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Title:
American political history : a very short introduction / Donald T. Critchlow.
Author:
Critchlow, Donald T., 1948-
Publication Information:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2015]
Call Number:
E183 .C875 2015
Abstract:
"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.
ISBN:
9780199340057
Series:
Very short introductions ; 420

Very short introductions ; 420.
Physical Description:
150 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
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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