查尔斯·A·比尔德、玛丽·R·比尔德编著的《美国历史(英文版)》是美国著名历史学家比尔德为美国中学生写作的一本历史读本，曾在美国学校使用并受到欢迎。全书根据美历史的不同阶段，划分为七个部分，从美洲大陆的发现到世界大战，共29篇。每一篇章归纳出若干知识点，便于学习理解。章节后面附有总结与讨论话题，引导读者进一步探讨与发现。本书以西方人的视角，深入浅出地介绍了从殖民地时期到世界大战期间美国历史上的重大事件与文明发展。

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