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《美国历史（出国留学英文版）》由美国著名历史学家查尔斯·A·比尔德和其夫人共同编写。作者在书中以敏锐的视角，深入浅出地介绍了美国从殖民地时期到世界大战期间所发生的重大事件，以及在此期间美国文明的发展。全书按不同历史时期，分列知识点，非常方便读者理解和记忆。书中的插图有助于读者更直观地理解不同地域和各个时期人物及事件。

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《美国历史》由美国著名历史学家查尔斯·A·比尔德和其夫人共同编写。

PART I.

THE COLONIAL PERIOD

CHAPTER 1THE GREAT MIGRATION TO AMERICA……………………………… 1

The Agencies of American Colonization…………………………………………… 1

The Colonial Peoples… …………………………………………………………… 4

The Process of Colonization… …………………………………………………… 8

CHAPTER 2COLONIAL AGRICULTURE, INDUSTRY, AND COMMERCE … …… 12

The Land and the Westward Movement… ………………………………………… 12

Industrial and Commercial Development… ……………………………………… 16

CHAPTER 3SOCIAL 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 4THE 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 5THE 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 6THE 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 7THE 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 8THE 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 9THE 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 10THE 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 11JACKSONIAN 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 12THE 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 13THE RISE OF THE INDUSTRIAL SYSTEM… ……………………… 171

The Industrial Revolution… ……………………………………………………… 171

The Industrial Revolution and National Politics…………………………………… 178

CHAPTER 14THE 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 15THE 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 16THE 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 17BUSINESS 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 18THE 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 19DOMESTIC 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 20AMERICA 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 21THE 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 22THE SPIRIT OF REFORM IN AMERICA … ………………………… 307

An Age of Criticism……………………………………………………………… 307

Political Reforms… ……………………………………………………………… 308

Measures of Economic Reform… ………………………………………………… 313

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CHAPTER 23THE NEW POLITICAL DEMOCRACY… …………………………… 317

The Rise of the Woman Movement………………………………………………… 318

The National Struggle for Woman Suffrage………………………………………… 321

CHAPTER 24INDUSTRIAL 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 25PRESIDENT 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