America in World History

Edited by Susan Crean

Includes: Topic Finder, A-Z entries, special features, photos, maps, primary documents, chronology, glossary, bibliography

Reviews:

“The authors present a sweeping chronological account of U.S. history. ... The unbiased writing is engaging and to the point, and the three- to six-page chapters are logically organized. The appealing, accessible format and the in-depth treatment of American history make this a good choice for school and public libraries.” School Library Journal

“This timely, nonacademic encyclopedia of U.S. history—the first of its kind in a decade—is highly recommended for school and public libraries, since it will be of greatest use to students at the high-school level.” Library Journal (starred review)

“Students, teachers, and self-directed learners are continually researching the global cause and effect of topics. America in World History provides this perspective in a concise, well-written format that is easy to understand and attractive. Highly recommended for high-school and public libraries. College libraries will find it valuable as well.” Booklist

Description: America has played a significant role in world affairs from first contact between Europeans and Native Americans into the twenty-first century. America in World History explores the core historical events, trends, and personalities from U.S. history within the context of global history and international relations.

Organized in four chronological sections, the work recounts and analyzes key episodes in American history from a global perspective. Each article includes sidebars and special features that examine specific nuances of the event and offer primary source material for further analysis.

Contents

Introduction: America in World History

America as World Frontier: First Encounters to 1776

Three Worlds Collide: Europe, Africa, and the Americas, 1420s—1625
Sidebar: The Ravages of Disease
Sidebar: Beginnings of the Transatlantic Slave Trade
Early Native American Societies
Sidebar: Caribbean Societies
Sidebar: The First Encounter
Spanish Colonization
Sidebar: Treaty of Tordesillas (1494)
Sidebar: The Spanish Armada and Roanoke
French Colonization and the Fur Trade
Sidebar: The Growing Demand for Fur
Sidebar: Indian Alliances and Armed Conflict in New France
Jamestown and Tobacco
Sidebar: James I on the Scourge of Tobacco
Massachusetts Bay and New England
Sidebar: John Winthrop: "A Model of Christian Charity"
Dutch Colonization and New Amsterdam
Sidebar: Charter of the West Indian Company (1621)
Sidebar: Dutch Relations with Native Americans

Transatlantic Migration and Exchange, Early Colonial
Sidebar: Oliver Cromwell: Inducements to Migrate
Sidebar: The Growth of Corn as a Staple Crop
King Philip's War and Native-Colonial Conflict
Sidebar: Increase Mather on Religious Tensions in New England
Sidebar: Mary Rowlandson (ca. 1637—1711)
Mid-Atlantic Colonies and Indentured Servitude
Sidebar: Redemptioners: The Atlantic Crossing
Sidebar: George Taylor (1716—1781)
Southern Colonies and the Planter Class
Sidebar: Sir William Berkeley (1606—1677)
Sidebar: Charleston Society
Slavery and Race in the Colonies
Sidebar: Enslaving Native Americans
Bacon's Rebellion and Colonial Resistance to the British
Sidebar: Grieved by Rebellion
Salem, Witchcraft, and Religious Intolerance
Sidebar: Judge Sewall's Apology
Women in Colonial Society
Sidebar: Native American Women
Sidebar: An Early Demand for the Vote
Georgia and Penal Colonies
Sidebar: James Edward Oglethorpe (1696—1785)
Sidebar: The Journal of John Wesley

North American Colonies and European Empires
Sidebar: The Imperial Vision
Empires at War, Eighteenth Century
Sidebar: The Brutality of Colonial Warfare
Sidebar: Robert Walpole (1676—1745)
French and Indian War
Sidebar: The Seven Years' War
Sidebar: Victory on the Plains of Abraham: An Account
Great Awakening and Evangelical Protestantism
Sidebar: Jonathan Edwards (1703—1758)
Navigation Acts and British Mercantilism
Sidebar: The Quartering Act (1765)
Taxation Without Representation
Sidebar: Virginia Resolves (1765)
Boston Tea Party and the East India Company
Sidebar: Remembering the Tea Party
Continental Congresses and Europe's Democratic Legacy
Sidebar: Declaration of Colonial Rights (1774)
Sidebar: Treaty of Alliance Between the United States and France (1778)
Benjamin Franklin and the American Enlightenment
Sidebar: Benjamin Franklin's Religions Principles
Sidebar: Thomas Paine (1737—1809)
Lexington and Concord and the "Shot Heard 'Round the World"
Sidebar: "Paul Revere's Ride"
Sidebar: A Veteran of Concord Explains His Motivation

