A History of America

Jan 01, 2000 (en) Family [26] Min
  • First Air Date
    Jan 01, 2000
  • Production
    GBH, PBS, Annenberg Media, Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration
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  • Original title
    A History of America
  • Release
    Jan 01, 2000
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Overview

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.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Fred Barzyk

    Producer

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Season 1 ( 2000-01-01)

New World Encounters

Episode: 1

English Settlement

Episode: 2

Growth and Empire

Episode: 3

The Coming of Independence

Episode: 4

A New System of Government

Episode: 5

Westward Expansion

Episode: 6

The Rise of Capitalism

Episode: 7

The Reform Impulse

Episode: 8

Slavery

Episode: 9

The Coming of the Civil War

Episode: 10

The Civil War

Episode: 11

Reconstruction

Episode: 12

America at its Centennial

Episode: 13

Industrial Supremacy

Episode: 14

The New City

Episode: 15

The West

Episode: 16

Capital and Labor

Episode: 17

TR and Wilson

Episode: 18

A Vital Progressivism

Episode: 19

The Twenties

Episode: 20

FDR and the Depression

Episode: 21

World War II

Episode: 22

The Fifties

Episode: 23

The Sixties

Episode: 24

Contemporary History

Episode: 25

The Redemptive Imagination

Episode: 26
Jan 01, 2000 (en)
Family
[26] Min
  • First Air Date Jan 01, 2000
  • Production
    GBH, PBS, Annenberg Media, Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration
  • Rotten tomato 0%
Original Title A History of America
en

Overview

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.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Fred Barzyk

    Producer