A companion to 19th-century America [electronic resource] / edited by William L. Barney.
A Companion to 19th-Century America is an authoritative overview of current historiographical developments and major themes in the history of nineteenth-century America. Twenty-seven scholars, all specialists in their own thematic areas, examine the key debates and historiography. A thematic and chr...
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| Other title: | Companion to nineteenth-century America. |
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| Language: | English |
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Malden, Mass. :
Blackwell,
2001.
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| Series: | Blackwell companions to American history ;
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Table of Contents:
- Early national politics and power, 1800-1824 / Robert M.S. McDonald
- The Jacksonian era, 1825-1844 / Jonathan Atkins
- The sectionalization of politics, 1845-1860 / John Ashworth
- Civil War and reconstruction, 1861-1877 / Vernon Burton
- The gilded age, 1878-1900 / Robert W. Cherny, William L. Barney
- American law in the nineteenth century / John E. Semonche
- American expansion, 1800-1867 / John M. Belohlavek
- The global emergence of the United States, 1867-1900 / Eric Rauchway
- The emergence of a market economy before 1860 / Stanley L. Engerman and Robert E. Gallman
- Industrialization and the rise of corporations, 1860-1900 / David B. Sicilia
- Urbanization / Timothy J. Gilfoyle
- The development of the working classes / Kevin Kenny
- The evolution of the middle class / Cindy S. Aron
- African Americans / Donald R. Wright
- Native-American history / Michael D. Green and Theda Perdue
- Gender and the changing roles of women / Laura F. Edwards
- Immigration and ethnicity / Nora Faires
- The south: from old to new / Stephen W. Berry
- The middle west / Andrew R.L. Cayton
- The relational west / Molly P. Rozum
- The communications revolution and popular culture / David Hochfelder
- Interpreting American religion / Catherine A. Brekus
- Science and technology / Alan I. Marcus
- A history/historiography of representations of America / Barbara Groseclose.