The Annals of America.

Each volume has separate title.

Includes an unnumbered introduction volume.

v. 1. 1493-1754: Discovering a new world -- v. 2. 1755-1783: Resistance and revolution -- v. 3. 1784-1796: Organizing the new Nation -- v. 4. 1797-1820: Domestic expansion and foreign entanglements -- v. 5. 1821-1832: Steps toward equalitarianism -- v. 6. 1833-1840: The challenge of a continent -- v. 7. 1841-1849: Manifest destiny -- v. 8. 1850-1857: A house dividing -- v. 9. 1858-1865: The crisis of the Union -- v. 10. 1866-1883: Reconstruction and industrialization. -- v. 11. 1884-1894: Agrarianism and urbanization -- v. 12. 1895-1904: Populism, imperialism, and reform -- v. 13. 1905-1915: The progressive era -- v. 14. 1916-1928: World war and properity -- v. 15. 1929-1939: The great depression -- v. 16. 1940-1949: The Second World War and after -- v. 17. 1950-1960: Cold war in the nuclear age -- v. 18. 1961-1968: The burdens of world power -- v. 19. 1969-1973: Détente and domestic crisis -- v. 20. 1974-1976: The challenge of interdependence -- v. 21. 1977-1986: Opportunities and problems at home and abroad. -- [v. 22] Introduction.

A documentary history of the United States, featuring 2,499 selections from over one thousand authors writing between 1493 and 1986 about matters of immediate concern, including laws, court decisions, memoirs, and other documents. Presented chronologically, with headnotes, and biographical indices of authors.