CHAPTEROne Out of the Past 2
Learning Objectives 2
1.1 The Birth of a New Nation 3
1.2 The Growth of the New Republic 8
1.3 The Civil War and the Reconstruction 16
1.4 Growth and Transformation 22
1.5 The Progressive Thrust 28
1.6 War，Prosperity，and Depression 33
1.7 World War II and Its Impact 39
1.8 Decades of Change：1960—1980 45
1.9 America at the Turn of the Century 51
Summary 58
Essay Questions 58
CHAPTERTwo The American Identity 62
Learning Objectives 62
2.1 The Anglo-Saxons 62
2.2 White Ethnic Americans 64
2.3 African Americans 66
2.4 Latinos/Hispanics 68
2.5 Asian Americans 70
2.6 Native Americans 72
Summary 74
Essay Questions 75
CHAPTERThree Religion in America 78
Learning Objectives 78
3.1 Religion in America：A Brief History 78
3.2 “In God We Trust” 80
3.3 Church，State and Politics 82
3.4 Popular Religion 85
3.5 Civil Religion and Beyond 86
Summary 88
Essay Questions 89
CHAPTERFour American Beliefs 92
Learning Objectives 92
4.1 Primary Beliefs of American Culture 92
4.2 Immigrant Beliefs 94
4.3 Frontier Beliefs 95
4.4 Religious and Moral Beliefs 97
4.5 Social Beliefs 100
4.6 Political Beliefs 102
4.7 Beliefs on Human Nature 105
Summary 107
Essay Questions 108
CHAPTERFive American Values and Assumptions 110
Learning Objectives 110
5.1 Individualism and Privacy 111
5.2 Equality 112
5.3 Informality 114
5.4 Achievement，Action，Work，and Materialism 115
5.5 Directness and Assertiveness 117
5.6 Cooperation and“Fair Play” 119
Summary 120
Essay Questions 121
CHAPTERSix Cultural Regions in America 124
Learning Objectives 124
6.1 New England 124
6.2 The South 126
6.3 The Midland 129
6.4 The Midwest 131
6.5 The Far West 133
Summary 136
Essay Questions 137
CHAPTERSeven Education in America 140
Learning Objectives 140
7.1 Initial Efforts in Promoting Education 140
7.2 Education as Philanthropy 143
7.3 The Birth of Public Schools 144
7.4 The Emergence of the Academies 146
7.5 Colleges：Private and Public 148
7.6 The Arrival of the University 150
7.7 Progressivism in Education 152
Summary 154
Essay Questions 155
CHAPTEREight The American Family 158
Learning Objectives 158
8.1 European Origins of the American Family 159
8.2 Separate Spheres and the Birth of the Modern American Family 160
8.3 Private Lives and Paradoxes of Perfection 163
8.4 The Contemporary American Family 165
8.5 Upper，Middle，and Working-Class Families 168
Summary 171
Essay Questions 172
CHAPTERNine Mass Media 174
Learning Objectives 174
9.1 Books 174
9.2 Newspapers 177
9.3 Magazines 179
9.4 Films 182
9.5 Radio and Sound Recording 185
9.6 Television 189
9.7 The Internet and the World Wide Web 192
Summary 195
Essay Questions 196
CHAPTERTen Popular Culture 200
Learning Objectives 200
10.1 Comic Art 200
10.2 Advertising 204
10.3 Automobile Culture 207
10.4 Dance 210
10.5 Music 213
10.6 Sports 216
Summary 219
Essay Questions 220
CHAPTEREleven Capitalist Economy and Business Civilization Learning Objectives 224
11.1 American Capitalism 225
11.2 The Cult of the Businessman 228
11.3 The Corporate Empire 231
11.4 Business and Its Satellites 234
11.5 Capital and Labor 238
Summary 241
Essay Questions 242
CHAPTERTwelve Social Services 246
Learning Objectives 246
12.1 American Values in Social Welfare 247
12.2 Social Services：A Brief History 250
12.3 Public Social Services 252
12.4 Health Care Services 255
12.5 Housing 258
Summary 260
Essay Questions 261
CHAPTERThirteen Law and Legal System 264
Learning Objectives 264
13.1 The Sources of the Law 265
13.2 The Federal Judicial System 267
13.3 The State Judicial System 269
13.4 The Criminal Court Process 271
13.5 The Civil Court Process 275
Summary 279
Essay Questions 279
CHAPTERFourteen American Women 282
Learning Objectives 282
14.1 Founding Mothers 282
14.2 Women in the New Republic 285
14.3 Women’s Rights Movement 287
14.4 The Cult of Domesticity and New Women 289
14.5 Housewifery and Domesticity 291
14.6 A New Wave of Feminism 293
14.7 Gains and Uncertainties 296
Summary 298
Essay Questions 299
CHAPTERFifteen Who Is an American？ 302
Learning Objectives 302
15.1 The Puritan Thesis 303
15.2 The Frontier Thesis 305
15.3 The Melting-Pot Thesis 307
15.4 The Salad Bowl Thesis 310
15.5 Multiculturalism 313
Summary 315
Essay Questions 316
Bibliography 317