacies of the Revolution 

Chapter Review 

 

Chapter 7

Forging a New Nation, 1783–1800 

COMPARING AMERICAN HISTORIES

Daniel Shays and Alexander Hamilton 

Financial, Frontier, and Foreign Problems 

Continental Officers Threaten Confederation 

Indians, Land, and the Northwest Ordinance  

Depression and Debt 

On the Political Margins 

Separating Church and State 

African Americans Struggle for Rights 

Women Seek Wider Roles 

Indebted Farmers Fuel Political Crises 

Reframing the American Government

The Constitutional Convention of 1787

Americans Battle over Ratification 

Organizing the Federal Government 

Hamilton Forges an Economic Agenda 

Years of Crisis, 1792–1796 

Foreign Trade and Foreign Wars 

Disease and Dissent

Further Conflicts on the Frontier 

The First Party System 

The Adams Presidency 

The Election of 1800          

Conclusion: A Young Nation Comes of Age 

Chapter Review 

 

Chapter 8

The Early Republic, 1790–1820 

COMPARING AMERICAN HISTORIES

Parker Cleaveland and Sacagawea 

The Dilemmas of National Identity

Education for a New Nation 

Literary and Cultural Developments 

Religious Renewal  

The Racial Limits of "American" Culture  

A New Capital for a New Nation 

Extending Federal Power 

A New Administration Faces Challenges 

The Louisiana Territory and Indian Societies

The Supreme Court Extends Its Reach 

Partisanship, 2012

Democratic-Republicans Expand Federal Powers 

Remaking America’s Economic Character 

Native Lands and American Migrations

Technology Reshapes Agriculture and Industry 

Transforming Domestic Production 

Technology, Cotton, and Slaves 

Conclusion: New Identities and New Challenges 

Chapter Review 

 

Chapter 9

Defending and Redefining the Nation, 1809–1832 

COMPARING AMERICAN HISTORIES

Dolley Madison and John Ross 

Conflicts at Home and Abroad 

Tensions at Sea and on the Frontier 

War with Britain and their Indian Allies

National Expansion and Regional Economies 

Governments Fuel Economic Growth 

Americans Expand the Nation’s Borders 

Regional Economic Development 

Economic and Political Crises 

The Panic of 1819 

Slavery in Missouri 

The Expansion and Limits of American Democracy 

Expanding Voting Rights 

Racist Restrictions and Racial Violence 

Political Realignments 

The Presidential Election of 1828 

Jacksonian Politics in Action 

A Democratic Spirit? 

Confrontations over Tariffs and the Bank 

Contesting Indian Removal

Conclusion: The Nation Faces New Challenges 

Chapter Review 

 

Chapter 10

Social and Cultural Ferment in the North, 1820–1850 

COMPARING AMERICAN HISTORIES

Charles Grandison Finney and Amy Kirby Post 

The Market Revolution 

Creating an Urban Landscape 

The Lure of Urban Life

Roots of Urban Disorder

The New Middle Class 

The Rise of Industry 

Factory Towns and Women Workers 

The Decline of Craft Work and Workingmen’s Responses 

The Panic of 1837  

Saving the Nation from Sin 

The Second Great Awakening 

New Visions of Faith and Reform 

Transcendentalism 

Organizing for Change 

Varieties of Reform 

The Problem of Poverty 

The Temperance Movement

Utopian Communities 

Abolitionism Expands and Divides 

The Beginnings of the Antislavery Movement 

Abolition Gains Ground and Enemies

Abolitionism and Women’s Rights

The Rise of Antislavery Parties 

Conclusion: From the North to the Nation 

Chapter Review 

 

Chapter 11

Slavery Expands South and West, 1830–1850 

COMPARING AMERICAN HISTORIES

José Antonio Menchaca and Solomon Northrup

Planters Expand the Slave System 

A Plantation Society Develops in the South 

Urban Life in the Slave South 

The Consequences of Slavery’s Expansion 

Slave Society and Culture 

Enslaved Labor Fuels the Economy 

Developing an African American Culture 

Resistance and Rebellion 

Planters Tighten Control

Harsher Treatment for Southern Blacks 

White Southerners without Slaves 

Planters Seek to Unify Southern Whites 

Democrats Face Political and Economic Crises 

The Battle for Texas 

Indians Resist Removal  

Van Buren and the Panic of 1837 

The Whigs Win the White House 

The National Government Looks to the West 

Expanding to Oregon and Texas 

Pursuing War with Mexico 

Debates over Slavery Intensify 

Conclusion: Geographical Expansion and Political Division 

Chapter Review 

 

Chapter 12

Imperial Ambitions and Sectional Crises, 1842–1861 

COMPARING AMERICAN HISTORIES

John C. Frémont and Dred Scott 

Claiming the West 

Traveling the Overland Trail 

The Gold Rush 

A Crowded Land 

Expansion and the Politics of Slavery 

California and the Compromise of 1850 

The Fugitive Slave Act Inspires Northern Protest 

Pierce Encourages U.S. Expansion 

Sectional Crises Intensify 

Popularizing Antislavery Sentiment 

The Kansas-Nebraska Act Stirs Dissent

Bleeding Kansas and the Election of 1856

The Dred Scott Decision 

From Sectional Crisis to Southern Secession 

Cortina’s War and John Brown’s Raid 

The Election of 1860 

From Secession to War 

Conclusion: A Nation Divided 

Chapter Review 

 

Chapter 13

Civil War, 1861–1865 

COMPARING AMERICAN HISTORIES

Frederick Douglass and Rose O’Neal Greenhow 

The Nation at War, 1861-1862 

Both Sides Prepare for War 

Wartime Roles of African Americans, Indians, and Mexican Americans 

Union Politicians Consider Emancipation  

War Transforms the North and the South

Life and Death on the Battlefield  

The Northern Economy Expands 

Urbanization and Industrialization in the South 

Women Aid the War Effort 

Dissent and Protest in the Midst of War

The Tide of War Turns, 1863–1865 

Key Victories for the Union 

African Americans Contribute to Victory 

The Final Battles of a Hard War 

The War Comes to an End 

Conclusion: An Uncertain Future 

Chapter Review  

 

