A Companion to 19th-Century America (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

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 chronological organization brings together the major time periods, politics, the Civil War, economy, and social and cultural history of the nineteenth century. Written with the general reader in mind, each essay surveys the historical research, the emerging concerns, and assesses the future direction of scholarship.

• Complete coverage of all the major themes and current debates in nineteenth-century US history assessing the state of the scholarship and future concerns.
• 24 original essays by leading experts in nineteenth-century American history complete with up-to-date bibliographies.
• Chronological and thematic organization covers both traditional and contemporary fields of research - politics, periods, economy, class formation, ethnicity, gender roles, regions, culture and ideas.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Mai 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780470998465
• Artikelnr.: 38194372

Autorenporträt

William L. Barney is Professor of American History at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He has specialized in the history of the United States in the nineteenth century, especially the Civil War period, and is the author of The Road to Secession (1972), Flawed Victory: A New Perception of the Civil War (1975), and co-edited The American Journey: A History of the United States (1997). In 1987 he was a Fulbright Professor at the University of Genoa in Italy and served as Bowman and Gordon Gray Professor at the University of North Carolina from 1990 to 1993.

Inhaltsangabe

Contributors vii
Introduction 1
William L. Barney
PART I: POLITICS AND PUBLIC LIFE
1 Early National Politics and Power, 1800±1824 5
Robert M. S. McDonald
2 The Jacksonian Era, 1825±1844 19
Jonathan Atkins
3 The Sectionalization of Politics, 1845±1860 33
John Ashworth
4 Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861±1877 47
Vernon Burton
5 The Gilded Age, 1878±1900 61
Robert W. Cherny and William L. Barney
6 American Law in the Nineteenth Century 73
John E. Semonche
PART II: FOREIGN RELATIONS
7 American Expansion, 1800±1867 89
John M. Belohlavek
8 The Global Emergence of the United States, 1867±1900 104
Eric Rauchway
PART III: THE ECONOMY AND CLASS FORMATIONS
9 The Emergence of a Market Economy before 1860 121
Stanley L. Engerman and Robert E. Gallman
10 Industrialization and the Rise of Corporations, 1860±1900 139
David B. Sicilia
11 Urbanization 152
Timothy J. Gilfoyle
12 The Development of the Working Classes 164
Kevin Kenny
13 The Evolution of the Middle Class 178
Cindy S. Aron
PART IV: RACE, GENDER, AND ETHNICITY
14 African Americans 195
Donald R. Wright
15 Native-American History 209
Michael D. Green and Theda Perdue
16 Gender and the Changing Roles of Women 223
Laura F. Edwards
17 Immigration and Ethnicity 238
Nora Faires
PART V: REGIONAL PERSPECTIVES
18 The South: From Old to New 257
Stephen W. Berry
19 The Middle West 272
Andrew R. L. Cayton
20 The Relational West 286
Molly P. Rozum
PART VI: CULTURES AND IDEAS
21 The Communications Revolution and Popular Culture 303
David Hochfelder
22 Interpreting American Religion 317
Catherine A. Brekus
23 Science and Technology 334
Alan I. Marcus
24 A History/Historiography of Representations of America 345
Barbara Groseclose
Bibliography 359
Index 399

Rezensionen

"This series marks a major milestone in historiography andhas no comparable, contemporary counterpart... The writing isjargon free, straightforward, and accessible to the scholar andsophisticated student as well as the general reader." History:Reviews of New Books

"The volume fulfils its mission admirably: teachers will gettheir students up to speed by recommending chapters...They willalso find many essays a ready means of enrichment and updating."Journal of American Studies

"William Barney has assembled a talented and diverse group ofscholars, including some of the most eminent historians in thefield and a number of the brightest young scholars working in thisperiod. Given the complexity of the period and richness ofscholarship, this book does an excellent job summarizing theexisting literature and suggesting new directions for futureresearch." Saul Cornell, Ohio State University

"Anyone who cares about the history of the United States willfind this book of great interest and value. The authors cover everyimportant facet of American history in this pivotal century and doso with grace, fairness, and confidence. The essays are as engagingas they they are sophisticated and up to date." Edward L. Ayers,University of Virginia