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Informationen zum Autor 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 State s (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. Klappentext A Companion to 19th-Century America presents the most up-to-date interpretations of the wide range of historical experience in nineteenth-century America. Twenty-seven scholars - all specialists in their own thematic areas - demonstrate how nineteenth-century American historiography has evolved, summarize current historical research, and assess the future direction of scholarship. Coverage of topics encompasses not only the traditional areas of political, economic, and diplomatic history but also more recent fields of academic enquiry such as the social construction of race, ethnicity, gender, class formations, and cultural identities. Intended for scholars, students, and general readers of modern American history, this volume stands alone in providing a historiographical overview of nineteenth-century America that is both complete in its coverage and cutting-edge in its interpretations. Each chapter includes a select bibliography which serves as a convenient reference to additional reading. Zusammenfassung * 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contributors vii Introduction 1 William L. Barney PART I: POLITICS AND PUBLIC LIFE 1 Early National Politics and Power, 1800?24 5 Robert M. S. McDonald 2 The Jacksonian Era, 1825?44 19 Jonathan Atkins 3 The Sectionalization of Politics, 1845?60 33 John Ashworth 4 Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861?77 47 Vernon Burton 5 The Gilded Age, 1878?00 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?67 89 John M. Belohlavek 8 The Global Emergence of the United States, 1867?00 104 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?00 139 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
