16.Capital and Labor -- 17.Conquering the West -- 18.Life in Industrial America -- 19.American Empire -- 20.The Progressive Era -- 21.World War I and Its Aftermath -- 22.The New Era -- 23.The Great Depression -- 24.World War II -- 25.The Cold War -- 26.The Affluent Society -- 27.The Sixties -- 28.The Unraveling -- 29.The Triumph of the Right -- 30.The Recent Past

In an increasingly digital world in which pedagogical trends are de-emphasizing rote learning and professors are increasingly turning toward active-learning exercises, scholars are fleeing traditional textbooks. Yet for those that still yearn for the safe tether of a synthetic text, as either narrative backbone or occasional reference material, The American Yawp offers a free and online, collaboratively built, open American history textbook designed for college-level history courses. Unchecked by profit motives or business models, and free from for-profit educational organizations, The American Yawp is by scholars, for scholars. All contributors-experienced college-level instructors-volunteer their expertise to help democratize the American past for twenty-first century classrooms.

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