| Description |
1 online resource (1 volume) |
| Contents |
The Politics of the Constitution / David Brian Robertson -- The Role of Money in Politics / Robert E. Mutch -- Religion and American Politics / Daniel K. Williams -- Ethnic Politics in American History / James Connolly -- The Three Regimes of American Transportation Policy / Gregory L. Schneider -- Social Welfare Policy / Joel Blau -- Federal Educational Policy / Wayne J. Urban -- Civil Rights Policy / Mark Rush -- Colonial Politics / Stephen Conway -- The Early Republic / John L. Brooke -- Democrats and Whigs: The Second American Party System / Harry L. Watson -- Party Politics and National Policy, Post-World War II / Daniel DiSalvo -- Political Advertising and the Media / Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Eunji Kim -- Tax and Fiscal Regimes in the United States: The Long Swings / Elliot Brownlee -- Communications and Technology Policy / Heidi Tworek -- Environmental and Energy Policy / Brian Black -- Immigration Policy: Restrictive and Expansive Traditions / Daniel J. Tichenor, Kathryn Miller -- The Long Shadow of Prohibition: U.S. Drug and Alcohol Policy in the 20th Century / Scott Martin -- Defense and Foreign Policy / Timothy J. Lynch -- The Politics of Slavery and the Coming Civil War / John Ashworth -- Politics of the Civil War and Reconstruction / Erik B. Alexander -- Third Parties / Bob McMath -- Gender and Political Citizenship / Eileen McDonagh, Danielle M. Thomsen -- Health Policy / Christy Ford Chapin -- Gilded Age and Progressive Era / Paula Baker -- Politics of Depression and War / Jason Scott Smith -- The Rules of the Game / Jack Reynolds -- Voting Rights / Morgan Kousser |
| Summary |
"American political history, like military history, has never lost a popular audience. If anything, the appetite for books dealing with the nation's founding, its presidents, and elections has grown in recent years. Written by historians, academics in other fields, independent writers, and journalists, some of these books have sold very well. A few jumped from the printed page to film and theater. Ron Chernow's biography of Alexander Hamilton inspired a hit Broadway musical. Though some films depicting presidents spun fanciful stories-at least one hopes no teachers had to correct student misconceptions about Abraham Lincoln dispatching vampires-others had a stronger commitment to the historical record. Since 2000, Lincoln, Franklin D. Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, and George W. Bush have been the focus of films with various levels of attentiveness to historical scholarship and box-office appeal. Teachers could do worse than Charlie Wilson's War as a tool for illustrating how Congress works. Even the more obscure and distant historical figures have had their turn: James A. Garfield's truncated presidency is the subject of a popular book and documentary"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 28, 2020) |
| Subject |
Politics and government
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140410
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| Subject |
United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Baker, Paula, editor.
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Critchlow, Donald T., 1948- editor.
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| LC no. |
2019051765 |
| ISBN |
9780190628833 |
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0190628839 |
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9780190628697 |
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0190628693 |
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