Chapter 14

Emancipation and Reconstruction, 1863–1877 

COMPARING AMERICAN HISTORIES

Jefferson Long and Andrew Johnson 

Emancipation 

African Americans Embrace Freedom 

Reuniting Families Torn Apart by Slavery 

Freedom to Learn 

Freedom to Worship and the Leadership Role of Black Churches 

National Reconstruction 

Abraham Lincoln Plans for Reunification 

Andrew Johnson and Presidential Reconstruction 

Johnson and Congressional Resistance 

Congressional Reconstruction 

The Struggle for Universal Suffrage 

Remaking the South 

Whites Reconstruct the South 

Black Political Participation and Economic Opportunities 

White Resistance to Congressional Reconstruction 

The Unraveling of Reconstruction 

The Republican Retreat 

Congressional and Judicial Retreat 

The Presidential Compromise of 1876 

Conclusion: The Legacies of Reconstruction 

Chapter Review 

 

Chapter 15

The West, 1865–1896 

COMPARING AMERICAN HISTORIES

Annie Oakley and Geronimo 

Opening the West 

The Great Plains 

Federal Policy and Foreign Investment 

Indians and Resistance to Expansion 

Indian Civilizations 

Federal Policy toward Indians before 1870

Reconstruction and Indians

Indian Defeat 

Reforming Indian Policy 

Indian Assimilation and Resistance 

The Mining and Lumber Industries 

The Business of Mining 

Life in the Mining Towns 

The Lumber Boom 

The Cattle Industry and Commercial Farming 

The Life of the Cowboy 

The Rise of Commercial Ranching 

Commercial Farming 

Women Homesteaders 

Farming on the Great Plains 

Diversity in the Far West 

Mormons 

Californios and Mexican Americans 

The Chinese 

Conclusion: The Ambiguous Legacy of the West 

Chapter Review 

 

Chapter 16

Industrial America, 1877–1900 

COMPARING AMERICAN HISTORIES

Andrew Carnegie and John Sherman 

America Industrializes 

The New Industrial Economy 

Innovation and Inventions 

Building a New South 

Industrial Consolidation

The Growth of Corporations 

Laissez-Faire, Social Darwinism, and Their Critics 

The Doctrines of Success 

Challenges to Laissez-Faire

Society and Culture in the Gilded Age 

Wealthy and Middle-Class Leisure-Time Pursuits 

Changing Gender Roles 

Black America and Jim Crow 

National Politics in the Era of Industrialization 

The Weak Presidency 

Congressional Inefficiency 

The Business of Politics 

An Energized and Entertained Electorate 

Conclusion: Industrial America 

Chapter Review 

 

Chapter 17

Workers and Farmers in the Age of Organization, 1877–1900 

COMPARING AMERICAN HISTORIES

John McLuckie and Mary Elizabeth Lease 

Working People Organize 

The Industrialization of Labor 

Organizing Unions 

Clashes between Workers and Owners 

Working-Class Leisure in Industrial America 

Farmers Organize 

Farmers Unite 

Populists Rise Up  

The Depression of the 1890s 

Depression Politics 

Political Realignment in the Election of 1896 

The Decline of the Populists  

Conclusion: A Passion for Organization 

Chapter Review 

 

Chapter 18

Cities, Immigrants, and the Nation, 1880–1914 

COMPARING AMERICAN HISTORIES

Beryl Lassin and Maria Vik Takacs 

A New Wave of Immigrants 

Immigrants Arrive from Many Lands 

Creating Immigrant Communities 

Hostility toward Recent Immigrants 

The Assimilation Dilemma  

Becoming an Urban Nation 

The New Industrial City 

Expand Upward and Outward 

How the Other Half Lived 

Urban Politics at the Turn of the Century 

Political Machines and City Bosses 

Urban Reformers 

Conclusion: A Nation of Cities 

Chapter Review 

 

Chapter 19

Progressivism and the Search for Order, 1900–1917 

COMPARING AMERICAN HISTORIES

Gifford Pinchot and Gene Stratton-Porter 

The Roots of Progressivism 

Progressive Origins  

Muckrakers 

Humanitarian and Social Justice Reform 

Female Progressives and the Poor 

Fighting for Women’s Suffrage 

Progressivism and African Americans  

Progressivism and Indians 

Morality and Social Control 

Prohibition 

Prostitution, Narcotics, and Juvenile Delinquency 

Birth Control 

Immigration Restriction 

Good Government Progressivism     

Municipal and State Reform 

Conservation and Preservation of the Environment 

Presidential Progressivism 

Theodore Roosevelt and the Square Deal 

Taft Retreats from Progressivism 

The Election of 1912 

Woodrow Wilson and the New Freedom Agenda 

Conclusion: The Progressive Legacy 

Chapter Review 

 

Chapter 20

Empire, Wars, and Pandemic, 1898–1919 

COMPARING AMERICAN HISTORIES

Alfred Thayer Mahan and José Martí 

The Awakening of Imperialism 

The Economics of Expansion 

Cultural Justifications for Imperialism 

Gender and Empire  

The War with Spain 

Revolution in Cuba 

The War of 1898 

The Pacification of Cuba 

The Philippine War 

Extending U.S. Imperialism, 1899–1913 

Theodore Roosevelt and "Big Stick" Diplomacy 

Opening the Door in China 

Wilson and American Foreign Policy, 1912–1917 

Diplomacy and War 

Making the World Safe for Democracy 

Fighting the War at Home 

Government by Commission 

Winning Hearts and Minds 

1918-19 Influenza Pandemic

Waging Peace 

The Failure of Ratification 

Conclusion: A U.S. Empire

Chapter Review  

 

