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This collection of essays by twenty-nine distinguished scholars provides readers with a complete overview of American politics and policy that can be found in any single volume. These essays reveal that American politics historically is volatile, not given easily to civility, and polarizing; at the same time, they explore important political developments in addressing real issues confronting the nation and the world.
Sommario
- Introduction:
- Paula Baker and Donald T. Critchlow
- 1. Colonial Politics
- Steven Conway
- 2. The Politics of the Constitution
- David Briand Robertson
- 3. The Early Republic
- John L. Brooke
- 4. Democrats and Whigs: The Second American Party System
- Harry L. Watson
- 5. The Politics of Slavery and the Coming Civil War
- John Ashworth
- 6. Politics of the Civil War and Reconstruction
- Erik B. Alexander
- 7. Politics in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era
- Paula Baker
- 8. The Politics of Depression and War
- Jason Scott Smith
- 9. Party Politics and National Policy, Post-World War II
- Daniel DiSalvo
- 10. The Rules of the Game
- Jack Reynolds
- 11. Voting Rights
- Morgan Kousser
- 12. Third Parties
- Bob McMath
- 13. The Role of Money in Politics
- Robert E. Mutch
- 14. Political Advertising and the Media
- Kathleen Hall Jamieson and Eunji Kim
- 15. Religion and American Politics
- Daniel K. Williams
- 16. Ethnic Politics in American History
- James J. Connolly
- 17. Tax and Fiscal Regimes in the United States: The Long-Swings
- Elliot Brownlee
- 18. Defense and Foreign Policy
- Timothy J. Lynch
- 19. Gender and Political Citizenship
- Eileen McDonagh and Danielle M. Thomsen
- 20. Immigration Policy: Restrictive and Expansive Traditions
- Daniel J. Tichenor and Kathryn Miller
- 21. The Three Regimes of American Transportation Policy
- Gregory L. Schneider
- 22. Communications and Technology Policy
- Heidi Tworek
- 23. Environmental and Energy Policy
- Brian Black
- 24. Social Welfare Policy
- Joel Blau
- 25. Health Policy
- Christy Ford Chapin
- 26. The Long Shadow of Prohibition: U.S. Drug and Alcohol Policy in the Twentieth Century
- Scott Martin
- 27. Federal Education Policy
- Wayne J. Urban
- 28. Civil Rights Policy
- Baker and Donald T. Critchlow
- Index
Info autore
Paula Baker is Associate Professor of History at The Ohio State University. Her most recent book is Curbing Campaign Cash: Henry Ford, Truman Newberry, and the Politics of Progressive Reform.
Donald Critchlow is Katzin Family Professor of History at Arizona State University. He is the author of twenty-three books, including Republican Character: From Nixon to Reagan and Future Right: The Forging of a New Republican Majority.
Riassunto
American political and policy history has revived since the turn of the twenty-first century. After social and cultural history emerged as dominant forces to reveal the importance of class, race, and gender within the United States, the application of this line of work to American politics and policy followed. In addition, social movements, particularly the civil rights and feminism, helped rekindle political and policy history. As a result, a new generation of historians turned their attention to American politics. Their new approach still covers traditional subjects, but more often it combines an interest in the state, politics, and policy with other specialties (urban, labor, social, and race, among others) within the history and social science disciplines.
The Oxford Handbook of American Political History incorporates and reflects this renaissance of American political history. It not only provides a chronological framework but also illustrates fundamental political themes and debates about public policy, including party systems, women in politics, political advertising, religion, and more. Chapters on economy, defense, agriculture, immigration, transportation, communication, environment, social welfare, health care, drugs and alcohol, education, and civil rights trace the development and shifts in American policy history. This collection of essays by 29 distinguished scholars offers a comprehensive overview of American politics and policy.
