Frederic L. Paxson’s The New Nation is a scholarly synthesis of American history in the post-Civil War period, covering the decades of rapid industrialization, western settlement, immigration, and institutional development that transformed the United States from a rural republic into an industrial power. Part of the Riverside History of the United States series, the book is designed as a clear and reliable survey for students and general readers.
Paxson won the Pulitzer Prize for History in 1925, and his work reflects the high standard of early twentieth-century historical scholarship in American history. Download this free EPUB for a well-crafted overview of America’s transformation in the Gilded Age.