Chapter 21 

The Twenties, 1919–1929 

COMPARING AMERICAN HISTORIES

D. C. Stephenson and Ossian Sweet 

Social Turmoil 

The Red Scare, 1919–1920  

Racial Violence in the Postwar Era 

Prosperity, Consumption, and Growth 

Government Promotion of the Economy 

Americans Become Consumers 

Urbanization 

Perilous Prosperity 

Challenges to Social Conventions 

Breaking with the Old Morality 

The Harlem Renaissance 

Marcus Garvey and Black Nationalism 

Culture Wars 

Prohibition 

Nativists versus Immigrants 

Resurrection of the Ku Klux Klan 

Fundamentalism versus Modernism 

Politics and the Fading of Prosperity 

The Battle for the Soul of the Democratic Party 

Lingering Progressivism 

Financial Crash     

Conclusion: The Transitional Twenties 

Chapter Review  

 

Chapter 22 

Depression, Dissent, and the New Deal, 1929–1940 

AMERICAN HISTORIES

Eleanor Roosevelt and Luisa Moreno 

The Great Depression 

Hoover Faces the Depression 

Hoovervilles and Dust Storms 

Challenges for Racial Minorities  

Families under Strain 

Organized Protest 

The New Deal 

Roosevelt Restores Confidence 

Steps toward Recovery 

Direct Assistance and Relief 

New Deal Critics  

The New Deal Moves to the Left 

Expanding Relief Measures 

Establishing Social Security 

Organized Labor Strikes Back

A Half Deal for Racial Minorities 

Decline of the New Deal 

Conclusion: New Deal Liberalism 

Chapter Review 

 

Chapter 23

World War II, 1933–1945 

COMPARING AMERICAN HISTORIES

J. Robert Oppenheimer and Fred Korematsu 

The Road toward War 

The Growing Crisis in Europe 

The Challenge to Isolationism 

The United States Enters the War 

The Home-Front Economy 

Managing the Wartime Economy

New Opportunities for Women 

Everyday Life on the Home Front 

Fighting for Equality at Home 

The Origins of the Civil Rights Movement 

Struggles for Mexican Americans 

American Indians 

The Ordeal of Japanese Americans  

Global War 

War in Europe 

War in the Pacific 

Ending the War 

Evidence of the Holocaust 

Conclusion: The Impact of World War II 

Chapter Review 

 

Chapter 24

The Opening of the Cold War, 1945–1961 

COMPARING AMERICAN HISTORIES

George Kennan and Julius and Ethel Rosenberg 

The Origins of the Cold War, 1945–1947 

Mutual Misunderstandings 

The Truman Doctrine 

The Marshall Plan and Economic Containment 

The Cold War Hardens, 1948–1953 

Military Containment  

The Korean War 

The Korean War and the Imperial Presidency 

Combating Communism at Home, 1945–1954 

Loyalty and the Second Red Scare 

McCarthyism 

The Cold War Expands, 1953 –1961 

Nuclear Weapons and Containment 

Decolonization

Interventions in the Middle East, Latin America, and Africa 

Early Intervention in Vietnam, 1954–1960 

Conclusion: The Cold War and Anticommunism 

Chapter Review 

 

Chapter 25

Troubled Innocence, 1945–1961 

COMPARING AMERICAN HISTORIES

Alan Freed and Grace Metalious 

Peacetime Transition and the Boom Years 

Peacetime Challenges, 1945–1948 

Economic Conversion and Labor Discontent 

Truman, the New Deal Coalition, and the Election of 1948 

Economic Boom 

Baby Boom 

Changes in Living Patterns 

The Culture of the 1950s 

The Rise of Television 

Wild Ones on the Big Screen 

The Influence of Teenage Culture

The Lives of Women 

Religious Revival 

Beats and Other Nonconformists 

The Growth of the Civil Rights Movement 

The Rise of the Southern Civil Rights Movement 

School Segregation and the Supreme Court 

The Montgomery Bus Boycott 

White Resistance to Desegregation 

The Sit-Ins 

Civil Rights Struggles in the North

Civil Rights Struggles in the West 

Domestic Politics in the Eisenhower Era 

Modern Republicanism 

The Election of 1960 

Conclusion: Postwar Politics and Culture 

Chapter Review 

 

Chapter 26

Liberalism and Its Challengers, 1960–1973 

COMPARING AMERICAN HISTORIES

Earl Warren and Bayard Rustin 

The Politics of Liberalism 

Kennedy’s New Frontier 

Kennedy, the Cold War, and Cuba 

The Civil Rights Movement Intensifies, 1961–1968 

Freedom Rides 

Kennedy Supports Civil Rights 

Freedom Summer and Voting Rights 

Civil Rights and Black Power 

Federal Efforts toward Social Reform, 1964–1968 

The Great Society 

The Warren Court  

The Vietnam War, 1961–1969 

Kennedy’s Intervention in South Vietnam 

Johnson Escalates the War in Vietnam 

Challenges to the Liberal Establishment 

The New Left 

The Counterculture 

Liberation Movements 

The Revival of Conservatism

Conclusion: Liberalism and Its Discontents 

Chapter Review  

 

Chapter 27

The Swing toward Conservatism, 1968–1980 

COMPARING AMERICAN HISTORIES

Pauli Murray and Louise Day Hicks    

Nixon: War and Diplomacy, 1969–1974 

The Election of 1968 

The Failure of Vietnamization  

The Cold War Thaws   

Crisis in the Middle East and at Home 

Nixon and Politics, 1969–1974

Pragmatic Conservatism 

The Nixon Landslide and Watergate Scandal, 1972–1974 

The Presidency of Jimmy Carter, 1976–1980 

Jimmy Carter and the Limits of Affluence 

The Perils of Détente

Challenges in the Middle East

The Persistence of Liberalism in the 1970s 

Popular Culture

Women’s Movement   

Environmentalism        

Racial Struggles Continue 

Mexican Americans Challenge Discrimination

The New Right Rises  

Tax Revolt

Neo-Conservatism

Christian Conservatism 

Conclusion: The Swing toward Conservatism 

Chapter Review 

 

