The American Yawp (Second Edition) – Volume 1: To 1877 Audiobook

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  • Audiobook Publisher: Audileo
  • Textbook Publisher: Stanford University Press
  • Textbook Editors: Joseph L. Locke & Ben Wright
  • Textbook ISBN: 9781503634787

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Chapter 1

American Origins

Chapter 2

Making an Atlantic World

Chapter 3

Colliding Cultures

Chapter 4

British North America

Chapter 5

Colonial Society

Chapter 6

The American Revolution

Chapter 7

A New Nation

Chapter 8

The Early Republic

Chapter 9

Getting Forward

Chapter 10

American Democracy

Chapter 11

Growth and Conflict

Chapter 12

The National Crisis

Chapter 13

The Civil War

Chapter 14

Reconstruction

This audio production is an unabridged adaptation of The American Yawp (second edition): A Massively Collaborative Open U.S. History Textbook, edited by Joseph Locke and Ben Wright, originally published by Stanford University Press. Both the underlying digital text and this derivative audio adaptation are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0). Under this license, you are completely free to share, copy, redistribute, or remix these audio files for personal, educational, or institutional use, including integration within digital learning management systems (LMS) such as Canvas, Blackboard, or Google Classroom, provided you give appropriate credit to the original creators and distribute any derivative works under this identical license framework. To view a complete copy of this license, visit Creative Commons CC BY-SA 4.0. Audileo is an independent platform dedicated to digital learning accessibility and open educational resources (OER). Access the original, interactive open-source text framework for free at americanyawp.com.