Volume One Examines How An Immense Diversity Of Ethnic And Religious Groups Ultimately Created A Set Of Distict Regional Societies. Volume Two Emphasises The Flux, Uncertainty, And Unpredictablilty Of The Expansion Into Continental America, Showing How A Multitude Of Individuals Confronted Complex And Problematic Issues. V. 1. Atlantic America, 1492-1800 -- List Of Illustrations And Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Pt. 1. Outreach : The Creation Of An Atlantic World -- Prologue -- 1. America As A Continuation --...
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Volume One Examines How An Immense Diversity Of Ethnic And Religious Groups Ultimately Created A Set Of Distict Regional Societies. Volume Two Emphasises The Flux, Uncertainty, And Unpredictablilty Of The Expansion Into Continental America, Showing How A Multitude Of Individuals Confronted Complex And Problematic Issues. V. 1. Atlantic America, 1492-1800 -- List Of Illustrations And Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Pt. 1. Outreach : The Creation Of An Atlantic World -- Prologue -- 1. America As A Continuation -- 2. Iberian Initiatives -- 3. The Creation Of New Spain -- 4. The Luso-farican Contribution -- 5. Initiatives In The North And Huguenot Enterprise -- 6. The Emergence Of The English -- 7. Implantations From Northwest Europe -- 8. Generalizations : European Source Regions -- 9. Generalizations : Sectors And Circuits Of The Atlantic World -- 10. Generalizations : Geographic Models Of Interaction -- Pt. 2. Implantations : The Creation Of American Diversity -- Prologue -- 1. Peoples And Places -- 2. Northern Coasts : Beginnings -- 3. New England -- 4. Northern Entryways : The St. Lawrence -- 5. Northern Entryways : Hudson Bay -- 6. Northern Entryways : The Hudson River -- 7. Northern Entryways : The Delaware -- 8. Pennsylvania -- 9. Emergency Of Greater Virginia -- 10. Tropical Islands -- 11. Carolina And The Carolinas -- 12. Florida -- 13. Louisiana -- 14. Texas And The Lower Rio Grande -- 15. Encounter And Change : Europeans And Indians -- 16. Migration And Change : Europeans Overseas -- 17. Enslavement And Change : Africans In America -- 18. Defining Areas -- 19. The Europeanized Area : Populations And Regional Societies, Circa 1750 -- Pt. 3. Reorganizations : The Creation Of An American Matrix -- Prologue -- 1. A Geographical Transect Of The Atlantic World -- 2. The Great War And Its Alterations Of Empires -- 3. Reorganization: Northern America -- 4. Reorganization : Tropical America -- 5. Reorganization : Interior America -- 6. Expansions, 1750-1775 -- 7. Divergence -- 8. Disruption -- 9. Reorganization : British North America -- 10. Destabilization : Tropical America -- 11. Unification: Forming The United States -- 12. Emergence Of A Federal Nation -- 13. Generalizations : The Disintegration Of Empires -- 14. Generalizations : The Problems Of Federations -- 15. Generalizations : Nation-building -- 16. Generalizations : Expansionism, American-style -- Pt. 4. Context : The United States Circa 1800 -- Prologue -- 1. The United States In North America -- 2. The United States And Europe -- 3. E Pluribus Unum, In Uno Plures? -- Sources Of Quotations -- Bibliography -- Index -- V. 2. Continental America, 1800-1867 -- List Of Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Pt. 1. Extension : The Creation Of A Continental Empire -- Prologue -- 1. Doubling The National Territory : Louisiana -- 2. Pressures On The Borders : Southward -- 3. Pressures On The Borders : Northward -- 4. The Reach Westward : To Circa 1830 -- 5. Shoving The Indians Out Of The Way -- 6. Assertion And Division : Oregon And The Northern Boundary -- 7. Annexation And Conquest : Texas