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Known for its clear narrative voice and impeccable scholarship, Alan Brinkley's best-selling survey text invites students to think critically about the many forces that continually create the Unfinished Nation that is the United States. In a concise but wide-ranging narrative, Brinkley shows the diversity and complexity of the nation and our understanding of its history--one that continues to evolve both in the events of the present and in our reexamination of new evidence and perspectives on the past. This sixth edition features a new series of Patterns of Popular Culture essays, as well as expanded coverage of pre-Columbian America, new America in the World essays, and updated coverage of recent events and developments that demonstrates how a new generation continues to shape the American story.

A textbook survey of American history from 1865 to the modern era

Accepting a position as a healer on an alien world, the last thing Ilexa Dhakir expects is her brothers friend acting as babysitter. Living with his tribe, she discovers the simplest acts have massive cultural repercussions. As her feelings for him deepen, she discovers others are willing to take deadly measures to drive them apart.

Focusing on the transformation of American liberalism, the book traces its origins back to Franklin D. Roosevelt's second term and the New Deal. Alan Brinkley argues that the initial goals of the New Deal shifted towards a liberalism that embraced corporate capitalism and individual rights. Through an analysis of key personalities and societal trends, Brinkley reinterprets the New Deal and highlights its lasting impact on contemporary politics, offering insight into the current crisis of liberalism.

This survey aims to balance social and cultural with the political and diplomatic history. It aims to help instructor to organize his or her course in many different ways confident that the text will support both the topics discussed in class and provide students with the ideal book for self-study.