A Basic History of the United States, Volume 1
The Colonial Experience, 1607-1774
by Clarence B. Carson
read by Mary Woods
Part 1 of the Basic History of the United States series
This is the first volume of a comprehensive five-volume set. “For Carson, history is more than facts and dates, {but} is the product of the actions of countless individuals, each under the influence of certain ideas. . . . He shows how they were responsible for the settlement of this continent, the struggle for freedom, the westward expansion, the construction of schools, churches, factories, and the founding of new religious denominations.” —The Freeman
A Basic History of the United States, Volume 2
The Beginning of the Republic, 1775-1825
by Clarence B. Carson
read by Mary Woods
Part 2 of the Basic History of the United States series
This second volume covers the Declaration of Independence through the fruits of independence. Carson combines scholarly exactness with evocative passages for a clearer understanding of the people and events, the triumphs and shortcomings, that shaped this nation.
A Basic History of the United States, Volume 3
The Sections and the Civil War, 1826-1877
by Clarence B. Carson
read by Mary Woods
Part 3 of the Basic History of the United States series
Carson begins this third volume by diagnosing the root causes that eventually gave rise to sectionalism. Also examined are removal of the Indians, the plantation system, the Transcendentalists and American literature, the public-school movement, westward expansion, the election of Lincoln, and the Civil War.
A Basic History of the United States, Volume 4
The Growth of America, 1878-1928
by Clarence B. Carson
read by Mary Woods
Part 4 of the Basic History of the United States series
Starting with the settlement of the West, this fourth volume also covers the effects upon American society from Darwinism and Socialism, regulation and the courts, civil service reform, the rise of labor unions, inflation, populism and progressivism, the Spanish-American War, the Panama Canal, World War I, and more.
A Basic History of the United States, Volume 5
The Welfare State, 1929-1985
by Clarence B. Carson
read by Mary Woods
Part 5 of the Basic History of the United States series
The fifth volume covers the Great Depression through the mid-eighties. Carson elucidates the causes of the stock market crash and the years of economic depression which followed. Further discussions are equally engaging, including the New Deal, Social Security, World War II, the Cold War, the Warren Court, the Cultural Revolution, Vietnam, the rise of the Conservative movement, Nixon and Watergate, the Carter presidency, and the start of the Reagan years.
A Basic History of the United States, Volume 6
America in Gridlock, 1985-1995
by Clarence B. Carson
read by Mary Woods
Part 6 of the Basic History of the United States series
Carson's newest volume in his set brings U.S. history abreast with recent developments in government and culture. Among the topics he examines are materialism and statism, the welfare state, conservatism and liberalism, the Reagan and Bush administrations and their subplots, as well as the collapse of Communism, Americans at work and play, and the trend of self-employment.