"American Odyssey: The United States in the Twentieth Century and Beyond" is a history of the United States in the twentieth century, featuring sociological and cultural events, as well as strictly historical, and using many pertinent literary excerpts.
Focused on the social history of the United States, this textbook covers relationships, interprets evidence, connects the present to the past, and helps students do all those things.
Reading age for native speakers: High School students
CONTENTS
Unit 1: A Nation of Nations, 40,000 B.C.–A.D.
Chapter 1: A Geographic Perspective on History
- 1 The Five Themes of Geography
- 2 The Themes as Guides to History
Chapter 2: Encounters and Colonies
- 1 The Earliest Americans
- 2 Three Worlds Meet
- 3 Building Colonial America
- 4 Conflict and Growth in the Colonies
Chapter 3: The American Revolution
- 1 Toward Revolution
- 2 War for Independence
- 3 Creating a New America
Chapter 4: A New Nation
- 1 From Federation to Constitution
- 2 Debate and Ratification
- 3 Launching the New Government
Unit 2: Rift and Reunion, 1800–1900
Chapter 5: The Expanding Nation
- 1 Territorial Expansion
- 2 The Economy Grows
- 3 A Changing People
Chapter 6: Civil War and Reconstruction
- 1 Slavery and Politics
- 2 The Civil War
- 3 Reconstruction
Chapter 7: New Frontiers
- 1 Moving West
- 2 Rise of Industrialism
- 3 Populism and Protest
- 4 Reaching for Empire
Unit 3: The Roots of a Modern Nation, 1880–1920
Chapter 8: Progressive Reforms
- 1 Facing a New Order
- 2 A Generation of Reformers
- 3 Progressive Agendas
Chapter 9: Progressivism Takes Hold
- 1 Theodore Roosevelt and the Modern Presidency
- 2 Woodrow Wilson and the New Freedom
- 3 Limits to Progressivism
Chapter 10: Expansionism and World War I
- 1 Becoming a World Power
- 2 Watching Europe’s War
- 3 World War I: There and Here
- 4 Reshaping the World
Unit 4: The New Era of the Twenties, 1920–1929
Chapter 11: Getting on With Business
- 1 Postwar Turmoil
- 2 The Republican Influence
- 3 Prosperity and American Business
- 4 The Changing Nature of Work
Chapter 12: A Prospering Society
- 1 Growth of the Middle Class
- 2 The Jazz Age
- 3 Cultural Conflicts
Unit 5: Economic Crisis and the New Deal, 1929–1939
Chapter 13: The Great Depression
- 1 The Crash and Its Aftermath
- 2 The Dream on Hold
- 3 Life During the Depression
Chapter 14: The New Deal
- 1 FDR and the First New Deal
- 2 Criticism and Reformulation
- 3 The Impact of the New Deal
Unit 6: The United States Transformed, 1933–1945
Chapter 15: World War II
- 1 The Road to War
- 2 The War Begins
- 3 The United States at War
Chapter 16: The Home Front
- 1 Mobilizing the Home Front
- 2 The War and Social Change
- 3 The War and Civil Rights
Unit 7: The Postwar World, 1945–1963
Chapter 17: The Uneasy Peace
- 1 The Cold War Begins
- 2 The Cold War Deepens
- 3 Cold War in the Atomic Age
- 4 A New Battleground
Chapter 18: The Postwar Era
- 1 Postwar Economy Booms
- 2 Suburban Lifestyles
- 3 Poverty and Plenty
Chapter 19: Cold War Politics
- 1 Retreat From the New Deal
- 2 The Cold War at Home
- 3 The Eisenhower Years
Unit 8: Toward Equality and Social Reform, 1954–1976
Chapter 20: The Civil Rights Struggle
- 1 Challenging Segregation
- 2 Freedom Now
- 3 Government Response
- 4 Disappointed Hopes
Chapter 21: The Kennedy and Johnson Years
- 1 New Frontier and Great Society
- 2 The Supreme Court and Civil Liberties
Chapter 22: Voices of Protest
- 1 The Revival of Feminism
- 2 Hispanic Americans Organize
- 3 Land Claims of Native Americans
- 4 The Counterculture
Unit 9: The Troubled Years, 1960–1980
Chapter 23: The Vietnam War
- 1 War in Southeast Asia
- 2 1968: A Year of Crises
- 3 The War at Home
- 4 Ending the War
Chapter 24: From Nixon to Carter
- 1 A New Majority
- 2 Nixon Foreign Policy
- 3 The Watergate Crisis
- 4 Ford and Carter
Unit 10: New Challenges, 1980–Present
Chapter 25: The Reagan and Bush Years
- 1 The Reagan Revolution
- 2 The Collapse of Communism
- 3 The Bush Presidency
Chapter 26: A Changing Nation in a Changing World
- 1 The Clinton Agenda
- 2 In Search of Balance
- 3 Into a New Century
- Special Report: The War on Terrorism
APPENDIX
Atlas
United States Databank
United States Presidents
Honoring America
Primary Sources Library
Glossary
Spanish Glossary
Index
Credits
Bilingualism: introduces students to key issues and themes that include bilingual development and education; and the integration of social and cognitive perspectives uses tasks and examples to equip the reader with the necessary skills and insights to assess and interpret research drawn from bilingual populations incorporates case studies drawn from a range of countries such as the United States, South Africa, the Netherlands, Morocco and the People's Republic of China gathers together influential readings from key names in the discipline, including: Fred Genesee, Richard Bourhis, Elizabeth Peal, Wallace Lambert, Merrill Swain , Jim Cummins, and Ellen Bialystok.
