The American Pageant

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The American Pageant, Seventh Edition (Brief), by Thomas Bailey and David Kennedy.

The American Pageant, written by the late Thomas A. Bailey, is an American high school history textbook often used for AP United States History courses. Since Bailey's death in 1983, the book has been updated by historians David M. Kennedy and Lizabeth Cohen, and it is now in its thirteenth edition.

1 Structure
- 1.1 Twelfth Edition
- 1.2 Thirteenth Edition (complete edition)
2 References
3 External links

[edit] Structure

[edit] Twelfth Edition

The American Pageant, Twelfth Edition, by David Kennedy, Lizabeth Cohen, and Thomas Bailey.

Four different versions of the Twelfth Edition were printed. All are divided into six parts, from "Founding the New Nation" (with an initial chapter on prehistory, natives, and European exploration) through "Making Modern America". The six parts are subdivided into a total of 42 chapters spanning 1034 pages. The book's chronology officially ends in the year 2001, though later printings include an additional three paragraphs detailing the 2004 US election as well as September 11.

The four versions of the Twelfth Edition are the Complete Edition (ISBN 0-618-10349-X), the version "For Advanced High School Courses" (pictured at right), published by Houghton Mifflin (ISBN 0-618-24732-7). There are also two editions that split the textbook into two volumes; Volume I (ISBN 0-618-10353-8) covers until 1877 and Volume II (ISBN 0-618-10354-6) covers the time period since 1865.