History of the United States
By Charles A. Beard, Mary R. Beard
Length21h 35m
About this audiobook
"History of the United States" is a monumental synthesis of American History subsequently produced by Charles A. Beard and his wife, Mary R. Beard. This book covers a period of more than 350 years, from the beginning of American Colonization to the establishment of The League of Nations in 1920. Charles Austin Beard (1874-1948) was, with Frederick Jackson Turner, one of the most influential American historians of the first half of the 20th century. For a while he was a history professor at Columbia University but his influence came from hundreds of monographs, textbooks and interpretive studies in both history and political science. His works included a radical re-evaluation of the founding fathers of the United States, who he believed were motivated more by economics than by philosophical principles. Mary Ritter Beard (1876-1958) was an American historian and archivist, who played an important role in the women's suffrage movement and was a lifelong advocate of social justice through educational and activist roles in both the labor and woman's rights movements. Contents: The Colonial Period The Great Migration to America The Development of Colonial Nationalism Conflict and Independence The New Course in British Imperial Policy The American Revolution Foundations of the Union and National Politics The Formation of the Constitution The Clash of Political Parties The Jeffersonian Republicans in Power The West and Jacksonian Democracy The Farmers Beyond the Appalachians The Middle Border and the Great West Sectional Conflict and Reconstruction The Civil War and Reconstruction National Growth and World Politics The Political and Economic Evolution of the South Business Enterprise and the Republican Party The Development of the Great West America a World Power(1865-1900) Progressive Democracy and the World War The Spirit of Reform in America The New Political Democracy Industrial Democracy
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GenreHistory, Literary Classics
Length21 hrs 35 mins
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FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 14, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1PREFACE
56The Industrial Revolution
2The Agencies of American Colonization
57The Industrial Revolution and National Politics
3The Colonial Peoples
58Slavery—North and South
4The Process of Colonization
59Slavery in National Politics
5The Land and the Westward Movement
60The Drift of Events toward the Irrepressible Conflict
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6Industrial and Commercial Development
61The Southern Confederacy
7The Leadership of the Churches
62The War Measures of the Federal Government
8Schools and Colleges
63The Results of the Civil War
9The Colonial Press
64Reconstruction in the South
10The Evolution in Political Institutions
65Summary of the Sectional Conflict
11Relations with the Indians and the French
66The South at the Close of the War
12The Effects of Warfare on the Colonies
67The Restoration of White Supremacy
13Colonial Relations with the British Government
68The Economic Advance of the South
14Summary of the Colonial Period
69Railways and Industry
15George III and His System
70The Supremacy of the Republican Party (1861-85)
16George III's Ministers and Their Colonial Policies
71The Growth of Opposition to Republican Rule
17Colonial Resistance Forces Repeal
72The Railways As Trail Blazers
18Resumption of British Revenue and Commercial Policies
73The Evolution of Grazing and Agriculture
19Renewed Resistance in America
74Mining and Manufacturing in the West
20Retaliation by the British Government
75The Admission of New States
21From Reform to Revolution in America
76The Influence of the Far West on National Life
22Resistance and Retaliation
77The Currency Question
23American Independence
78The Protective Tariff and Taxation
24The Establishment of Government and the New Allegiance
79The Railways and Trusts
25Military Affairs
80The Minor Parties and Unrest
26The Finances of the Revolution
81The Sound Money Battle of 1896
27The Diplomacy of the Revolution
82Republican Measures and Results
28Peace at Last
83American Foreign Relations (1865-98)
29Summary of the Revolutionary Period
84Cuba and the Spanish War
30The Promise and the Difficulties of America
85American Policies in the Philippines and the Orient
31The Calling of a Constitutional Convention
86Summary of National Growth and World Politics
32The Framing of the Constitution
87Foreign Affairs
33The Struggle over Ratification
88Colonial Administration
34The Men and Measures of the New Government
89The Roosevelt Domestic Policies
35The Rise of Political Parties
90Legislative and Executive Activities
36Foreign Influences and Domestic Politics
91The Administration of President Taft
37Republican Principles and Policies
92Progressive Insurgency and the Election of 1912
38The Republicans and the Great West
93An Age of Criticism
39The Republican War for Commercial Independence
94Political Reforms
40The Republicans Nationalized
95Measures of Economic Reform
41The National Decisions of Chief Justice Marshall
96The Rise of the Woman Movement
42Summary of the Union and National Politics
97The National Struggle for Woman Suffrage
43Preparation for Western Settlement
98Cooperation between Employers and Employees
44The Western Migration and New States
99The Rise and Growth of Organized Labor
45The Spirit of the Frontier
100The Wider Relations of Organized Labor
46The West and the East Meet
101Immigration and Americanization
47The Democratic Movement in the East
102Domestic Legislation
48The New Democracy Enters the Arena
103Colonial and Foreign Policies
49The New Democracy at Washington
104The United States and the European War
50The Rise of the Whigs
105The United States at War
51The Interaction of American and European Opinion
106The Settlement at Paris
52The Advance of the Middle Border
107Summary of Democracy and the World War
53On to the Pacific—Texas and the Mexican War
108APPENDIX CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES
54The Pacific Coast and Utah
109APPENDIXTABLE OF PRESIDENTS
55Summary of Western Development and National Politics
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