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Introduction -- Historical timeline -- Globalization nation : early history of globalization and origins of the American experiment (1607-1776) -- Slavery in the old and new worlds : the Atlantic slave trade and African globalization (1500-1865) -- Letting off steam : steam power and the beginnings of climate change (1690-1900) -- To tariff or not to tariff : tariffs and the strategy of economic protectionism (1789-present) -- An international calling plan : communications breakthroughs from the telegraph to the telephone (1830-1891) -- Internationalism : globalization in the Progressive era (1870s-1910) -- The origins of flight : air travel from ancient China to Charles Lindbergh (1000 BCE-1939) -- The world at war : the First World War in American culture (1914-1918) -- The revolution will be broadcast : radio, television, and the foundations of the digital age (1865-present) -- The world depressed : the Armistice, the Great Depression, and global economy (1929-1939) -- The world goes back to war : America and the Second World War (1939-1945) -- Global super government : the founding of the United Nations and global government (1941-1945) -- One big bank : the establishment of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (1933-1944) -- A global medical system : the establishment of the World Health Organization (1948) -- Collective defense : the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the making of the modern military world (1949-present) -- Destroying the world : the Cold War and the nuclear arms race (1957-present) -- Out in the big wide open : the space race and the chance for universal peace (1957-1975) -- A series of tubes : the Internet and the digital age (1962-present) -- A shared world : global environmentalism and climate change (1971-present) -- Global consumerism : the evolution of global consumerism (1940s-present) -- Black gold : the fossil fuel industry (1950s-present) -- Regionalism : the formation of regional associations (1980s-present) -- The trade enigma : the history of the World Trade Organization (1940s-present) -- The world workforce : outsourcing and the modern world of work (1980s-present) -- The fear of extinction : the War on Terror and the spread of right-wing radicalism (2000s-present) -- The anti-globalist paradox : the modern anti-globalist movement (2010s-present) -- The poor world : globalization and poverty (2010s-present) -- Critical mass : the Covid-19 crisis and globalization (2019-2020) -- Conclusion : investing in the future -- Appendixes.

Defining the presidency: George Washington (1789-1797) -- The natural aristocracy: John Adams (1797-1801) -- Aristocratic progressivism: Thomas Jefferson (1801-1809) -- Father of the constitution: James Madison (1809-1817) -- Controlling the Americas: James Monroe (1817-1825) -- A populist revolution: John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson (1825-1837) -- A conservative division: Martin Van Buren, William Henry Harrison, and John Tyler (1837-1845) -- Manifest destiny: James K. Polk (1845-1849) -- The last of the Whigs: Zachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore (1849-1853) -- An inevitable collapse: Franklin Pierce and James Buchanan (1853-1861) -- Emancipation: Abraham Lincoln (1861-1865) -- Reconstruction halted: Andrew Johnson (1865-1869) -- Corrupt bargains: Ulysses S. Grant (1869-1877) -- The lost presidents: Rutherford B. Hayes, James Garfield, and Chester A. Arthur (1877-1885) -- Popularity and political corruption: Grover Cleveland and Benjamin Harrison(1885-1897) -- A state of anarchy: William McKinley (1897-1901) -- Natural American history: Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft (1901-1913) -- The dawn of internationalism: Woodrow Wilson (1913-1921) -- The conservative shift: Warren Harding, Calvin Coolidge, and Herbert Hoover (1921-1933) -- New ideas: Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1933-1945) -- Extreme solutions: Harry S. Truman (1945-1953) -- The Cold War hero: Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953-1961) -- Civil rights and human rights: John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson (1961-1969) -- Thieves and liars: Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford (1969-1977) -- Moralistic progressivism: Jimmy Carter (1977-1981) -- Acting like a president: Ronald Reagan (1981-1989) -- Crime and punishment: George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton (1989-2001) -- Empire and archetype: George W. Bush and Barack Obama (2001-2017) -- America's business: Donald Trump (2017-) -- Conclusion: the limits of power.

1. Pre-American ecology : environmental alteration is addressed (1100-1854) -- 2. Colonial environmentalism : the first land use & timber regulations (1681) -- 3. Transcending society : the sacrament of wilderness (1862) -- 4. The national park system : preserving wilderness for public use (1865) -- 5. Animals and the environment : creation of the ASPCA (1866) -- 6. The timber barons : profit vs. sustainability (1889) -- 7. The conservationists : save what is left of the forests (1901) -- 8. Naturalist in the capital, Theodore Roosevelt : American wilderness as America's cultural heritage (1908) -- 9. The park service : reforming the federal park management system (1908) -- 10. Lobbyists for life : devastating effects form unlikely alliance (1936) -- 11. The whole of the wild : interconnectiveness of nature (1944) -- 12. Change is in the air : the first Air Pollution Control Act (1955) -- 13. Environmental progress : synthetic pesticides and corporate accountability (1962) -- 14. The new danger : the protection of endangered species (1966) -- 15. Smoke on the water : the Environmental Protection Agency (1970) -- 16. The environmental days : the first Earth Day (1970) -- 17. Beyond the government : Greenpeace makes international headlines (1975) -- 18. Pollution solutions : changes in the automobile industry (1970) -- 19. Ozone depletion : success of the Montreal Protocol (1987) -- 20. Climate chaos part I : the first warning is sounded (1847) -- 21. Climate chaos part II : climate-change denial (1980s-2000s) -- 22. Globalizing environmentalism : international conferences (1972-2017) -- 23. Oceans in the balance : the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (1997) -- 24. Urbane ecology : development of green cities (1800s-present) -- 25. Renewing perspectives : harnessing wind, water, and sun (1960s-present) -- 26. Cyclic waste : reduce, reuse, recycle (1970s-present) -- 27. America's black heart : the debate over coal (2017) -- 28. Leaving the environment behind : environmental policies rolled back (2017).

