American political history: a very short introduction/

"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 e...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Critchlow, Donald T
Format: Printed Book
Published: Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015.
Subjects:
Political culture-United States-History.
Online Access:http://www.amazon.in/American-Political-History-Introduction-Introductions/dp/0199340056
Table of Contents:
  • The politics of the Constitution, 1787-89
  • Contentious people and factious parties in the Early Republic, 1789-1824
  • The age of democracy, 1816-44
  • The politics of slavery : prelude to the Civil War, 1844-60
  • Politics in war and Reconstruction, 1861-76
  • Gilded Age frustration and the Progressive response, 1877-1918
  • Affluence, depression, and world war, 1920-45
  • Early Cold War politics, 1945-74
  • Tumultuous politics continued, 1974-present.

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