Introducing a New U.S. History Text That Takes Religion Seriously Unto a Good Land offers a distinctive narrative history of the American people -- from the first contacts between Europeans and North America's native inhabitants, through the creation of a modern nation, to the 2004 presidential election. Written by a team of highly regarded historians, this textbook shows how grasping the uniqueness of the "American experiment" depends on understanding not only social, cultural, political, and economic factors but also the role that religion has played in shaping U. S. history. While most United States history textbooks in recent decades have expanded their coverage of social and cultural history, they still tend to shortchange the role of religious ideas, practices, and movements in the American past. Unto a Good Land restores the balance by giving religion its appropriate place in the story. This readable and teachable text also features a full complement of maps, historical illustrations, and "In Their Own Words" sidebars with excerpts from primary source documents.

Frequently asked questions

Simply head over to the account section in settings and click on “Cancel Subscription” - it’s as simple as that. After you cancel, your membership will stay active for the remainder of the time you’ve paid for. Learn more here.

At the moment all of our mobile-responsive ePub books are available to download via the app. Most of our PDFs are also available to download and we're working on making the final remaining ones downloadable now. Learn more here.

Both plans give you full access to the library and all of Perlego’s features. The only differences are the price and subscription period: With the annual plan you’ll save around 30% compared to 12 months on the monthly plan.

We are an online textbook subscription service, where you can get access to an entire online library for less than the price of a single book per month. With over 1 million books across 1000+ topics, we’ve got you covered! Learn more here.

Look out for the read-aloud symbol on your next book to see if you can listen to it. The read-aloud tool reads text aloud for you, highlighting the text as it is being read. You can pause it, speed it up and slow it down. Learn more here.

Yes, you can access Unto a Good Land by David Edwin Harrell, Edwin S. Gaustad, John B. Boles, Sally Foreman Griffith in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in History & North American History. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher

Eerdmans

Year

2005

ISBN

9781467425520

Topic

History

Subtopic

North American History

Index

History

Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Table of Features
Preface
Reviewer Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Prologue. The North American Continent and Its Native Peoples
1. Discovery, Encounter, and Conquest, 1492–1607
2. England’s First “Foreign Plantations”: The Chesapeake and New England, 1607–1676
3. The Empire: Torn, Restored, Enlarged, 1640–1732
4. From Plantations to Provinces: The Evolution of American Society and Culture, 1660–1763
5. Self-Governing Colonies in a Changing Empire, 1700–1775
6. The Struggle for American Independence, 1775–1783
7. From Confederation to Federal Union, 1781–1788
8. First Presidents and Crucial Precedents, 1789–1809
9. Nationalism, Capitalism, Sectionalism, and Religion in the Early Republic
10. The Modernizing North
11. The Old South
12. The Coming of Democratic Politics: Andrew Jackson and the Second Party System, 1824–1844
13. Territorial Expansion, Manifest Destiny, and the Mexican War
14. Sectionalism and Slavery’s Dark Cloud: The Coming of the Civil War, 1846–1861
15. “This Mighty Scourge”: The Civil War Years
16. Reconstruction and the New South
17. Remaking the Trans-Mississippi Wests
18. The New Industrial Order
19. The Modern Industrial City, 1850–1900
20. Post–Civil War Thought and Culture
21. The Politics of the Gilded Age
22. Innocents Abroad: Expansion and Empire, America and the World, 1865-1900
Appendix
Credits