Topical History of the U S

The topical history of the United States deals with the major themes in America's past and helps the reader to understand the continuity of American history and to approach each topic as an integrated whole. Many special features highlight this stimulating history: - Each chapter contains text, discussion questions that require specific answers from textual material, thought questions that integrate the material, suggested readings that emphasize paperback supplementary reading, and a recommended media list that includes a listing of related films, filmstrips, tapes, and records. - Special chapters emphasize the role of minorities such as Native Americans, Afro-Americans, Mexican-Americans, and Orientals in American history. - Introductory quotations set the tone and offer insights into each chapter. - The importance of geography, conservation, and ecology to American history are covered in chapter 1. - Chapter 3 deals with the religious experience; Chapter 14 talks of writers and thinkers. And Chapter 15 describes the rise of popular culture with emphasis on sports, recreation, and media.. - Chapter 16 is a study of urban America from the colonial period to th present. - Unique in historical texts, Chapter 17 relates the past and present to the future