American society and culture

　　Chapter One Out of the Past
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　　 1.1 The Birth of a New Nation
　　 1.2 The Growth of the-New Republic
　　 1.3 The Civil War and the Reconstruction
　　 1.4 Growth and Transformation
　　 1.5 The Progressive Thrust
　　 1.6 War, Prosperity, and Depression
　　 1.7 World War II and Its Impact
　　 1.8 Decades of Change: 1960--1980
　　 1.9 America at the Turn of the Century
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　　Chapter Two The American Identity
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　　 2.1 The Anglo-Saxons
　　 2.2 White Ethnic Americans
　　 2.3 African Americans
　　 2.4 Latinos/Hispanies
　　 2.5 Asian Americans
　　 2.6 Native Americans
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　　Chapter Three Religion in America
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　　 3.1 Religion in America: A Brief History
　　 3.2 "In God We Trust"
　　 3.3 Church, State and Polities
　　 3.4 Popular Religion
　　 3.5 Civil Religion and Beyond
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　　Chapter Four American Beliefs
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　　 4.1 Primary Beliefs of American Culture
　　 4.2 Immigrant Beliefs
　　 4.3 Frontier Beliefs
　　 4.4 Religious and Moral Beliefs
　　 4.5 Social Beliefs
　　 4.6 Political Beliefs
　　 4.7 Beliefs on Human Nature
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　　Chapter Five American Values and Assumptions
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　　 5.1 Individualism and Privacy
　　 5.2 Equality
　　 5.3 Informality
　　 5.4 Achievement, Action, Work, and Materialism
　　 5.5 Directness and Assertiveness
　　 5.6 Cooperation and "Fair Play"
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　　Chapter Six Cultural Regions in America
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　　 6.1 New England
　　 6.2 The South
　　 6.3 The Midland
　　 6.4 The Midwest
　　 6.5 The Far West
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　　Chapter Seven Education in America
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　　 7.1 Initial Efforts in Promoting Education
　　 7.2 Education as Philanthropy
　　 7.3 The Birth of Public Schools
　　 7.4 The Emergence of the Academies
　　 7.5 Colleges: Private and Public
　　 7.6 The Arrival of the University
　　 7.7 Progressivism in Education
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　　Chapter Eight The American Family
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　　 8.1 European Origins of the American Family
　　 8.2 Separate Spheres and the Birth of the Modern American Family
　　 8.3 Private Lives and Paradoxes of Perfection
　　 8.4 The Contemporary American Family
　　 8.5 Upper, Middle, and Working-Class Families
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　　Chapter Nine Mass Media
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　　 9.1 Books
　　 9.2 Newspapers
　　 9.3 Magazines
　　 9.4 Films
　　 9.5 Radio and Sound Recording
　　 9.6 Television
　　 9.7 The Internet and the World Wide Web
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　　Chapter Ten Popular Culture
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　　 10.1 Comic Art
　　 10.2 Advertising
　　 10.3 Automobile Culture
　　 10.4 Dance
　　 10.5 Music
　　 10.6 Sports
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　　Chapter Eleven Capitalist Economy and Business Civilization
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　　 11.1 American Capitalism
　　 11.2 The Cult of the Businessman
　　 11.3 The Corporate Empire
　　 11.4 Business and Its Satellites
　　 11.5 Capital and Labor
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　　Chapter Twelve Social Services
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　　 12.1 American Values in Social Welfare
　　 12.2 Social Services: A Brief History
　　 12.3 Public Social Services
　　 12.4 Health Care Services
　　 12.5 Housing
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　　Chapter Thirteen Law and Legal System
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　　 13.1 The Sources of the Law
　　 13.2 The Federal Judicial System
　　 13.3 The State Judicial System
　　 13.4 The Criminal Court Process
　　 13.5 The Civil Court Process
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　　Chapter Fourteen American Women
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　　 14.1 Founding Mothers
　　 14.2 Women in the New Republic
　　 14.3 Women's Rights Movement
　　 14.4 The Cult of Domesticity and New Women
　　 14.5 Housewifery and Domesticity
　　 14.6 A New Wave of Feminism
　　 14.7 Gains and Uncertainties
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　　Chapter Fifteen Who Is an American?
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　　 15.1 The Puritan Thesis
　　 15.2 The Frontier Thesis
　　 15.3 The Melting-Pot Thesis
　　 15.4 The Salad Bowl Thesis
　　 15.5 Multiculturalism
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