America in the Age of Nation Building: 1776 to 1898>
Enlightenment and Transatlantic Revolutions
Sidebar: International Revolutionaries
Declaration of Independence in World History
Sidebar: Czechoslovak Declaration of Independence (1918)
Sidebar: The Declaration as Rhetorical Tool
American Revolution and Global War
Sidebar: Native Americans, Loyalists, and Slaves in the Revolution
Sidebar: Treaty of Paris (1783)
Articles of Confederation
Sidebar: Republic or Democracy?
Constitution and Bill of Rights
Sidebar: Congress Proposes Amendments
French Revolution and American Politics
Sidebar: Thomas Jefferson on the French Revolution
Sidebar: Neutrality Proclamation (1793)
Alien and Sedition Acts and Political Repression
Sidebar: Sedition Act (1798)
Second Great Awakening and the Missionary Movement
Sidebar: Frances Trollope Attends a Revival
Sidebar: Dwight L. Moody (1837—1899)
Barbary Wars and U.S. Foreign Policy
Sidebar: George Washington on U.S. Neutrality

Industrial Revolution: Overview
Sidebar: Eli Whitney on the Cotton Gin
Louisiana Purchase
Sidebar: President Jefferson on Opposition to the Purchase
Sidebar: The Napoleonic Wars
War of 1812
Sidebar: The Writing of "The Star-Spangled Banner"
Abolitionism in the Transatlantic World
Sidebar: Early Abolitionists
Sidebar: The Haitian Revolution and Slave Resistance
Missouri Compromise (1820)
Sidebar: Jefferson on the Missouri Compromise
Transportation Revolution, Nineteenth Century
Sidebar: The Suez Canal
Monroe Doctrine and Latin American Revolutions
Sidebar: Promulgation of the Monroe Doctrine

Manifest Destiny and European Imperialism
Indian Removal and Colonial Suppression
Sidebar: The Trail of Tears
Sidebar: Andrew Jackson on Indian Removal
New Harmony and the Utopian Movement
Sidebar: Charles Fourier (1772—1837)
Transcendentalism and Literary Romanticism
Sidebar: Schleiermacher and the Transcendentalists
Immigration, 1800s
Sidebar: Famine and Irish Immigration
Texas Annexation and the Mexican War
Sidebar: Europeans in Texas
Sidebar: President John Tyler on Free Texas
Oregon and U.S.-British Relations
Sidebar: Oregon Treaty (1846)
Seneca Falls Convention and Women's Rights
Sidebar: Women's Rights in England
Sidebar: Excerpts from the "Declaration of Sentiments"
California Gold Rush
Sidebar: The Argonauts: A Firsthand Account
Perry's Mission to Japan
Sidebar: Treaty of Kanawaga (1854)
State Secession and National Independence Movements
Sidebar: Southern and Northern Views on Secession

Civil War and Modern Combat
Sidebar: Canada and the Civil War
Civil War Blockade Runners and U.S.-British Relations
Sidebar: Sourcing Confederate Ships
Civil War, Mexico, and French Imperialism
Sidebar: U.S. Minister on the Importance of Mexico
Reconstruction
Sidebar: Charles Sumner on President Johnson's Impeachment Trial
Filibusters: U.S. Expansion in the Caribbean and Latin America
Sidebar: Filibuster Poetry
Frontier Culture: United States and Australia
Sidebar: Frederick Jackson Turner on American Expansion
Wild West Shows and America's Global Image
Sidebar: George Catlin on the Plight of American Indians
Sidebar: Sitting Bull (1831—1890)

Rise to Global Power: 1898 to 1965

Immigration, Late 1800s and Early 1900s
Sidebar: Worldwide Migration
Sidebar: The United States as "World Federation"
Hawaii Annexation
Sidebar: Grover Cleveland on the Blount Investigation
Spanish-American War
Sidebar: Anglo-American Relations and the Spanish-American War
Sidebar: Debate Over Annexing the Philippines
Open Door Policy and Boxer Rebellion
Sidebar: Hay's First Open Door Policy Note to Germany (1899)
Russo-Japanese War and Portsmouth Conference
Sidebar: Making Peace
Panama Canal
Sidebar: Roosevelt Takes Charge
Sidebar: Thomson-Urrutia Treaty (1921)
Mexico and the Caribbean: U.S. Interventions, 1898—1962
Sidebar: The Roosevelt Corollary

World War I
Sidebar: Wilson on Neutrality
Sidebar: John "Black Jack" Pershing (1860—1948)
Lusitania and Submarine Warfare
Sidebar: Wilson's First Note to the Kaiser
Treaty of Versailles and Fourteen Points
Sidebar: Wilson: No Grudges Against Germany
League of Nations and Isolationism
Sidebar: The Isolationist Tradition
Sidebar: William Borah's Senate Address
First Red Scare
Sidebar: Conspiracy Against Democracy

