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050 00 $aJK31$b.K73 2012
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100 1 $aKrason, Stephen M.
245 14 $aThe transformation of the American democratic republic /$cStephen M. Krason.
260 $aNew Brunswick, N.J. :$bTransaction Publishers,$c2012.
300 $axiv, 538 p. ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 501-505) and index.
505 0 $aAmerica's parchment regime: the original character of the American democratic republic and the culture supporting it -- 1789-1817: the formative years, the Federalist Party era, and Jeffersonianism -- 1817-1840: the eras of "good feelings" and Jacksonian democracy -- 1840-1877: expansion, sectionalism, the Civil War, and Reconstruction -- 1877-1920: the Gilded Age, the Progressive Era, and World War I -- 1920-1945: the "Roaring twenties", the Great Depression, and World War II -- 1945-1960: post-World War II America and the Cold War -- 1960-1980: the welfare state, cultural upheaval, and the reign and decline of liberalism -- 1980-present: the upsurge of conservatism, economic transformation, and post-Cold War America -- Analysis and conclusion: how and why the American democratic republic has been transformed.
651 0 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government.
651 0 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$xPhilosophy.
650 0 $aDemocracy$zUnited States.