v. 1. Three worlds meet, beginnings to 1607 -- v. 2. Colonization and settlement, 1608-1760 -- v. 3. Revolution and new nation, 1761 to 1812 -- v. 4. Expansion and reform, 1813 to 1855 -- v. 5. Civil War and Reconstruction, 1856 to 1869 -- v. 6. The development of the industrial United States, 1870 to 1899 -- v. 7. The emergence of modern America, 1900 to 1928 -- v. 8. The Great Depression and World War II, 1929 to 1945 -- v. 9. Postwar United States, 1946 to 1968 -- v. 10. Contemporary United States, 1969 to the present -- v. 11. Comprehensive index.