Chapter 28

The Triumph of Conservatism, the End of the Cold War, and the Rise of the New World Order, 1980–1992

COMPARING AMERICAN HISTORIES

George Shultz and Demetria Martinez 

The Reagan Revolution 

Reagan and Reaganomics 

The Implementation of Social Conservatism 

Reagan and the End of the Cold War, 1981–1988

"The Evil Empire"       

Human Rights and the Fight against Communism 

Fighting International Terrorism 

The Nuclear Freeze Movement 

The Road to Nuclear De-escalation 

The Presidency of George H. W. Bush, 1989–1993 

"Kinder and Gentler" Conservatism 

The Breakup of the Soviet Union 

Globalization and the New World Order 

Managing Conflict after the Cold War 

The 1992 Election        

Conclusion: Conservative Ascendancy and the End of the Cold War 

Chapter Review  

 

Chapter 29

The Challenges of a Globalized World, 1993 to the present 

COMPARING AMERICAN HISTORIES

Bill Gates and Alicia Garza

Transforming American Society 

The Computer Revolution 

The Changing American Population  

Political Polarization and Globalization in the Clinton Years 

Politics during the Clinton Administration  

Global Challenges 

The Presidency of George W. Bush 

Bush and Compassionate Conservatism 

The Iraq War 

Bush’s Second Term 

The Challenges Faced by President Barack Obama 

The Great Recession 

Obama and the Great Recession

The 2010 Revolt Against Obama

Obama’s Second Term

Latinos and Immigration

Asian Americans

African Americans and Institutional Racism

The Native American Struggle Continued

Obama and the World

The Presidency of Donald Trump         

The 2016 Election        

The Trump Presidency

Pandemic, Protests, and Politics 

Conclusion: Technology and Terror in a Global Society 

Chapter Review

Authors

Nancy A. Hewitt

Nancy A. Hewitt (Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania) is Professor Emerita of History and of Women’s and Gender Studies at Rutgers University. Her publications include Radical Friend: Amy Kirby Post and Her Activist Worlds, for which she won the SHEAR prize in biography; Women’s Activism and Social Change: Rochester, New York, 1822–1872; Southern Discomfort: Women’s Activism in Tampa, Florida, 1880s–1920s, and the second edition of A Companion to American Women’s History, edited with Anne M. Valk.


Steven F. Lawson

Steven F. Lawson (Ph.D., Columbia University) is Professor Emeritus of History at Rutgers University. His research interests include U.S. politics since 1945 and the history of the civil rights movement, with a particular focus on black politics and the interplay between civil rights and political culture in the mid-twentieth century. He is the author of many works including Running for Freedom: Civil Rights and Black Politics in America since 1941; Debating the Civil Rights Movement; Black Ballots: Voting Rights in the South, 1944–1969; and In Pursuit of Power: Southern Blacks and Electoral Politics, 1965–1982.


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Preface
Versions and Supplements
Maps, Figures, and Tables
How to Use This Book

 

Chapter 1

Mapping Global Frontiers, to 1590 

COMPARING AMERICAN HISTORIES

Malintzin and Martin Waldseemüller 

Native Peoples in the Americas 

Native Peoples Develop Diverse Cultures 

The Aztecs, the Maya, and the Incas 

Native Cultures to the North 

Europe Expands Its Reach 

The Mediterranean World 

Portugal Pursues Long-Distance Trade 

European Encounters with West Africa 

Worlds Collide 

Europeans Cross the Atlantic 

Europeans Explore the Americas

Mapmaking and Printing 

The Columbian Exchange 

Europeans Make Claims to North America 

Spaniards Conquer Indian Empires

Spanish Adventurers Head North 

Europeans Compete in North America 

Spain Seeks Dominion in Europe and the Americas 

Conclusion: A Transformed America 

Chapter Review  

 

Chapter 2

Colonization and Conflicts, 1580–1680 

COMPARING AMERICAN HISTORIES

Powhatan and Anne Hutchinson 

Religious, Economic, and Imperial Transformations 

The Protestant Reformation 

Spain’s Global Empire Declines 

France Enters the Race for Empire  

The Dutch Expand into North America 

The English Seek an Empire 

The English Establish Jamestown

Tobacco Fuels Growth in Virginia 

Expansion, Rebellion, and the Emergence of Slavery 

The English Compete for West Indies Possessions 

Pilgrims and Puritans Settle New England 

Pilgrims Arrive in Massachusetts 

The Puritan Migration 

The Puritan Worldview 

Anglo-American Ideals, 2001

Dissenters Challenge Puritan Authority 

Wars in Old and New England 

Conclusion: European Empires in North America 

Chapter Review  

 

Chapter 3

Colonial America amid Global Change, 1680–1754 

COMPARING AMERICAN HISTORIES

William Moraley Jr. and Eliza Lucas

Europeans Expand Their Claims 

English Colonies Grow and Multiply 

The Pueblo Revolt and Spain’s Fragile Empire 

France Seeks Land and Control  

European Wars and American Consequences 

Colonial Conflicts and Indian Alliances 

Indians Resist European Encroachment 

Conflicts on the Southern Frontier 

The Benefits and Costs of Empire 

Colonial Traders Join Global Networks 

Imperial Policies Focus on Profits 

The Atlantic Slave Trade 

Seaport Cities and Consumer Cultures 

Labor in North America 

Finding Work in the Colonies 

Coping with Economic Distress 

Rural Americans Face Changing Conditions 

Slavery Takes Hold in the South 

Africans Resist Their Enslavement 

Conclusion: Changing Fortunes in British North America 

Chapter Review  

 

Chapter 4

Religious Strife and Social Upheavals, 1680–1750 

COMPARING AMERICAN HISTORIES

Gilbert Tennent and Sarah Grosvenor 

An Ungodly Society? 