Royal traditions: capital punishment in the Colonies (1607-1670) -- A competition of faith: beginning of the anti-death penalty movement (1690s) -- A reason for violence: America and the ideals of the Enlightenment (1764-1790) -- Acts of cruelty: the origins of cruel and unusual punishment (1641-1790s) -- The roots of abolition: early studies and laws against the death penalty (1792-1820) -- A private affair?: 'Jacksonian Reform' and capital punishment (1800-1850) -- Mandating death: states struggle with sentencing (1800s-1840s) -- The first reform: the debate begins in earnest (1840s-1852) -- The second reform: the progressive movement takes on capital punishment (1900s) -- Industrial execution: invention of the electric chair (1880-1890) -- A test of cruelty: the evolving definition of punishment (1878-1910) -- A deadly air: the gas chamber is introduced (1920s) -- Execution at war: the military and capital punishment (1775-present) -- Crimes against the nation: treason, sedition, and espionage (1798-1953) -- Random acts: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1940s-1970s) -- The right to kill: ongoing support for the death penalty (1950s-1970s) -- A commitment to do no harm: physician involvement and lethal injection in capital punishment (1970s-2000s) -- Rational behavior: capital punishment and insanity (1920s-1980s) -- Age of guilt: juvenile offenders and the criminal justice system (1800s-2000s) -- Wrongful execution: the fallibility of the legal system (1912-1980s) -- In the interest of survivors: the victim's rights movement (1950s-present) -- Death and politics: a rise in support for the death penalty (1980s-1990s) -- Extreme crimes: assassinations and terrorist attacks (1900s-present) -- The ability to understand: the death penalty and mental capacity (1800s-present) -- States of execution: the abolition movement in individual states (2000s) -- Methods of execution: pharmaceutical companies become involved in the abolition movement (2010s) -- The question of deterrence: societal effects of the death penalty (1800s-present) -- The future of the death penalty: changing public perceptions of criminal justice (2010s) -- Conclusion: an evolving history of violence.

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1. The right of ownership: the first elections in the Colonies (1584-1655) -- 2. Establishing American theocracy: disenfranchisement begins in the Colonies with Catholics (1640s-1840s) -- 3. Outliers: early suffrage for persons of color and women (1640s-1790s) -- 4. America is not a direct democracy: the Electoral College and the popular vote (1788-1840s) -- 5. Owning the vote: origins of the voting debate (1700s-1800s) -- 6. Engendering citizenship: prefeminism feminists (1590s-1870s) -- 7. A hierarchy of race: ending slavery (1750s-1850s) -- 8. Voting rights for people of color: the Fifteenth Amendment (1869-1900) -- 9. Serpents of Massachusetts: Gerrymandering explained (1800s-present) -- 10. Women's work: voting from Suffragettes to Hillary Clinton (1840s-2016) -- 11. Indigenous rights: the Native American vote (1800s-present) -- 12. The statistics race: political polling and the vote (1820s-present) -- 13. Paying to vote: introduction of the Poll Tax (1600s-present) -- 14. Civil rights and voting rights: Voting Rights Act (1965-present) -- 15. Age of citizenship: Voting Rights Act Amendment (1970) -- 16. Reading the fine print: literacy testing (1865-1965) -- 17. The fight for access: the elderly and the physically handicapped (1700s-present) -- 18. Voting at home: residency requirements (1970s-2000s) -- 19. Losing the right to vote: voting and the incarcerated (1729-2015) -- 20. The voting state of mind: voting and mental competency (1700s-present) -- 21. A citizen's right: resident aliens and the right to vote (1700s-present) -- 22. The unpopular vote: the ongoing debate about the Electoral College (2000s-present) -- 23. Identity and the right to vote: the battle over voter ID laws (1950s-present) -- 24. The right to change: felon disenfranchisement and race (1960s-present) -- 25. Interference and ideology: foreign influence in the American electoral process (1700-present) -- 26. The specter of fraud: public opinion about voter fraud (1888-present) -- 27. Modernizing the vote: voting in the digital age (2010s-present) -- 28. Getting out the vote: voter participation, past and future (1700s-present) -- 29. Conclusion: the importance of the vote.

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