Great Depression, Global
Sidebar: The Role of Government: Opposing Views
Tariffs, Protectionism, and the International Economy
Sidebar: Sumner Welles on the Smoot-Hawley Tariff
Woman Suffrage
Stimson Doctrine and China
Sidebar: John Hay (1838—1905)
Sidebar: Kellogg-Briand Pact (1928)

World War II
Sidebar: The "Day of Infamy" Speech
Armed Neutrality and Lend Lease
Sidebar: Fireside Chat on National Security
Sidebar: W. Averell Harriman (1891—1986)
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Sidebar: Letter to the President on German Atomic Research
Sidebar: J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904—1967)
United Nations and the New World Order
Sidebar: Preamble of the UN Charter
Sidebar: Adlai Stevenson (1900—1965)
Truman Doctrine
Sidebar: The Truman Doctrine
Marshall Plan
Sidebar: George C. Marshall (1880—1959)
Sidebar: In Marshall's Words
Israel: U.S. Recognition and Regional Response
Sidebar: White House Press Release on Recognition of Israel

Cold War
Sidebar: The Iron Curtain
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
Sidebar: Dean Acheson (1893—1971)
Korean War
Sidebar: Sino-Soviet Treaty of Friendship (1950)
Sidebar: President Truman on Bringing in the UN
McCarthyism and Global Anti-Communism
Sidebar: How to Resist Communism
Iran, Guatemala, and the CIA
Sidebar: The Long Telegram
Sidebar: Allen Dulles (1893—1969)
Civil Rights Movement and Anti-Colonialism
Sidebar: M.L. King on Gandhi's Influence
Suez Canal Crisis and Arab Nationalism
Sidebar: Eisenhower on U.S. Policy in the Suez Crisis
Space Race
Sidebar: Kennedy's Challenge
Sidebar: Benefits of Space Research
New Frontier and Alliance for Progress
Sidebar: JFK on Commonality vs. Communism
Sidebar: A Grim Assessment
Cuban Missile Crisis
Sidebar: Khrushchev on Dismantling the Missiles

Challenges to Globalization: 1965 to the Present

Social Welfare in the Postwar Era
Sidebar: Lyndon Johnson on the "Great Society"
Vietnam War and the Limits of American Power
Sidebar: Robert McNamara (1916—2009)
Sidebar: Gulf of Tonkin Resolution (1964)
Détente
Sidebar: Kissinger on the Benefits of Peace
China and Normalization
Sidebar: Nixon on China and the Vietnam War
Watergate
Sidebar: The Pentagon Papers
Sidebar: Articles of Impeachment
Counterculture, 1960s

Oil States, Rise of
Sidebar: Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries
Stagflation and the World Oil Market
Sidebar: Whip Inflation Now
Camp David Accords (1978)
Sidebar: Carter on the Middle East
Iran Hostage Crisis
Sidebar: A Hostage's Diary
Afghanistan: The Soviet Invasion
Sidebar: President Carter Addresses the Nation
Reaganomics and Thatcherism
Sidebar: U.S. National Debt
Sidebar: Thatcher and Reagan: Traditional Values
Terrorism, 1980s
Sidebar: Reagan's Address on the Marine Barracks Bombing
Sidebar: Terrorism in Europe and Asia
Iran-Contra and the Sandinistas
Sidebar: Oliver North (1943— )
Sidebar: Reagan: A "Secret Diplomatic Initiative"
Fall of the Berlin Wall and End of the Cold War
Sidebar: Reagan: "Tear Down This Wall!"
Sidebar: Mikhail Gorbachev (1931— )
Tiananmen Square
Persian Gulf War
Sidebar: UN Resolution 678 (1990)

Globalization and Free Trade
Sidebar: Newt Gingrich on the WTO
Sidebar: The Group of Eight
New World Order and Somalia
Sidebar: George H.W. Bush on "A New World Order"
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
Sidebar: Henry Kissinger on NAFTA
Latin American—U.S. Relations, Post—Cold War
Sidebar: George H.W. Bush on the Invasion of Panama
Sidebar: U.S. Immigration Policy
Bosnia and the Balkan Wars
Sidebar: Milosevic's War Crimes
Humanitarian Crises and Ethnic Conflict, Post—Cold War
Sidebar: Engagement and Enlargement
Sidebar: Chatper VI and a Half
Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol
Sidebar: Kyoto Protocol: Article 3, Sections 1 and 2

Terrorism: Overview
September 11 Terrorist Attacks
Sidebar: Bin Laden's Call to Jihad
War on Terror
Nuclear Proliferation and North Korea
Sidebar: Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (1968)
Iraq War
Sidebar: Kofi Annan: Iraq's "Time of Trial"