The Rise of Religious Anxieties 

Cries of Witchcraft 

Family and Household Dynamics

Women’s Changing Status 

Working Families 

Reproduction and Women’s Roles 

The Limits of Patriarchal Order 

Diversity and Competition in Colonial Society 

Population Growth and Economic Competition 

Increasing Diversity 

Expansion and Conflict      

Religious Awakenings 

The Roots of the Great Awakening 

An Outburst of Revivals 

Religious Dissension 

Political Awakenings 

Changing Political Relations 

Dissent and Protest 

Transforming Urban Politics 

Conclusion: A Divided Society 

Chapter Review  

 

Chapter 5

War and Empire, 1754–1774 

COMPARING AMERICAN HISTORIES

George Washington and Pontiac 

Imperial Conflicts and Indian Wars, 1754–1763 

The Opening Battles 

A Shift to Global War

The Costs of Victory 

Battles and Boundaries on the Frontier 

Conflicts over Land and Labor Escalate 

Postwar British Policies and Colonial Unity 

Common Grievances 

Forging Ties across the Colonies 

Great Britain Seeks Greater Control 

Resistance to Britain Intensifies 

The Stamp Act Inspires Coordinated Resistance

The Townshend Act

The Boston Massacre 

Continuing Conflicts at Home 

Tea and Widening Resistance 

The Continental Congress and Colonial Unity 

Conclusion: Liberty within Empire 

Chapter Review 

 

Chapter 6

The American Revolution, 1775–1783 

COMPARING AMERICAN HISTORIES

Thomas Paine and Elizabeth Freeman

The Question of Independence 

Armed Conflict Erupts 

Building a Continental Army 

Reasons for Caution and for Action 

Declaring Independence 

Choosing Sides 

Recruiting Supporters

Choosing Neutrality 

Committing to Independence 

Fighting for Independence, 1776–1777 

British Troops Gain Early Victories 

Patriots Prevail in New Jersey 

A Critical Year of Warfare 

Patriots Gain Critical Assistance 

Surviving on the Home Front 

Governing in Revolutionary Times 

Colonies Become States 

Patriots Divide over Slavery 

France Allies with the Patriots

Raising Armies and Funds 

Indian and Patriots Battle for Land

Conflicts Escalate on the Frontier

Winning the War and the Peace, 1778–1783

War Rages in the South

An Uncertain Peace 

A Surprising Victory 

Conclusion: Legacies of the Revolution 

Chapter Review 

 

Chapter 7

Forging a New Nation, 1783–1800 

COMPARING AMERICAN HISTORIES

Daniel Shays and Alexander Hamilton 

Financial, Frontier, and Foreign Problems 

Continental Officers Threaten Confederation 

Indians, Land, and the Northwest Ordinance  

Depression and Debt 

On the Political Margins 

Separating Church and State 

African Americans Struggle for Rights 

Women Seek Wider Roles 

Indebted Farmers Fuel Political Crises 

Reframing the American Government

The Constitutional Convention of 1787

Americans Battle over Ratification 

Organizing the Federal Government 

Hamilton Forges an Economic Agenda 

Years of Crisis, 1792–1796 

Foreign Trade and Foreign Wars 

Disease and Dissent

Further Conflicts on the Frontier 

The First Party System 

The Adams Presidency 

The Election of 1800          

Conclusion: A Young Nation Comes of Age 

Chapter Review 

 

Chapter 8

The Early Republic, 1790–1820 

COMPARING AMERICAN HISTORIES

Parker Cleaveland and Sacagawea 

The Dilemmas of National Identity

Education for a New Nation 

Literary and Cultural Developments 

Religious Renewal  

The Racial Limits of "American" Culture  

A New Capital for a New Nation 

Extending Federal Power 

A New Administration Faces Challenges 

The Louisiana Territory and Indian Societies

The Supreme Court Extends Its Reach 

Partisanship, 2012

Democratic-Republicans Expand Federal Powers 

Remaking America’s Economic Character 

Native Lands and American Migrations

Technology Reshapes Agriculture and Industry 

Transforming Domestic Production 

Technology, Cotton, and Slaves 

Conclusion: New Identities and New Challenges 

Chapter Review 

 

Chapter 9

Defending and Redefining the Nation, 1809–1832 

COMPARING AMERICAN HISTORIES

Dolley Madison and John Ross 

Conflicts at Home and Abroad 

Tensions at Sea and on the Frontier 

War with Britain and their Indian Allies

National Expansion and Regional Economies 

Governments Fuel Economic Growth 

Americans Expand the Nation’s Borders 

Regional Economic Development 

Economic and Political Crises 

The Panic of 1819 

Slavery in Missouri 

The Expansion and Limits of American Democracy 

Expanding Voting Rights 

Racist Restrictions and Racial Violence 

Political Realignments 

The Presidential Election of 1828 

Jacksonian Politics in Action 

A Democratic Spirit? 

