《美國歷史(出國留學英文版)》是一本2015年上海交通大學出版社出版的圖書,作者是查爾斯·A·比爾德、瑪麗·R·比爾德。
基本介紹
- 中文名:美國歷史(出國留學英文版)
- 作者:查爾斯·A·比爾德、瑪麗·R·比爾德
- 出版社:上海交通大學出版社
- 出版時間:2015年12月1日
- 頁數:368 頁
- 開本:16 開
- 裝幀:平裝
- ISBN:9787313129185
內容簡介,圖書目錄,
內容簡介
《美國歷史(出國留學英文版)》由美國著名歷史學家查爾斯·A·比爾德和其夫人共同編寫。作者在書中以敏銳的視角,深入淺出地介紹了美國從殖民地時期到世界大戰期間所發生的重大事件,以及在此期間美國文明的發展。全書按不同歷史時期,分列知識點,非常方便讀者理解和記憶。書中的插圖有助於讀者更直觀地理解不同地域和各個時期人物及事件。
通過閱讀本書,相信讀者能掌握美國歷史發展的脈絡,對美國歷史有全景式的認知,從而更好地了解美國社會和美國文化。
圖書目錄
《美國歷史》由美國著名歷史學家查爾斯·A·比爾德和其夫人共同編寫。
PART I.
THE COLONIAL PERIOD
CHAPTER 1 THE GREAT MIGRATION TO AMERICA……………………………… 1
The Agencies of American Colonization…………………………………………… 1
The Colonial Peoples… …………………………………………………………… 4
The Process of Colonization… …………………………………………………… 8
CHAPTER 2 COLONIAL AGRICULTURE, INDUSTRY, AND COMMERCE … …… 12
The Land and the Westward Movement… ………………………………………… 12
Industrial and Commercial Development… ……………………………………… 16
CHAPTER 3 SOCIAL AND POLITICAL PROGRESS………………………………… 22
The Leadership of the Churches…………………………………………………… 22
Schools and Colleges… …………………………………………………………… 25
The Colonial Press… ……………………………………………………………… 27
The Evolution in Political Institutions……………………………………………… 28
CHAPTER 4 THE DEVELOPMENT OF COLONIAL NATIONALISM… …………… 32
Relations with the Indians and the French… ……………………………………… 32
The Effects of Warfare on the Colonies… ………………………………………… 35
Colonial Relations with the British Government…………………………………… 37
Summary of the Colonial Period… ………………………………………………… 41
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PART II.
CONFLICT AND INDEPENDENCE
CHAPTER 5 THE NEW COURSE IN BRITISH IMPERIAL POLICY………………… 44
George III and His System… ……………………………………………………… 44
George III's Ministers and Their Colonial Policies… ……………………………… 45
Colonial Resistance Forces Repeal………………………………………………… 48
Resumption of British Revenue and Commercial Policies… ……………………… 50
Renewed Resistance in America…………………………………………………… 52
Retaliation by the British Government… ………………………………………… 53
From Reform to Revolution in America… ………………………………………… 55
CHAPTER 6 THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION ……………………………………… 57
Resistance and Retaliation………………………………………………………… 57
American Independence…………………………………………………………… 58
The Establishment of Government and the New Allegiance… …………………… 61
Military Affairs… ………………………………………………………………… 66
The Finances of the Revolution… ………………………………………………… 72
The Diplomacy of the Revolution… ……………………………………………… 74
Peace at Last… …………………………………………………………………… 76
Summary of the Revolutionary Period……………………………………………… 78
PART III.
FOUNDATIONS OF THE UNION AND NATIONAL POLITICS
CHAPTER 7 THE FORMATION OF THE CONSTITUTION … ……………………… 81
The Promise and the Difficulties of America… …………………………………… 81
The Calling of a Constitutional Convention………………………………………… 84
The Framing of the Constitution…………………………………………………… 85
The Struggle over Ratification……………………………………………………… 92
CHAPTER 8 THE CLASH OF POLITICAL PARTIES………………………………… 94
The Men and Measures of the New Government…………………………………… 94
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The Rise of Political Parties… …………………………………………………… 97
Foreign Influences and Domestic Politics… ……………………………………… 99
CHAPTER 9 THE JEFFERSONIAN REPUBLICANS IN POWER…………………… 108
Republican Principles and Policies… …………………………………………… 108
The Republicans and the Great West……………………………………………… 109
The Republican War for Commercial Independence… …………………………… 113
The Republicans Nationalized… ………………………………………………… 118
The National Decisions of Chief Justice Marshall… ……………………………… 121
Summary of the Union and National Politics… …………………………………… 124
PART IV.
