A Note of Thanks
Note for the Revised Edition
Acknowledgments

Book One: The Settlement
1. Prelude c. 30,000 BC-C. AD 1600
2. The Roots of English Colonization
3. The Planting of Virginia 1607-76
4. The Planting of New England 1604-c.1675
5. Indians 1492-1920

Book Two: The Old Order and the American Revolution
6. Imperial Britain 1660-1763
7. Thirteen Colonies c. 1675-1763
8. The Waking of the Revolution 1759-66
9. The Road to Ruin 1766-75
10. The War of the Revolution 1775-83
11. The Peace and the Constitution 1783-9

Book Three: The Age of Equality
12. The Planting of the West
13. The Development of a Democracy 1789-1841
14. Slavery and its Consequences 1800-1861
15. The War About Slavery 1861-5
16. Reconstruction 1865-77

Book Four: The Age of Gold
17. The Billion-Dollar Country 1865-1900
18. Congressional Government and its Critics 1869-96
19. The Progressive Adventure 1897-1914
20. The Education of Woodrow Wilson 1914-21
21. Irresponsibility 1921-33

Book Five: The Superpower
22. The Era of Franklin Roosevelt 1933-8
23. The Reluctant Giant 1933-45
24. Cold War Abroad and at Home 1945-61
25. Unfinished Business 1954-68
26. The Crisis of the New Order 1963-74
27. A World Restored? 1977-89

A Note on Further Reading
Index