Confrontations over Tariffs and the Bank 

Contesting Indian Removal

Conclusion: The Nation Faces New Challenges 

Chapter Review 

 

Chapter 10

Social and Cultural Ferment in the North, 1820–1850 

COMPARING AMERICAN HISTORIES

Charles Grandison Finney and Amy Kirby Post 

The Market Revolution 

Creating an Urban Landscape 

The Lure of Urban Life

Roots of Urban Disorder

The New Middle Class 

The Rise of Industry 

Factory Towns and Women Workers 

The Decline of Craft Work and Workingmen’s Responses 

The Panic of 1837  

Saving the Nation from Sin 

The Second Great Awakening 

New Visions of Faith and Reform 

Transcendentalism 

Organizing for Change 

Varieties of Reform 

The Problem of Poverty 

The Temperance Movement

Utopian Communities 

Abolitionism Expands and Divides 

The Beginnings of the Antislavery Movement 

Abolition Gains Ground and Enemies

Abolitionism and Women’s Rights

The Rise of Antislavery Parties 

Conclusion: From the North to the Nation 

Chapter Review 

 

Chapter 11

Slavery Expands South and West, 1830–1850 

COMPARING AMERICAN HISTORIES

José Antonio Menchaca and Solomon Northrup

Planters Expand the Slave System 

A Plantation Society Develops in the South 

Urban Life in the Slave South 

The Consequences of Slavery’s Expansion 

Slave Society and Culture 

Enslaved Labor Fuels the Economy 

Developing an African American Culture 

Resistance and Rebellion 

Planters Tighten Control

Harsher Treatment for Southern Blacks 

White Southerners without Slaves 

Planters Seek to Unify Southern Whites 

Democrats Face Political and Economic Crises 

The Battle for Texas 

Indians Resist Removal  

Van Buren and the Panic of 1837 

The Whigs Win the White House 

The National Government Looks to the West 

Expanding to Oregon and Texas 

Pursuing War with Mexico 

Debates over Slavery Intensify 

Conclusion: Geographical Expansion and Political Division 

Chapter Review 

 

Chapter 12

Imperial Ambitions and Sectional Crises, 1842–1861 

COMPARING AMERICAN HISTORIES

John C. Frémont and Dred Scott 

Claiming the West 

Traveling the Overland Trail 

The Gold Rush 

A Crowded Land 

Expansion and the Politics of Slavery 

California and the Compromise of 1850 

The Fugitive Slave Act Inspires Northern Protest 

Pierce Encourages U.S. Expansion 

Sectional Crises Intensify 

Popularizing Antislavery Sentiment 

The Kansas-Nebraska Act Stirs Dissent

Bleeding Kansas and the Election of 1856

The Dred Scott Decision 

From Sectional Crisis to Southern Secession 

Cortina’s War and John Brown’s Raid 

The Election of 1860 

From Secession to War 

Conclusion: A Nation Divided 

Chapter Review 

 

Chapter 13

Civil War, 1861–1865 

COMPARING AMERICAN HISTORIES

Frederick Douglass and Rose O’Neal Greenhow 

The Nation at War, 1861-1862 

Both Sides Prepare for War 

Wartime Roles of African Americans, Indians, and Mexican Americans 

Union Politicians Consider Emancipation  

War Transforms the North and the South

Life and Death on the Battlefield  

The Northern Economy Expands 

Urbanization and Industrialization in the South 

Women Aid the War Effort 

Dissent and Protest in the Midst of War

The Tide of War Turns, 1863–1865 

Key Victories for the Union 

African Americans Contribute to Victory 

The Final Battles of a Hard War 

The War Comes to an End 

Conclusion: An Uncertain Future 

Chapter Review  

 

Chapter 14

Emancipation and Reconstruction, 1863–1877 

COMPARING AMERICAN HISTORIES

Jefferson Long and Andrew Johnson 

Emancipation 

African Americans Embrace Freedom 

Reuniting Families Torn Apart by Slavery 

Freedom to Learn 

Freedom to Worship and the Leadership Role of Black Churches 

National Reconstruction 

Abraham Lincoln Plans for Reunification 

Andrew Johnson and Presidential Reconstruction 

Johnson and Congressional Resistance 

Congressional Reconstruction 

The Struggle for Universal Suffrage 

Remaking the South 

Whites Reconstruct the South 

Black Political Participation and Economic Opportunities 

White Resistance to Congressional Reconstruction 

The Unraveling of Reconstruction 

The Republican Retreat 

Congressional and Judicial Retreat 

The Presidential Compromise of 1876 

Conclusion: The Legacies of Reconstruction 

Chapter Review 

 

Chapter 15

The West, 1865–1896 

COMPARING AMERICAN HISTORIES

Annie Oakley and Geronimo 

Opening the West 

The Great Plains 

Federal Policy and Foreign Investment 

Indians and Resistance to Expansion 

Indian Civilizations 

Federal Policy toward Indians before 1870

Reconstruction and Indians

Indian Defeat 

Reforming Indian Policy 

Indian Assimilation and Resistance 

The Mining and Lumber Industries 

The Business of Mining 

Life in the Mining Towns 

The Lumber Boom 

The Cattle Industry and Commercial Farming 

The Life of the Cowboy 

The Rise of Commercial Ranching 

Commercial Farming 

Women Homesteaders 

Farming on the Great Plains 

Diversity in the Far West 

Mormons 

Californios and Mexican Americans 

The Chinese 

Conclusion: The Ambiguous Legacy of the West 

Chapter Review 

 

Chapter 16

Industrial America, 1877–1900 

COMPARING AMERICAN HISTORIES

Andrew Carnegie and John Sherman 

America Industrializes 

The New Industrial Economy 

Innovation and Inventions 

Building a New South 

Industrial Consolidation

The Growth of Corporations 

Laissez-Faire, Social Darwinism, and Their Critics 

The Doctrines of Success 

Challenges to Laissez-Faire

Society and Culture in the Gilded Age 

Wealthy and Middle-Class Leisure-Time Pursuits 

Changing Gender Roles 

Black America and Jim Crow 

National Politics in the Era of Industrialization 

The Weak Presidency 

Congressional Inefficiency 

The Business of Politics 

An Energized and Entertained Electorate 

Conclusion: Industrial America 

Chapter Review 

 

