The American Pageant

One of the most popular, effective and entertaining American history texts ever written, THE AMERICAN PAGEANT combines colorful anecdotes, a wealth of primary source materials, an abundance of photos and cartoons and the authors' scholarship and trademark wit to bring American history to life.

The seventeenth edition aligns even more closely with the Advanced Placement Curriculum Framework, with a new nine-part structure approximately correlating to the nine periods outlined in the current Curriculum Framework. Each of the new part essays includes two focus questions to provide additional signposts for students.

Contending Voices boxes pair quotes from original historical sources, accompanied by questions that prompt students to think about conflicting perspectives on controversial subjects. Topics include: Anne Hutchinson: Accused and Defended (Ch. 3), War in 1812 (Ch. 10, new to this edition), The Role of Women (Ch. 14, new to this edition), Debating Slavery (Ch. 15, revised for this edition), Populism and Anti-Populism (Ch. 26, new to this edition), All That Jazz (Ch. 30) and Differing Visions of Black Freedom (Ch. 36).

Thinking Globally essays (now totaling 13) present a different aspect of the American experience contextualized within world history. Readers learn how developments in North America were part of worldwide phenomena, be it the challenge to empire in the 18th century or the globalization that followed World War II. They also see how key aspects of American history were faced by other nations but resolved in distinct ways according to each country's history, cultural traditions and political and economic structures.