A political history of the USA : one nation under God / Bruce Kuklick.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kuklick, Bruce, 1941- author.

Contributor:

Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--Politics and government.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (368 pages)

Edition:

3rd edition.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2025.

Summary:

Exploring the history of US politics from the first European contact with the 'New World' in 1492, up to the 2024 presidential elections, this book is an engaging account of America's development from colony to world superpower. Using religion as a central theme to navigate through this vast topic, it moves beyond the realm of political parties, leaders and ideologies to understand how politics has intersected with the individual and societal hopes, fears and values which have underpinned US political culture and theology. Taking the reader from colonial times and the constitution through the civil war, the New Deal, the Cold War and into contemporary America, A Political History of the USA offers a compelling yet balanced account of US political, cultural and religious history, ideal for undergraduate students of US history and politics. New for this edition: - Updated discussion on the constitution to understand recent events such as the overturning of Roe v Wade - Three new chapters on 1972 to the 2024 election covering topics such as the COVID pandemic, the rise of China and the Ukraine War - Additional material on race and gender, through the eyes of African Americans and women - Expanded discussion on the rise of social media and politization of cable news - New timeline of major events

Contents:

Introduction

Part I Religious Longings

1. The Impact of the Europeans, 1494-1676

2. The North American Colonies, 1632-1732

Part II The Revolution and the Constitution

3. The Colonies in the Empire, 1651-1774

4. War and Order, 1775-1787

The Culture of Politics, 1788-1826

Part III Irrepressible Conflict

6. Experiments in Republicanism, 1783-1832

7. Nationalism, Sectionalism and Slavery, 1820-1861

8. Lincoln and the Civil War, 1858-1865

Part IV Republican Ascendancy

9. A New Elite, 1865-1896

10. A New Empire, 1890-1917

11. Progressive America, 1900-1920

12. Crises of Progressive Capitalism, 1919-1933

Part V American Liberalism

13. The Cosmopolitan New Deal, 1933-1945

14. Cold War America, 1945-1963

15. The Long 1960s, 1954-1974

Part VI Contemporary America

16. Cultural Division and Cultural Imperialism, 1968-2000

17. An Age of Terror, 1991-2016

18. Contemporary Crises, 2016-2024

Epilogue: America in History

ISBN:

1-350-42923-6

OCLC:

1520506274