Chapter 17

Workers and Farmers in the Age of Organization, 1877–1900 

COMPARING AMERICAN HISTORIES

John McLuckie and Mary Elizabeth Lease 

Working People Organize 

The Industrialization of Labor 

Organizing Unions 

Clashes between Workers and Owners 

Working-Class Leisure in Industrial America 

Farmers Organize 

Farmers Unite 

Populists Rise Up  

The Depression of the 1890s 

Depression Politics 

Political Realignment in the Election of 1896 

The Decline of the Populists  

Conclusion: A Passion for Organization 

Chapter Review 

 

Chapter 18

Cities, Immigrants, and the Nation, 1880–1914 

COMPARING AMERICAN HISTORIES

Beryl Lassin and Maria Vik Takacs 

A New Wave of Immigrants 

Immigrants Arrive from Many Lands 

Creating Immigrant Communities 

Hostility toward Recent Immigrants 

The Assimilation Dilemma  

Becoming an Urban Nation 

The New Industrial City 

Expand Upward and Outward 

How the Other Half Lived 

Urban Politics at the Turn of the Century 

Political Machines and City Bosses 

Urban Reformers 

Conclusion: A Nation of Cities 

Chapter Review 

 

Chapter 19

Progressivism and the Search for Order, 1900–1917 

COMPARING AMERICAN HISTORIES

Gifford Pinchot and Gene Stratton-Porter 

The Roots of Progressivism 

Progressive Origins  

Muckrakers 

Humanitarian and Social Justice Reform 

Female Progressives and the Poor 

Fighting for Women’s Suffrage 

Progressivism and African Americans  

Progressivism and Indians 

Morality and Social Control 

Prohibition 

Prostitution, Narcotics, and Juvenile Delinquency 

Birth Control 

Immigration Restriction 

Good Government Progressivism     

Municipal and State Reform 

Conservation and Preservation of the Environment 

Presidential Progressivism 

Theodore Roosevelt and the Square Deal 

Taft Retreats from Progressivism 

The Election of 1912 

Woodrow Wilson and the New Freedom Agenda 

Conclusion: The Progressive Legacy 

Chapter Review 

 

Chapter 20

Empire, Wars, and Pandemic, 1898–1919 

COMPARING AMERICAN HISTORIES

Alfred Thayer Mahan and José Martí 

The Awakening of Imperialism 

The Economics of Expansion 

Cultural Justifications for Imperialism 

Gender and Empire  

The War with Spain 

Revolution in Cuba 

The War of 1898 

The Pacification of Cuba 

The Philippine War 

Extending U.S. Imperialism, 1899–1913 

Theodore Roosevelt and "Big Stick" Diplomacy 

Opening the Door in China 

Wilson and American Foreign Policy, 1912–1917 

Diplomacy and War 

Making the World Safe for Democracy 

Fighting the War at Home 

Government by Commission 

Winning Hearts and Minds 

1918-19 Influenza Pandemic

Waging Peace 

The Failure of Ratification 

Conclusion: A U.S. Empire

Chapter Review  

 

Chapter 21 

The Twenties, 1919–1929 

COMPARING AMERICAN HISTORIES

D. C. Stephenson and Ossian Sweet 

Social Turmoil 

The Red Scare, 1919–1920  

Racial Violence in the Postwar Era 

Prosperity, Consumption, and Growth 

Government Promotion of the Economy 

Americans Become Consumers 

Urbanization 

Perilous Prosperity 

Challenges to Social Conventions 

Breaking with the Old Morality 

The Harlem Renaissance 

Marcus Garvey and Black Nationalism 

Culture Wars 

Prohibition 

Nativists versus Immigrants 

Resurrection of the Ku Klux Klan 

Fundamentalism versus Modernism 

Politics and the Fading of Prosperity 

The Battle for the Soul of the Democratic Party 

Lingering Progressivism 

Financial Crash     

Conclusion: The Transitional Twenties 

Chapter Review  

 

Chapter 22 

Depression, Dissent, and the New Deal, 1929–1940 

AMERICAN HISTORIES

Eleanor Roosevelt and Luisa Moreno 

The Great Depression 

Hoover Faces the Depression 

Hoovervilles and Dust Storms 

Challenges for Racial Minorities  

Families under Strain 

Organized Protest 

The New Deal 

Roosevelt Restores Confidence 

Steps toward Recovery 

Direct Assistance and Relief 

New Deal Critics  

The New Deal Moves to the Left 

Expanding Relief Measures 

Establishing Social Security 

Organized Labor Strikes Back

A Half Deal for Racial Minorities 

Decline of the New Deal 

Conclusion: New Deal Liberalism 

Chapter Review 

 

Chapter 23

World War II, 1933–1945 

COMPARING AMERICAN HISTORIES

J. Robert Oppenheimer and Fred Korematsu 

The Road toward War 

The Growing Crisis in Europe 

The Challenge to Isolationism 

The United States Enters the War 

The Home-Front Economy 

Managing the Wartime Economy

New Opportunities for Women 

Everyday Life on the Home Front 

Fighting for Equality at Home 

The Origins of the Civil Rights Movement 

Struggles for Mexican Americans 

American Indians 

The Ordeal of Japanese Americans  

Global War 

War in Europe 

War in the Pacific 

Ending the War 

Evidence of the Holocaust 

Conclusion: The Impact of World War II 

Chapter Review 

 

Chapter 24

The Opening of the Cold War, 1945–1961 

COMPARING AMERICAN HISTORIES

George Kennan and Julius and Ethel Rosenberg 

The Origins of the Cold War, 1945–1947 

Mutual Misunderstandings 

The Truman Doctrine 

The Marshall Plan and Economic Containment 

The Cold War Hardens, 1948–1953 

Military Containment  

The Korean War 

The Korean War and the Imperial Presidency 

Combating Communism at Home, 1945–1954 

Loyalty and the Second Red Scare 

McCarthyism 

The Cold War Expands, 1953 –1961 

Nuclear Weapons and Containment 

Decolonization

Interventions in the Middle East, Latin America, and Africa 

Early Intervention in Vietnam, 1954–1960 

Conclusion: The Cold War and Anticommunism 

Chapter Review 

 

