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Discovery and settlement pp.1-38 - Colonial ways of life pp.39-72 - The imperial perspective pp.73-93 - From empire to independence pp.94-121 - The American Revolution pp.122-151 - Shaping a Federal Union pp.152-174 - The Federalists: Washington and Adams pp.176-203 - Republicanism: Jefferson and Madison pp.204-230 - Nationalism and sectionalism pp.231-252 - The Jacksonian Impulse pp.253-278 - The Dynamics of Growth pp.279-301 - Manifest destiny pp.331-352 - The old South: An American tragedy pp.353-373 - The crisis of union pp.374-406 - The War of the Union pp.407-439 - Progressivism: Roosevelt, Taft, and Wilson pp.597-624 - Wilson and the Great War pp.625-655 - Republican resurgence and decline pp.679-704 - Franklin D. Roosevelt and the new Deal pp.705-734 - The workd at war pp.759-788 - Conflict and deadlock: The Eisenhower years pp.835-862 - New frontiers: Kennedy and Johnson pp.863-892 - Retrenchment: Ford to Reagan pp.921-951 - APPENDIX: The Declaration of Independence - The Constitution of the United States - Presidents, Vice-Presidents, and secretaries of state - Chronology of events. Maps. Index.