A history of America in 100 maps

Introduction : Seeing the past through maps

1490-1600 : Contact and discovery

1600-1700 : Early settlement and the Northwest Passage

1700-1783 : Imperialism and independence

1783-1835 : A nation realized

1835-1874 : Expansion, fragmentation, and reunification

1874-1914 : Industrialization and its discontents

1914-1940 : Prosperity, depression, and reform

1940-1962 : Between war and abundance

1962-2001 : An unsettled peace

Afterword : The road ahead.