THE WEST AND JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY
CHAPTER 10 THE FARMERS BEYOND THE APPALACHIANS…………………… 126
Preparation for Western Settlement………………………………………………… 126
The Western Migration and New States… ………………………………………… 129
The Spirit of the Frontier…………………………………………………………… 133
The West and the East Meet… …………………………………………………… 135
CHAPTER 11 JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY… ……………………………………… 138
The Democratic Movement in the East… ………………………………………… 138
The New Democracy Enters the Arena… ………………………………………… 141
The New Democracy at Washington… …………………………………………… 145
The Rise of the Whigs……………………………………………………………… 151
The Interaction of American and European Opinion… …………………………… 154
CHAPTER 12 THE MIDDLE BORDER AND THE GREAT WEST… ……………… 157
The Advance of the Middle Border………………………………………………… 157
On to the Pacific—Texas and the Mexican War…………………………………… 160
The Pacific Coast and Utah………………………………………………………… 164
Summary of Western Development and National Politics… ……………………… 169
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PART V.
SECTIONAL CONFLICT AND RECONSTRUCTION
CHAPTER 13 THE RISE OF THE INDUSTRIAL SYSTEM… ……………………… 171
The Industrial Revolution… ……………………………………………………… 171
The Industrial Revolution and National Politics…………………………………… 178
CHAPTER 14 THE PLANTING SYSTEM AND NATIONAL POLITICS……………… 183
Slavery—North and South… ……………………………………………………… 183
Slavery in National Politics………………………………………………………… 187
The Drift of Events toward the Irrepressible Conflict… …………………………… 191
CHAPTER 15 THE CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION… ……………………… 198
The Southern Confederacy… ……………………………………………………… 198
The War Measures of the Federal Government… ………………………………… 202
The Results of the Civil War… …………………………………………………… 210
Reconstruction in the South… …………………………………………………… 213
Summary of the Sectional Conflict… ……………………………………………… 216
PART VI.
NATIONAL GROWTH AND WORLD POLITICS
CHAPTER 16 THE POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC EVOLUTION OF THE SOUTH… 218
The South at the Close of the War… ……………………………………………… 218
The Restoration of White Supremacy… …………………………………………… 220
The Economic Advance of the South… …………………………………………… 224
CHAPTER 17 BUSINESS ENTERPRISE AND THE REPUBLICAN PARTY………… 230
Railways and Industry……………………………………………………………… 230
The Supremacy of the Republican Party (1861-85)… …………………………… 236
The Growth of Opposition to Republican Rule… ………………………………… 239
CHAPTER 18 THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE GREAT WEST… …………………… 243
The Railways As Trail Blazers… ………………………………………………… 243
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The Evolution of Grazing and Agriculture… ……………………………………… 246
Mining and Manufacturing in the West… ………………………………………… 249
The Admission of New States… …………………………………………………… 251
The Influence of the Far West on National Life… ………………………………… 255
CHAPTER 19 DOMESTIC ISSUES BEFORE THE COUNTRY (1865-1897)………… 259
The Currency Question… ………………………………………………………… 259
The Protective Tariff and Taxation… ……………………………………………… 263
The Railways and Trusts…………………………………………………………… 264
The Minor Parties and Unrest……………………………………………………… 265
The Sound Money Battle of 1896… ……………………………………………… 267
Republican Measures and Results… ……………………………………………… 271
CHAPTER 20 AMERICA A WORLD POWER (1865-1900)… ……………………… 273
American Foreign Relations (1865-98)… ………………………………………… 273
Cuba and the Spanish War………………………………………………………… 278
American Policies in the Philippines and the Orient… …………………………… 285
Summary of National Growth and World Politics………………………………… 289
PART VII.
PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRACY AND THE WORLD WAR
CHAPTER 21 THE EVOLUTION OF REPUBLICAN POLICIES (1901-13)… ……… 291
Foreign Affairs… ………………………………………………………………… 292
Colonial Administration… ………………………………………………………… 295
The Roosevelt Domestic Policies… ……………………………………………… 297
Legislative and Executive Activities… …………………………………………… 299
The Administration of President Taft… …………………………………………… 302
Progressive Insurgency and the Election of 1912… ……………………………… 304
CHAPTER 22 THE SPIRIT OF REFORM IN AMERICA … ………………………… 307
An Age of Criticism……………………………………………………………… 307
Political Reforms… ……………………………………………………………… 308
Measures of Economic Reform… ………………………………………………… 313
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CHAPTER 23 THE NEW POLITICAL DEMOCRACY… …………………………… 317
The Rise of the Woman Movement………………………………………………… 318
The National Struggle for Woman Suffrage………………………………………… 321
CHAPTER 24 INDUSTRIAL DEMOCRACY… ……………………………………… 326
Cooperation between Employers and Employees…………………………………… 327
The Rise and Growth of Organized Labor… ……………………………………… 328
The Wider Relations of Organized Labor… ……………………………………… 330
Immigration and Americanization… ……………………………………………… 333
CHAPTER 25 PRESIDENT WILSON AND THE WORLD WAR… ………………… 336
Domestic Legislation… …………………………………………………………… 336
Colonial and Foreign Policies……………………………………………………… 338
The United States and the European War… ……………………………………… 341
The United States at War… ……………………………………………………… 345
The Settlement at Paris… ………………………………………………………… 350
Summary of Democracy and the World War… …………………………………… 354