The Unfinished Nation: A Concise History of the American People Volume 2

Known for its clear narrative voice and impeccable scholarship Alan Brinkleys best-selling program for the U.S. survey course 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 edition features a 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.