A companion to 19th-century America / / edited by William L. Barney
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| Titolo: |
A companion to 19th-century America / / edited by William L. Barney
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| Pubblicazione: | Malden, MA, : Blackwell, 2001 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (426 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 973 |
| 973.5 | |
| Soggetto geografico: | United States History 19th century |
| United States History 1783-1865 | |
| United States History 1783-1865 Historiography | |
| United States History 1865-1898 | |
| United States History 1865-1898 Historiography | |
| Altri autori: |
BarneyWilliam L
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [359]-398) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | A COMPANION TO 19th-CENTURY AMERICA; Contents; Contributors; Introduction; Part I: Politics and Public Life; 1 Early National Politics and Power, 1800-1824; 2 The Jacksonian Era, 1825-1844; 3 The Sectionalization of Politics, 1845-1860; 4 Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877; 5 The Gilded Age, 1878-1900; 6 American Law in the Nineteenth Century; Part II: Foreign Relations; 7 American Expansion, 1800-1867; 8 The Global Emergence of the United States, 1867-1900; Part III: The Economy and Class Formations; 9 The Emergence of a Market Economy before 1860 |
| 10 Industrialization and the Rise of Corporations, 1860-190011 Urbanization; 12 The Development of the Working Classes; 13 The Evolution of the Middle Class; Part IV: Race, Gender, and Ethnicity; 14 African Americans; 15 Native-American History; 16 Gender and the Changing Roles of Women; 17 Immigration and Ethnicity; Part V: Regional Perspectives; 18 The South: From Old to New; 19 The Middle West; 20 The Relational West; Part VI: Cultures and Ideas; 21 The Communications Revolution and Popular Culture; 22 Interpreting American Religion; 23 Science and Technology | |
| 24 A History/Historiography of Representations of AmericaBibliography; Index | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 dire |
| Altri titoli varianti: | Companion to nineteenth-century America |
| Titolo autorizzato: | A companion to 19th-century America |
| ISBN: | 1-281-31246-0 |
| 1-78034-064-8 | |
| 9786611312466 | |
| 0-470-99847-4 | |
| 0-470-99846-6 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910810242303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Blackwell companions to American history ; ; 2.