A social and cultural emphasis on the diverse experiences of everyday people enables students to imagine life in the past. Norton/Kamensky/Sheriff/Blight/Chudacoff's A PEOPLE AND A NATION, A HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES, Student Edition, includes expanded coverage of post-1945 domestic developments and their relation to international events strengthens thematic coherence. The text helps students build connections across history by relating U.S. events to present-day issues such as civil rights, Social Security, technology and environmentalism.