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American political history : a very short introduction / Donald T. Critchlow.
LIBRA E183 .C875 2015
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Critchlow, Donald T., 1948-
- Series:
- Very short introductions ; 420.
- Very short introductions ; 420
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States--Politics and government.
- United States.
- Politics and government.
- Political culture--United States--History.
- Political culture.
- History.
- Political science.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xvii unnumbered pages, 150 pages : illustrations ; 18cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015.
- Summary:
- "American Political History : A Very Short Introduction captures the richness of American political history, focusing primarily on national politics. It explores the nature of the two-party system, key turning points in American political history, representative presidential and congressional elections, struggles to expand the electorate, and critical social protest and third-party movements"--Provided by publisher
- Contents:
- The politics of the Constitution, 1787-1789
- Contentious people and factious parties in the early Republic, 1789-1824
- The age of democracy, 1816-1844
- The politics of slavery : prelude to the Civil War, 1844-1860
- Politics in war and Reconstruction, 1861-1876
- Gilded Age frustration and the progressive response, 1877-1918
- Affluence, Depression, and World War, 1920-1945
- Early Cold War politics, 1945-1974
- Tumultuous politics continued, 1974-present.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0199340056
- 9780199340057
- OCLC:
- 878299421
- Publisher Number:
- 99961810229
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