Building a Democratic Nation: A History of the United States 1877 to Present, Volume 2
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Copyright: 2017
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In a strong narrative voice, Building a Democratic Nation: A History of the United States 1877 to Present, Volume 2 tells stories of culture wars, nation building, freedom struggles, economic transformations, racial and ethnic pride, idealistic aspiration, human and environmental degradation, and technological advancement - just some of the many facets of American history.
The dramatic narrative that unfolds in Building a Democratic Nation comes from two historian and teachers speaking to students with a unified engaging voice, unlike most college history books.
PREFACE
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
The Global Perspective: Industry, Nationalism, and Liberalism: 1877-1919
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: INDUSTRIAL TRANSFORMATIONS, 1870-1900
Timeline
A Personal Perspective: William Dean Howells Visits the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition
The Triumph of American Industry
The Local Perspective: Michigan
Labor Unrest
The New South
The Industrialized West
Conclusion
Suggested Sources for Students
Before We Go On
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: LIFE IN TURN-OF-THE-CENTURY AMERICA, 1875-1915
Timeline
A Personal Perspective: Lee Chew: A Chinese Laundryman
The United States and Global Migration
Living in Industrial Cities
Living in Victorian America
The Local Perspective: Focus on Oklahoma
Currents of Reform
Conclusion
Suggested Sources for Students
Before We Go On
CHAPTER NINETEEN: POLITICAL RESPONSES TO A CHANGING WORLD, 1880-1900
Timeline
A Personal Perspective: Grover Cleveland, the “Honest” Politician
Partisan Politics
Agrarian Discontent
The Local Perspective: Focus on Alaska
Conclusion
Suggested Sources for Students
Before We Go On
CHAPTER TWENTY: BECOMING A WORLD POWER, 1890-1908
Timeline
A Personal Perspective: Queen Liliuokalani
The Road to Empire
The Spanish-American War
The Local Perspective: Focus on Massachusetts
Governing the Empire
Carrying a Big Stick
Conclusion
Suggested Sources for Students
Before We Go On
The Global Perspective: The Age of Anxiety, 1900-1939
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE: THE SPIRIT OF PROGRESS, 1900-1914
Timeline
A Personal Perspective: From Some Arizona Orphans
The Spirit of Progressivism
Urban Reform
Progressive Country Life
The Local Perspective: Focus on the Southwest
Progressivism and Race
Progressivism Captures the Nation
Conclusion
Suggested Sources for Students
Before We Go On
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO: AMERICA AS A WORLD POWER, 1909-1920
Timeline
A Personal Perspective: Sergeant Alvin C. York
American Interventionism
America and the Great War
The Local Perspective: Focus on America's Heartland
“Over Here”: The War at Home
“Over There”: The Glorious Adventure in Europe
The Diplomatic Front
Conclusion
Suggested Sources for Students
Before We Go On
CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE: THE 1920S: AMERICANS SEARCH FOR THEMSELVES
Timeline
A Personal Perspective: Sacco and Vanzetti
A Nation at Peace
Redefining Foreign Relations
The Local Perspective: Focus on Florida
Town and Country: Conflicting Values
Boosting American Business
The Politics of Prosperity
Conclusion
Suggested Sources for Students
Before We Go On
CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR: DEPRESSION AND A NEW DEAL, 1928-1939
Timeline
A Personal Perspective: Thomas B. Campbell
The Great Depression
The 1932 Election
A Hundred Crowded Days
Redesigning the New Deal
FDR’s Unsteady Hand
The Local Perspective: Focus on Idaho
Grading the New Deal
Conclusion
Suggested Sources for Students
Before We Go On
The Global Perspective: Toward a New World Order, 1919-1968
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE: FIGHTING FOR DEMOCRACY: WORLD WAR II, 1919-1945
Timeline
A Personal Perspective: Edith Warner
Retreat into Isolation
The Path to War
America Enters the War
Managing the War
Living with War
Fighting for Victory in Europe
The Local Perspective: Focus on Bedford, Virginia
Victory in the Pacific
Conclusion
Suggested Sources for Students
Before We Go On
CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX: DEMOCRACY DURING THE COLD WAR, 1945-1952
Timeline
A Personal Perspective: Paul Robeson
Adjusting to Peace
The Local Perspective: Focus on the Ozarks
The Cold War
Global Realignment
A New Political Era
Conclusion
Suggested Sources for Students
Before We Go On
CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN: SEARCHING FOR AFFLUENCE AND DEMOCRACY, 1953-1960
Timeline
A Personal Perspective: Elvis Presley and Sam Phillips
The Culture of Affluence
The Local Perspective: Focus on the “Rust Belt”
Demanding Civil Rights
Cold War Tensions
Conclusion
Suggested Sources for Students
Before We Go On
CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT: A TIME OF UPHEAVAL, 1961-1968
Timeline
A Personal Perspective: Lt. Philip Caputo
The Kennedy Years
The Local Perspective: Appalachia
Pursuing the Great Society
A Polarized Society
Conclusion
Suggested Sources for Students
Before We Go On
The Global Perspective: Globalization into the New Millennium
CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE: REACHING LIMITS, 1969-1980
Timeline
A Personal Perspective: Daniel Patrick Moynihan
The "New Age”
Redirecting the Country
Striving for a Stable World Order
Different Tactics in the Vietnam War
Triumph and Fall
Modern Realities
The Local Perspective: Focus on the Sunbelt
Crisis in Leadership
Conservative Triumph
Conclusion
Suggested Sources for Students
Before We Go On
CHAPTER THIRTY: THE CONSERVATIVES TRIUMPH, 1981-1988
Timeline
A Personal Perspective: Ivan Boesky
The Reagan Presidency
The Local Perspective: Focus on Western Colorado
Reagan's Foreign Policies
Conservative Paradox
Conclusion
Suggested Sources for Students
Before We Go On
CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE: PARADOX OF PROSPERITY: INEQUALITY IN AMERICA, 1988-2000
Timeline
A Personal Perspective: O. J. Simpson
The Bush Years: Guarding the Revolution
A New World Order
Democratic Recovery
A New Global Politics: Clinton's Foreign Policy
The 1990s: The Best of Times?
The Local Perspective: Focus on the Silicon Valley
Drawing to the End of the Millennium
Conclusion
Suggested Sources for Students
Before We Go On
CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO: INTO THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY
Timeline
A Personal Perspective: Terrorists and Heroes One Sunny September Morning
Uniting a Divided Country
America Under Attack
The Local Perspective: Focus on the Heartland
Two Americas?
Dreams and Nightmares
At the Crossroads Conclusion
Suggested Sources for Students
Before We Go On
APPENDICES
INDEX
Dr. Tijerina has received state and national book prizes for his books Tejanos and Texas Under the Mexican Flag and his other major book Tejano Empire: Life on the South Texas Ranchos. His most widely read work is the publication of his Vietnam War combat memoirs in the Time-Life Books series The Vietnam Experience. As a pilot in the Air Force, Dr. Tijerina flew over 100 combat missions in Vietnam, receiving the Air Medal and the Distinguished Flying Cross, and he retired as a Major of the U.S. Air Force Reserve and Liaison Officer for the U.S. Air Force Academy. He is co-editor of the online Handbook of Tejano History.
He has received Teaching Excellence Awards and received the 2012 Equity Award from the American Historical Association. He was appointed by the governor to the Historical Representation Advisory Committee and to the Review Board for the Texas Historical Commission. Dr. Tijerina is the General Series Editor for Texas A&M University Press, a past-Committee Chairman of the O.A.H., and a Fellow of the Texas State Historical Association. He is President of the Texas Institute of Letters and a Director of the Board which erected the Tejano Monument at the state capitol in 2012. He was the founding chairman of the first Texas Hispanic Genealogy Conference held in Austin, Texas in 1979, and has served as the History Expert Witness for numerous landmark cases before federal courts and the U.S. Supreme Court.
It’s been a few years since I’ve taught the US History course. The instructor resources provided with Building a Democratic Nation have been a lifesaver for me as I transition to the publication.
Ignacio M. Garcia
Lemuel Hardison Redd, Jr. Professor of Western & Latino History
Brigham Young University