"Overture books."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Ch. 15. Reconstruction and the New South -- Ch. 16. The Conquest of the Far West -- Ch. 17. Industrial Supremacy -- Ch. 18. The Age of the City -- Ch. 19. From Stalemate to Crisis -- Ch. 20. The Imperial Republic -- Ch. 21. The Rise of Progressivism -- Ch. 22. The Battle for National Reform -- Ch. 23. America and the Great War -- Ch. 24. The New Era -- Ch. 25. The Great Depression -- Ch. 26. The New Deal -- Ch. 27. The Global Crisis, 1921-1941 -- Ch. 28. America in a World at War -- Ch. 29. America and the Cold War -- Ch. 30. The Affluent Society -- Ch. 31. The Ordeal of Liberalism -- Ch. 32. The Crisis of Authority -- Ch. 33. The Age of Limits -- Ch. 34. Beyond the Cold War -- The United States in 1996 -- United States Territorial Expansion, 1783-1898 -- App. Documents and Tables -- App. The Declaration of Independence -- App. The Constitution of the United States -- App. Presidential Elections -- App. Population of the United States, 1790-1994 -- App. Employment 1870-1994 -- App. Production, Trade, and Federal Spending/Debt, 1790-1994.