Land of hope: an invitation to the great American story

Introduction : one long story --

Beginnings : settlement and unsettlement --

The shaping of British North America --

The revolution of self-rule --

A war, a nation, and a wound --

The experiment begins --

From Jefferson to Jackson : the rise of the common man --

The culture of democracy --

The Old South and slavery --

The gathering storm --

The house divides --

The ordeal of reconstruction --

A nation transformed --

Becoming a world power --

The progressive era --

Woodrow Wilson and the Great War --

From boom to bust --

The new deal --

The finest hour : World War II --

All thoughts and things were split : the Cold War --

Out of balance : the turbulent sixties --

Fall and restoration : from Nixon to Reagan --

The world since the Great War --

The shape of American patriotism.