Philip Jenkins is Distinguished Professor of History at Baylor University, USA.

This history doesn’t begin at Plymouth Rock. Not even at Cahokia. Jenkins begins his American narrative . . . in an eastern Oklahoman burial chamber. It’s the first of many jolts in a twisty ride through an America you thought you knew.

• 1. American Themes2. Native Americas3. Unnamed Lands: European Settlement 1492-1700?4. Making British America 1700-17655. Revolution 1765–17906. Building a New Nation 1790-18257. The Peculiar, Chosen People: Expansion 1825-608. Slavery, Freedom, and the Second American Revolution9. Making a World Power 1: A Gilded Age ?10. Making a World Power 2: Poverty, Resistance, and Progress ?11. War and the New State 1917–4512. Cold War and Social Revolutions 1945-1976?13. Crisis and Recovery 1976-200114. Only Yesterday: America 2001-201615. Contemporary AmericaConclusion

Philip Jenkins is Distinguished Professor of History at Baylor University, USA.

This history doesn’t begin at Plymouth Rock. Not even at Cahokia. Jenkins begins his American narrative . . . in an eastern Oklahoman burial chamber. It’s the first of many jolts in a twisty ride through an America you thought you knew.

• 1. American Themes2. Native Americas3. Unnamed Lands: European Settlement 1492-1700?4. Making British America 1700-17655. Revolution 1765–17906. Building a New Nation 1790-18257. The Peculiar, Chosen People: Expansion 1825-608. Slavery, Freedom, and the Second American Revolution9. Making a World Power 1: A Gilded Age ?10. Making a World Power 2: Poverty, Resistance, and Progress ?11. War and the New State 1917–4512. Cold War and Social Revolutions 1945-1976?13. Crisis and Recovery 1976-200114. Only Yesterday: America 2001-201615. Contemporary AmericaConclusion

Philip Jenkins is Distinguished Professor of History at Baylor University, USA.

This history doesn’t begin at Plymouth Rock. Not even at Cahokia. Jenkins begins his American narrative . . . in an eastern Oklahoman burial chamber. It’s the first of many jolts in a twisty ride through an America you thought you knew.

• 1. American Themes2. Native Americas3. Unnamed Lands: European Settlement 1492-1700?4. Making British America 1700-17655. Revolution 1765–17906. Building a New Nation 1790-18257. The Peculiar, Chosen People: Expansion 1825-608. Slavery, Freedom, and the Second American Revolution9. Making a World Power 1: A Gilded Age ?10. Making a World Power 2: Poverty, Resistance, and Progress ?11. War and the New State 1917–4512. Cold War and Social Revolutions 1945-1976?13. Crisis and Recovery 1976-200114. Only Yesterday: America 2001-201615. Contemporary AmericaConclusion