查爾斯·A·比爾德、瑪麗·R·比爾德編著的《美國歷史(英文版)》是美國**歷史學家比爾德為美國中學生寫作的一本歷史讀本，曾在美國學校使用並受到歡迎。全書根據美歷史的不同階段，劃分為七個部分，從美洲大陸的發現到世界大戰，共29篇。每一篇章歸納出若干知識點，便於學習理解。章節後面附有總結與討論話題，引導讀者進一步探討與發現。本書以西方人的視角，深入淺出地介紹了從殖民地時期到世界大戰期間美國歷**的重大事件與文明發展。

PART I. THE COLONIAL PERIOD
1 THE GREAT MIGRATION TO AMERICA 001
2 COLONIAL AGRICULTURE, INDUSTRY, AND COMMERCE 014
3 SOCIAL AND POLITICAL PROGRESS 026
4 THE DEVELOPMENT OF COLONIAL NATIONALISM 039
PART II. CONFLICT AND INDEPENDENCE
5 THE NEW COURSE IN BRITISH IMPERIAL POLICY 054
6 THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 070
PART III. FOUNDATIONS OF THE UNION AND NATIONAL POLITICS
7 THE FORMATION OF THE CONSTITUTION 099
8 THE CLASH OF POLITICAL PARTIES 115
9 THE JEFFERSONIAN REPUBLICANS IN POWER 132
PART IV. THE WEST AND JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY
10 THE FARMERS BEYOND THE APPALACHIANS 155
11 JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 170
12 THE MIDDLE BORDER AND THE GREAT WEST 194
PART V. SECTIONAL CONFLICT AND RECONSTRUCTION
13 THE RISE OF THE INDUSTRIAL SYSTEM 211
14 THE PLANTING SYSTEM AND NATIONAL POLITICS 226
15 THE CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION 245
PART VI. NATIONAL GROWTH AND WORLD POLITICS
16 THE POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC EVOLUTION OF THE SOUTH 270
17 BUSINESS ENTERPRISE AND THE REPUBLICAN PARTY 285
18 THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE GREAT WEST 302
19 DOMESTIC ISSUES BEFORE THE COUNTRY (1865-1897) 322
20 AMERICA A WORLD POWER (1865-1900) 340
PART VII. PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRACY AND THE WORLD WAR
21 THE EVOLUTION OF REPUBLICAN POLICIES (1901-1913) 362
22 THE SPIRIT OF REFORM IN AMERICA 382
23 THE NEW POLITICAL DEMOCRACY 395
24 INDUSTRIAL DEMOCRACY 406
25 PRESIDENT WILSON AND THE WORLD WAR 418