v. 1. Three worlds meet : beginnings to 1607 / Peter C. Marshall, editor -- v. 2. Colonization and settlement : 1608 to 1760 / Billy G. Smith, editor -- v. 3. Revolution and new nation : 1761 to 1812 / Paul A. Gilje, editor -- v. 4. Expansion and reform : 1813 to 1855 / Malcolm J. Rohrbough, editor -- v. 5. Civil War and Reconstruction : 1856 to 1869 / Joan Waugh, editor -- v. 6. The development of the industrial United States : 1870 to 1899 / Ari Hoogenboom, editor -- v. 7. The emergence of modern America : 1900 to 1928 / Elizabeth Faue, editor -- v. 8. The Great Depression and World War II : 1929 to 1945 / John W. Jeffries, editor -- v. 9. Postwar United States : 1946 to 1968 / Allan M. Winkler, editor -- v. 10. Contemporary United States : 1969 to the present / Donald T. Critchlow, editor -- v. 11. Comprehensive index.