America through the eyes of its people : primary sources in American history / [executive editor: Bruce Borland].

Includes bibliographical references.

Contact and colonization -- Dreams and realities in the colonies -- Indentured servants and slaves -- Uniquely American -- What price freedom? -- Forming the young republic -- Settling the government -- Jacksonian expansion and egalitarianism -- The ferment of reform -- Living in and rebelling against antebellum America -- Manifest destiny and its consequences -- Road to war -- The world turned upside down -- To heal the nation's wounds -- Expansioin and conflict in the west --

The wealth of a nation -- Huddled masses -- City life -- The American flag around the globe -- Reforming the American nation -- America at war -- The new decade -- Hard times -- Peace and war -- The cold war at home and abroad -- Liberty for all -- Cuba, Vietnam, and the crisis of authority -- Dreams of a great society -- The end of the American century.