A History of the American People

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Harper Collins, 30 հնս, 2009 թ. - 1104 էջ

"As majestic in its scope as the country it celebrates. [Johnson's] theme is the men and women, prominent and unknown, whose energy, vision, courage and confidence shaped a great nation. It is a compelling antidote to those who regard the future with pessimism."— Henry A. Kissinger

Paul Johnson's prize-winning classic, A History of the American People, is an in-depth portrait of the American people covering every aspect of U.S. history—from politics to the arts.

"The creation of the United States of America is the greatest of all human adventures," begins Paul Johnson's remarkable work. "No other national story holds such tremendous lessons, for the American people themselves and for the rest of mankind."

In A History of the American People, historian Johnson presents an in-depth portrait of American history from the first colonial settlements to the Clinton administration. This is the story of the men and women who shaped and led the nation and the ordinary people who collectively created its unique character. Littered with letters, diaries, and recorded conversations, it details the origins of their struggles for independence and nationhood, their heroic efforts and sacrifices to deal with the 'organic sin’ of slavery and the preservation of the Union to its explosive economic growth and emergence as a world power. Johnson discusses contemporary topics such as the politics of racism, education, the power of the press, political correctness, the growth of litigation, and the influence of women throughout history.

Sometimes controversial and always provocative, A History of the American People is one author’s challenging and unique interpretation of American history. Johnson’s views of individuals, events, themes, and issues are original, critical, and in the end admiring, for he is, above all, a strong believer in the history and the destiny of the American people.

 

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Ralegh the ProtoAmerican and the Roanoke Disaster
11
The First Permanent Foothold
23
The Natural Inheritance of the Elect Nation
33
John Winthrop and His Little Speech on Liberty
41
The First Dissentient
47
The Catholics in Maryland
55
The Primitive Structure of Colonial America
63
The First Slave State
73
The Significance of the Frontier
523
Centrality of Railroads
533
Carnegie Steel and American Philanthropy
551
Trusts and AntiTrusts
561
Chicago and New York
569
The Urban Rich and Poor
577
Church Bierstadt and the Limitless Landscape
585
Bringing Luxury to the Masses
591

Cotton Mather and the End of the Puritan Utopia
81
Oglethorpe and Early Georgia
89
The Rise of Philadelphia
97
The Great Awakening and Its Political Impact
109
PART
119
Poor Quality of British Leadership
127
The Role of Benjamin Franklin
134
Thomas Jefferson and the Declaration of Independence
143
The Galvanizing Effect of Tom Paine
153
Washington the War and the Intervention of Europe
159
Americas First Civil War
171
The Constitutional Convention
177
The Ratification Debate
191
Citizenship the Suffrage and The Tyranny of the Majority
199
The Role of Religion in the Constitution
205
The Presidency Hamilton and Public Finance
211
Success of Washington and His Farewell Address
223
John Adams and the European War
230
Jeffersons Ambivalent Rule and Character
241
The Louisiana Purchase
251
Madisons Blunders and Their Punishment
257
Andrew Jackson the Deus Ex Machina
267
PART THREE
281
The Market in Cheap Land
291
Spread of the Religious Sects
297
Emergence of the South and King Cotton
307
The Missouri Compromise
317
The Advent of Jacksonian Democracy
329
The War against the Bank
353
Americas Agricultural Revolution
359
Revolution in Transportation and Communications
365
Polk and the Mexican War
372
De Tocqueville and the Emerging Supernation
389
The Ideology of the NorthSouth Battle
399
Longfellow Poe and Hawthornian Psychology
409
The Era of Pierce and Buchanan
424
Ultimate and Proximate Causes of the Civil
433
Centrality of Preserving the Union
443
Jefferson Davis and Why the South Fought
451
Why the South Was Virtually Bound to Lose
461
The Churches and the War
469
The War among the Generals
475
The Triumph and Tragedy of Lincoln
485
Andrew Johnson and the Two Reconstructions
499
PART FIVE
509
Indians and Settlers Cowboys and Desperados
515
The Rise of Labor and Muckraking
599
Populism Imperialism and the SpanishAmerican War
607
Theodore Roosevelt and His Golden Age
615
PART
625
Education and the Class System
631
Wilsons Legislative Triumph
637
The Disaster of Versailles and the League of Nations
648
Harding Normalcy and WitchHunting
655
Quotas and Internal Migration
661
Fundamentalism and Middle America
671
San Francisco Los Angeles and Californian Extremism
683
Cheap Electricity and Its Dramatic Impact
689
The Social and Moral Significance of Jazz
697
Race Prejudice Popular Entertainment and Downward Mobility
703
The Age of Coolidge and Government Minimalism
713
PART SEVEN
725
Why the Depression Was So Deep and LongLasting
735
Roosevelt and the Election of 1932
747
The Mythology of the New Deal
753
FDR Big Business and the Intellectuals
759
US Isolationism and Internationalism
769
Roosevelt the Nazis and Japan
777
FDR Stalin and Soviet Advances
789
Nuclear Weapons and the Defeat of Japan
799
The Truman Doctrine Marshall Aid and Nato
805
America and the Birth of Israel
819
Eisenhower McCarthyism and Pop Sociology
827
Piety on the Potomac
839
The Radical Shift in the Media
847
Election and the Myth of Camelot
853
The Bay of Pigs and the Missile Crisis
859
Lyndon Johnson and His Great Society
869
Getting into the Vietnam Quagmire
877
Nixon and His Silent Majority
887
Watergate and the Putsch against the Executive
897
Congressional Rule and Americas Nadir
905
Rearmament and the Collapse of Soviet Power
927
FindeSiècle America and Its Whims
940
Judicial Aggression and the Litigational Society
947
The Sinister Legacy of Myrdal
953
Language Abortion and Crime
959
Family Collapse and Religious Persecution
967
The Triumph of Women
973
Index
1059
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Paul Johnson is a historian whose work ranges over the millennia and the whole gamut of human activities. He regularly writes book reviews for several UK magazines and newspapers, such as the Literary Review and The Spectator, and he lectures around the world. He lives in London, England.

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