Chapter 25

Troubled Innocence, 1945–1961 

COMPARING AMERICAN HISTORIES

Alan Freed and Grace Metalious 

Peacetime Transition and the Boom Years 

Peacetime Challenges, 1945–1948 

Economic Conversion and Labor Discontent 

Truman, the New Deal Coalition, and the Election of 1948 

Economic Boom 

Baby Boom 

Changes in Living Patterns 

The Culture of the 1950s 

The Rise of Television 

Wild Ones on the Big Screen 

The Influence of Teenage Culture

The Lives of Women 

Religious Revival 

Beats and Other Nonconformists 

The Growth of the Civil Rights Movement 

The Rise of the Southern Civil Rights Movement 

School Segregation and the Supreme Court 

The Montgomery Bus Boycott 

White Resistance to Desegregation 

The Sit-Ins 

Civil Rights Struggles in the North

Civil Rights Struggles in the West 

Domestic Politics in the Eisenhower Era 

Modern Republicanism 

The Election of 1960 

Conclusion: Postwar Politics and Culture 

Chapter Review 

 

Chapter 26

Liberalism and Its Challengers, 1960–1973 

COMPARING AMERICAN HISTORIES

Earl Warren and Bayard Rustin 

The Politics of Liberalism 

Kennedy’s New Frontier 

Kennedy, the Cold War, and Cuba 

The Civil Rights Movement Intensifies, 1961–1968 

Freedom Rides 

Kennedy Supports Civil Rights 

Freedom Summer and Voting Rights 

Civil Rights and Black Power 

Federal Efforts toward Social Reform, 1964–1968 

The Great Society 

The Warren Court  

The Vietnam War, 1961–1969 

Kennedy’s Intervention in South Vietnam 

Johnson Escalates the War in Vietnam 

Challenges to the Liberal Establishment 

The New Left 

The Counterculture 

Liberation Movements 

The Revival of Conservatism

Conclusion: Liberalism and Its Discontents 

Chapter Review  

 

Chapter 27

The Swing toward Conservatism, 1968–1980 

COMPARING AMERICAN HISTORIES

Pauli Murray and Louise Day Hicks    

Nixon: War and Diplomacy, 1969–1974 

The Election of 1968 

The Failure of Vietnamization  

The Cold War Thaws   

Crisis in the Middle East and at Home 

Nixon and Politics, 1969–1974

Pragmatic Conservatism 

The Nixon Landslide and Watergate Scandal, 1972–1974 

The Presidency of Jimmy Carter, 1976–1980 

Jimmy Carter and the Limits of Affluence 

The Perils of Détente

Challenges in the Middle East

The Persistence of Liberalism in the 1970s 

Popular Culture

Women’s Movement   

Environmentalism        

Racial Struggles Continue 

Mexican Americans Challenge Discrimination

The New Right Rises  

Tax Revolt

Neo-Conservatism

Christian Conservatism 

Conclusion: The Swing toward Conservatism 

Chapter Review 

 

Chapter 28

The Triumph of Conservatism, the End of the Cold War, and the Rise of the New World Order, 1980–1992

COMPARING AMERICAN HISTORIES

George Shultz and Demetria Martinez 

The Reagan Revolution 

Reagan and Reaganomics 

The Implementation of Social Conservatism 

Reagan and the End of the Cold War, 1981–1988

"The Evil Empire"       

Human Rights and the Fight against Communism 

Fighting International Terrorism 

The Nuclear Freeze Movement 

The Road to Nuclear De-escalation 

The Presidency of George H. W. Bush, 1989–1993 

"Kinder and Gentler" Conservatism 

The Breakup of the Soviet Union 

Globalization and the New World Order 

Managing Conflict after the Cold War 

The 1992 Election        

Conclusion: Conservative Ascendancy and the End of the Cold War 

Chapter Review  

 

Chapter 29

The Challenges of a Globalized World, 1993 to the present 

COMPARING AMERICAN HISTORIES

Bill Gates and Alicia Garza

Transforming American Society 

The Computer Revolution 

The Changing American Population  

Political Polarization and Globalization in the Clinton Years 

Politics during the Clinton Administration  

Global Challenges 

The Presidency of George W. Bush 

Bush and Compassionate Conservatism 

The Iraq War 

Bush’s Second Term 

The Challenges Faced by President Barack Obama 

The Great Recession 

Obama and the Great Recession

The 2010 Revolt Against Obama

Obama’s Second Term

Latinos and Immigration

Asian Americans

African Americans and Institutional Racism

The Native American Struggle Continued

Obama and the World

The Presidency of Donald Trump         

The 2016 Election        

The Trump Presidency

Pandemic, Protests, and Politics 

Conclusion: Technology and Terror in a Global Society 

Chapter Review

Nancy A. Hewitt

Nancy A. Hewitt (Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania) is Professor Emerita of History and of Women’s and Gender Studies at Rutgers University. Her publications include Radical Friend: Amy Kirby Post and Her Activist Worlds, for which she won the SHEAR prize in biography; Women’s Activism and Social Change: Rochester, New York, 1822–1872; Southern Discomfort: Women’s Activism in Tampa, Florida, 1880s–1920s, and the second edition of A Companion to American Women’s History, edited with Anne M. Valk.


Steven F. Lawson

Steven F. Lawson (Ph.D., Columbia University) is Professor Emeritus of History at Rutgers University. His research interests include U.S. politics since 1945 and the history of the civil rights movement, with a particular focus on black politics and the interplay between civil rights and political culture in the mid-twentieth century. He is the author of many works including Running for Freedom: Civil Rights and Black Politics in America since 1941; Debating the Civil Rights Movement; Black Ballots: Voting Rights in the South, 1944–1969; and In Pursuit of Power: Southern Blacks and Electoral Politics, 1965–1982.


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