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Americans are fond of describing their country as a young nation. Though there is much in that description that is true, it should not obscure the richness and variety of the nation's past-a past that provides the indispensable key to understanding the nation's present. This absorbing resource examines in detail the formative stages of America's essential past from European settlement of the Western Hemisphere and the displacement of indigenous peoples to the birth of the United States and its astonishing growth, in both population and territory, from a modest confederation of thirteen independent states.
FEATURES OF THIS RESOURCE
Articles include:
- Topic summary
- One or more display boxes, including primary-source, biographical, and feature panels
- Photographs, diagrams, and other illustrations
Maps
Chronologies
The 219 articles in this resource provide a panoramic look at more than three centuries of the American past. Article subjects include: the clashes of great world powers and the accomplishments of individual men and women; the industrial and scientific advances that make present-day life what it is; the emergence of a genuinely American literature, art, and architecture; developments in social, religious, and political thought; and the divisions among Americans that led to bloodshed and conflicts major and minor, including two wars of disastrous proportions, the American Revolution and the Civil War.
Wide-ranging and thought-provoking, Exploring American History: 1550 to 1877 illumines all aspects of the colonial era and the first century of American independence and examines the forces, events, and personalities that made the United States what it is today.
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