Contesting democracy :

Contesting democracy : substance and structure in American political history, 1775-2000 / edited by Byron E. Shafer and Anthony J. Badger. - Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, c2001. - xii, 271 p. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

State development in the early republic: substance and structure, 1780-1840 / Ronald P. Formisano -- The nationalization and racialization of American politics: before, beneath, and between parties, 1790-1840 / David Waldstreicher -- "To one or another of these parties every man belongs": the American political experience from Andrew Jackson to the Civil War / Joel H. Silbey -- Change and continuity in the party period: the substance and structure of American politics, 1835-1885 / Michael F. Holt -- The transformation of American politics: political institutions and public policy, 1865-1910 / Peter H. Argersinger -- Democracy, Republicanism, and efficiency: the values of American politics, 1885-1930 / Richard Jensen -- The limits of federal power and social politics, 1910-1955 / Anthony J. Badger -- The rise of rights and rights consciousness in American politics, 1930s & 1970s / James T. Patterson -- The two majorities and the puzzle of modern American politics: economic development, issue evolution, and divided government, 1955-2000 / Byron E. Shafer.

070061138X (cloth : alk. paper) 0700611398 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Democracy--History.--United States
Political culture--History.--United States


United States--Politics and government.
United States--Politics and government--Historiography.

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