Introduction.- PART I RELIGIOUS LONGINGS.- 1. The Impact of the Europeans, 1494-1676.- 2. The North American Colonies, 1632-1732.- PART II THE REVOLUTION AND THE CONSTITUTION.- 3. The Colonies in the Empire, 1651-1774.- 4. War and Order, 1775-1787.- The Culture of Politics, 1788-1826.- PART III IRREPRESSIBLE CONFLICT.- 6. Experiments in Republicanism, 1783-1832.- 7. Nationalism, Sectionalism and Slavery, 1820-1861.- 8. Lincoln and the Civil War, 1858-1865.- PART IV REPUBLICAN ASCENDENCY.- 9. A New Elite, 1865-1896.- 10. A New Empire, 1890-1917.- 11. Progressive America, 1900-1920.- 12. Crises of Progressive Capitalism, 1919-1933.- PART V AMERICAN LIBERALISM.- 13. The Cosmopolitan New Deal, 1933-1945.- 14. Cold War America, 1945-1963.- 15. The Long 1960s, 1954-1974.- PART VI CONTEMPORARY AMERICA.- 16. Cultural Division and Cultural Imperialism, 1968-2000.- 17. An Age of Terror, 1991-2016.- Epilogue: America in History.
Bruce Kuklick is Nichols Professor of American History, Emeritus, at the University of Pennsylvania, USA. He is the author of books in American diplomatic, political, intellectual, and sports history. In 2004 he was elected to the American Philosophical Society.