Table of Contents

Preface
Prelude: The American Landscape in 1760
Chapter 1: The Atlantic Trading Community
Chapter 2: The Atlantic Cultural Community
Chapter 3: The Imperial Challenge, 1763–1770
Chapter 4: The Road to Revolution, 1770–1774
Chapter 5: Struggle for Independence, 1775–1778
Chapter 6: A Nation Born
Chapter 7: The Revolution at Home
Chapter 8: A Time of Trial
Chapter 9: From Many, One
Chapter 10: The New Nation
Chapter 11: Launching the Ship of State, 1789–1794
Chapter 12: Fall of the Federalists, 1794–1800
Chapter 13: The Search for National Identity
Chapter 14: Jeffersonian Liberalism
Chapter 15: Jeffersonian Nationalism
Chapter 16: The Road to War, 1805–1812
Chapter 17: "Mr. Madison's War"
Suggested Readings

About the Author

Norman K. Risjord is professor emeritus of history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he was a prize-winning teacher for more than three decades. He is the author of thirteen books on American history, including a biography of Thomas Jefferson.

Reviews

Norman K. Risjord’s Jefferson’s America is a highly accessible account by a master practitioner. Conveying both the textures of everyday life as well as the drama of the political battles of the era, this superb volume will enlighten students and delight specialists.
*Douglas R. Egerton, author of Death or Liberty: African Americans and Revolutionary America*