A Note of Thanks vii
Note for the Revised Edition viii
Acknowledgements ix
BOOK ONE: The Settlement
Prelude c. 30,000 BC-c.AD 1600 3 (7)
The Roots of English Colonization 10 (9)
The Planting of Virginia 1607-76 19 (11)
The Planting of New England 1604-c. 1675 30 (21)
Indians 1492-1920 51 (22)
BOOK TWO: The Old Order and the American
Revolution
Imperial Britain 1660-1763 73 (14)
Thirteen Colonies c. 1675-1763 87 (23)
The Waking of the Revolution 1759-66 110 (25)
The Road to Ruin 1766-75 135 (32)
The War of the Revolution 1775-83 167 (19)
The Peace and the Constitution 1783-9 186 (33)
BOOK THREE: The Age of Equality
The Planting of the West ... 219 (30)
The Development of a Democracy 1789-1841 249 (31)
Slavery and its Consequences 1800-1861 280 (35)
The War About Slavery 1861-5 315 (31)
Reconstruction 1865-77 346 (31)
BOOK FOUR: The Age of Gold
The Billion-Dollar Country 1865-1900 377 (30)
Congressional Government and its Critics 407 (28)
1869-96
The Progressive Adventure 1897-1914 435 (32)
The Education of Woodrow Wilson 1914-21 467 (23)
Irresponsibility 1921-33 490 (31)
BOOK FIVE: The Superpower
The Era of Franklin Roosevelt 1933-8 521 (30)
The Reluctant Giant 1933-45 551 (33)
Cold War Abroad and at Home 1945-61 584 (31)
Unfinished Business 1954-68 615 (30)
The Crisis of the New Order 1963-74 645 (24)
A World Restored? 1977-89 669 (26)
A Note on Further Reading 695 (7)
Index 702