Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface xvii
4. Chapter 1. First Americans, to 1550 1
5. Chapter 2. The First English Colonies, 1584–1676 35
6. Chapter 3. The Emerging Empire, 1676–1756 75
7. Chapter 4. Colonial Society and Culture, 1676–1756 111
8. Chapter 5. The Era of Independence, 1756–1783 147
9. Chapter 6. A Federal Republic, 1783–1789 195
10. Chapter 7. Federalists and Republicans, 1789–1815 231
11. Chapter 8. Market Revolution in the North, 1815–1860 275
12. Chapter 9. Northern Culture and Reform, 1815–1860 311
13. Chapter 10. The World of the South, 1815–1860 351
14. Chapter 11. The Transformation of Politics, 1815–1836 387
15. Chapter 12. Wars for the West, 1836–1850 423
16. Chapter 13. The House Dividing, 1850–1861 457
17. Chapter 14. “A New Birth of Freedom,” 1861–1865 493
18. Chapter 15. Reconstructing the Republic, 1865–1877 531
19. Acknowledgments 571
20. For Further Reading 573
21. Index 585