And The Hispanic Borderlands -- 8. Spanning A Continent - And Ocean -- 9. Empire : The Geopolitical Management Of Captive Peoples -- 10. Continentalism : Objectives, Modes, Visions -- Pt. 2. Expansion : The Growth Of A Continental Nation -- Prologue -- 1. Filling In The Framework : Migration Westward -- 2. Occupying New Ground : Colonization, American Style -- 3. Planting New Societies : New England Extended -- 4. Planting New Societies : Virginia Extended -- 5. Planting New Societies : Midlands Extended -- 6. Planting New Societies : The Cotton Belt And South Carolina Extended -- 7. Color In The Plantings : The Afro-american Presence -- 8. Making New Pathways : Waterways, Roads, And Rails -- 9. Tying The Parts Together : National Programs -- 10. Creating New Centers : Cities And Systems Of Cities -- 11. Harnessing New Forces : Industries An Industrial Regions -- 12. Cementing The Parts Together : An American Nation -- 13. Morphology : The Shape Of The United States, 1850s -- Pt. 3. Tension : The Sundering Of A Federation -- Prologue -- 1. The Shaping Of New States -- 2. Expanding The Federation -- 3. The Idea Of Separation -- 4. Disintegration -- 5. Geopolitical Alternatives -- 6. Conquest And Emancipation -- 7. Empire, Nation, Federation : Geopolitical Contentions -- Pt. 4. Context : The United States In North America Circa 1867 -- Prologue -- 1. Continental America -- 2. The Northern Borderlands -- 3. Hispanic Borderlands -- 4. The Afro-american Archipelago -- 5. A Wider Presence -- Sources Of Quotations -- Bibliography -- Index -- V. 3. Transcontinental America, 1850-1915 -- List Of Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Pt. 1. Articulation : Binding The Coasts Together -- Prologue -- 1. Forging The Iron Bond -- Pt. 2. Dominion : The Emergence Of American Wests -- Prologue -- 1. Delineating The New West -- 2. California -- 3. Southern California -- 4. Oregon And The Pacific Northwest -- 5. Zion, Deseret, And Utah -- 6. New Mexico : Hispanic, Indian, Anglo -- 7. The Colorado Complex -- 8. The Rest Of The West -- 9. Indians And Empire -- 10. American Wests-american Domain -- Pt. 3. Consolidation : Structuring An American Nation -- Prologue -- 1. A Re-united States -- 2. New Economic Regions -- 3. Railroads : The Contest For Territory -- 4. Populations And Peoples -- 5. Systems And Symbols -- Pt. 4. Spheres : American Influence And Outreach -- Prologue -- 1. Canada And Continentalism -- 2. Mexico And An American Mediterranean -- 3. Hawaii And An American Pacific -- 4. Panama And Transcontinental Completion -- Sources Of Quotations -- Bibliography -- Index -- V. 4. Global America, 1915-2000 -- List Of Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Pt. 1. Technology : Mobilization And Acceleration -- Prologue -- 1. Mobilization : The Automotive Revolution -- 2. Mobilization : Neotechnic Evolution -- 3. Acceleration : On The Surface -- 4. Acceleration : In The Air -- 5. Acceleration : Invisible And Instantaneous -- Pt. 2. Morphology : Migrations And Formations -- Prologue -- 1. Populations And Policies, 1915-1950s -- 2. Regionalism, 1920s-1950 -- 3. A Reconnaissance Of Regions -- 4. Midcentury Morphology -- 5. Altering The Federation And Internal Empire -- 6. Populations And Policies, 1950s-1990s -- 7. Some Reconfigurations-- 8. Reshaping The Nation -- Pt. 3. Mission : Assertions And Impositions -- Prologue -- 1. Assertions : America And Europe -- 2. Impositions : War And Interwar, Europe And Asia -- 3. Impositions : Western Hemisphere -- 4. Redividing The World -- 5. Impositions And Oppositions -- 6. America And The World -- Sources Of Quotations -- Bibliography -- Index. D.w. Meinig. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes.
