Selling point: Encourages the reader to recognize that history is a continuous process of discovery, and that history is a way of learning and thinking.Selling point: Use multiple and shifting perspectives to narrate the history of the United States and to focus the readers' attentions on those moments when historical change occurs.Selling point: Reorients the narrative trajectory so that the Pacific world is as much a part of United States history as the Atlantic world has been.Selling point: Breaks with convention by striving, whenever possible, to map continuity and change from the perspectives of the people who lived through them. Instead of relying exclusively on standard projections that show the United States with an east-west and north-south orientation, many of the maps in the "Mapping America" feature in each chapter show events from a south-north or west-east perspective.Selling point: Uses images to convey the substance and meaning of differing perspectives, and to show how people envisioned the world around them. Every chapter includes a "Perspectives" feature that pairs two contrasting images.Selling point: Emphasizes the contingency of history--that those who lived at times when important historical events took place did not themselves know what the outcome would be.

Every chapter ends with a "What If?" section: an alternative outcome accompanied by original source materials for students to consider, discuss, and debate.Selling point: Integrated directly in the e-book at no extra charge, the audio book for Forging America provides another mode for engaging with the text. Each chapter is narrated by a professional actor. Music and sound effects enhance the listening experience. Go to https://learninglink.oup.com/access/hahn1e to listen to a sample.Selling point: The e-book includes nearly 100 primary sources, embedded at the end of each chapter, and edited specifically to accompany Forging AmericaSelling point: A complete package of digital teaching resources is available for adopters at https://learninglink.

oup.com/access/hahn1e.