America, Empire of Liberty by Reynolds, David -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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ALSO BY DAVID REYNOLDS Title Page Dedication Introduction PART I - LIBERTY AND SLAVERY

1 - NATIVES AND EUROPEANS

THE FOUNDERS COLUMBUS-BEARER OF DEATH BORDERLANDS OF THE SPANISH SUPERPOWER NEW FRANCE ASTRIDE AMERICA’S HEARTL AND

2 - EMPIRE AND LIBERTIES

SOUTHERN PLANTERS AND BLACK SLAVES FAITH AND FREEDOM IN NEW ENGLAND THE MIDDLE COLONIES AND THE “MELTING POT” ENGLISH AMERICA IN TRANSITION THE BATTLE FOR EMPIRE: BRITAIN VERSUS FRANCE

3 - INDEPENDENCE AND REPUBLICANISM

FROM RESISTANCE TO REVOLT DECLARING INDEPENDENCE WINNING INDEPENDENCE (WITH FRENCH HELP) COMPROMISING ON A CONSTITUTION MAKING THE REPUBLIC WORK HAMILTON, CAPITALISM, AND THE CAPITAL

4 - LIBERTY AND SECURITY

WAR AND TERROR JEFFERSON’S WESTERN EMPIRE VICTIMS OF LIBERTY: INDIANS AND BLACKS IGNORING THE LADIES THE SECOND WAR OF INDEPENDENCE

5 - EAST AND WEST

JACKSON AND DEMOCRACY A CHRISTIAN REPUBLIC? THE INDIAN “TRAIL OF TEARS” FRONTIER VALUES “LET US CONQUER SPACE”

6 - SLAVE OR FREE?

THE “ARSENIC” OF MEXICO GOD, GOLD, AND THE COMPROMISE OF 1850 THE CATHOLIC THREAT TO PROTESTANT VALUES SLAVES, MASTERS, AND THE “SLAVE P OWER” ”A HOUSE DIVIDED”

PART II - POWER AND PROGRESS

7 - NORTH AND SOUTH

THE NINETY-DAY WAR THE KILLERS TAKE COMMAND “A NEW BIRTH OF FREEDOM” TIGHTENING THE SINEWS OF WAR ”THE PASSING OF THE DEAD”

8 - WHITE AND BLACK

DEAD STATES, NEW BIRTH REUNION BUT NOT RECONSTRUCTION ”NEW SOUTH,” OLD WAYS WAR AND MEMORY

9 - CAPITAL AND LABOR

BIG BUSINESS “MADE IN AMERICA” THE CITIES: PRIDE AND SHAME THE FARMERS AND THE WORKERS REVOLT HUDDLED MASSES OR SAVAGE HORDES?

10 - REFORM AND EXPANSION

POLITICS AND PROGRESS ROOSEVELT, WILSON, AND REFORM GOD AND MAMMON THE “WILD” WEST “ THE TASTE OF EMPIRE”

11 - WAR AND PEACE

“ TOO PROUD TO FIGHT ” A WORLD SAFE FOR DEMOCRACY THE LOST PEACE “100 PERCENT AMERICANISM” THE JAZZ AGE HITS MAIN STREET

12 - FROM BOOM TO BOMB

BOOM AND BUST NEW DEAL ”FOR THE SURVIVAL OF DEMOCRACY” FLOUNDERING INTO WAR “A HELL OF A WAR”

PART III - EMPIRE AND EVIL

13 - RED OR DEAD?

FROM WORLD WAR TO COLD WAR A WORLD HALF-SLAVE, HALF-FREE THE SUBURBAN REPUBLIC THE COLD WAR TURNS HOT DEFENDED TO DEATH

14 - RIGHTS AND RIOTS

BACK OF THE BUS ”AND WE SHALL OVERCOME” BLACK POWER WOMEN’S LIBERATION THE “WAR ON POVERT Y”

15 - THE IMPOTENCE OF OMNIPOTENCE

CUBA-THE FOUR-LETTER WORD VIETNAM—BATTLEGROUND OF FREEDOM 1968-PARALYSIS OF A PRESIDENT VIETNAM-“PEACE WITH HONOR”? WATERGATE AND THE IMPERIAL PRESIDENCY

16 - DÉTENTE AND DISCONTENT

AMERICA IN RETREAT? A CONSTITUTIONAL ABORTION THE “SILENT MAJORITY” FINDS ITS VOICE BRINGING GOD BACK INTO POLITICS “KEEPING FAITH”

17 - REVOLUTION AND DEMOCRACY

THE “REAGAN REVOLUTION” REAGAN AND THE “EVIL EMPIRE” THE INFORMATION REVOLUTION “TEAR DOWN THIS WALL” “A NEW WORLD ORDER”

18 - PRIDE AND PREJUDICE

SOLE SUPERPOWER, EDGY AMERICANS MULTICULTURALISM OR DISINTEGRATION? “AMERICA IS UNDER ATTACK” IRAQ AND THE “AXIS OF EVIL” ELECTION 2008: SYMBOLS AND SUBSTANCE

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