Historical map reproductions, photographs, and self contained essays combine to give an historical account fo the United States from 1400 to the present. The six chapter divisions are:
* An Age of Discovery 1400-1749
* New People in a New World 1750-1799
* Forming a More Perfect Union 1800-1849
* A Nation Comes of Age 1850-1899
* A Nation at War 1900-1949
* Decades of Change 1950-Present
240 pages.