A History of America (2000)

A History of America

In this 26-part series, prominent historians present America’s story as something that must be presented and debated from a variety of perspectives in order to be truly understood. Their thought-provoking debates and lectures — using first-person narratives, photos, film footage, and documents — will pique students’ interest and encourage them to think critically about the forces that have shaped America.

A History of America

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Seasons

Season 1

Season 1

Episodes season 1

  • 1x1

    New world encounters

  • 1x2

    English settlement

  • 1x3

    Growth and empire

  • 1x4

    The coming of independence

  • 1x5

    A new system of government

  • 1x6

    Westward expansion

  • 1x7

    The rise of capitalism

  • 1x8

    The reform impulse

  • 1x9

    Slavery

  • 1x10

    The coming of the civil war

  • 1x11

    The civil war

  • 1x12

    Reconstruction

  • 1x13

    America at its centennial

  • 1x14

    Industrial supremacy

  • 1x15

    The new city

  • 1x16

    The west

  • 1x17

    Capital and labor

  • 1x18

    Tr and wilson

  • 1x19

    A vital progressivism

  • 1x20

    The twenties

  • 1x21

    Fdr and the depression

  • 1x22

    World war ii

  • 1x23

    The fifties

  • 1x24

    The sixties

  • 1x25

    Contemporary history

  • 1x26

    The redemptive imagination

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