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A Companion to 19th-Century America


A Companion to 19th-Century America


Wiley Blackwell Companions to American History 1. Aufl.

von: William Barney

174,99 €

Verlag: Wiley-Blackwell
Format: PDF
Veröffentl.: 15.04.2008
ISBN/EAN: 9780470998465
Sprache: englisch
Anzahl Seiten: 432

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<p><i>A Companion to 19th-Century America</i> 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 direction of scholarship.</p> <ul> <li>Complete coverage of all the major themes and current debates in nineteenth-century US history assessing the state of the scholarship and future concerns.</li> <li>24 original essays by leading experts in nineteenth-century American history complete with up-to-date bibliographies.</li> <li>Chronological and thematic organization covers both traditional and contemporary fields of research - politics, periods, economy, class formation, ethnicity, gender roles, regions, culture and ideas.</li> </ul>
<p>Contributors vii</p> <p>Introduction 1<br /><i>William L. Barney</i></p> <p><b>PART I: POLITICS AND PUBLIC LIFE</b></p> <p>1 Early National Politics and Power, 1800±1824 5<br /><i>Robert M. S. McDonald</i></p> <p>2 The Jacksonian Era, 1825±1844 19<br /><i>Jonathan Atkins</i></p> <p>3 The Sectionalization of Politics, 1845±1860 33<br /><i>John Ashworth</i></p> <p>4 Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861±1877 47<br /><i>Vernon Burton</i></p> <p>5 The Gilded Age, 1878±1900 61<br /><i>Robert W. Cherny and William L. Barney</i></p> <p>6 American Law in the Nineteenth Century 73<br /><i>John E. Semonche</i></p> <p><b>PART II: FOREIGN RELATIONS</b></p> <p>7 American Expansion, 1800±1867 89<br /><i>John M. Belohlavek</i></p> <p>8 The Global Emergence of the United States, 1867±1900 104<br /><i>Eric Rauchway</i></p> <p><b>PART III: THE ECONOMY AND CLASS FORMATIONS</b></p> <p>9 The Emergence of a Market Economy before 1860 121<br /><i>Stanley L. Engerman and Robert E. Gallman</i></p> <p>10 Industrialization and the Rise of Corporations, 1860±1900 139<br /><i>David B. Sicilia</i></p> <p>11 Urbanization 152<br /><i>Timothy J. Gilfoyle</i></p> <p>12 The Development of the Working Classes 164<br /><i>Kevin Kenny</i></p> <p>13 The Evolution of the Middle Class 178<br /><i>Cindy S. Aron</i></p> <p><b>PART IV: RACE, GENDER, AND ETHNICITY</b></p> <p>14 African Americans 195<br /><i>Donald R. Wright</i></p> <p>15 Native-American History 209<br /><i>Michael D. Green and Theda Perdue</i></p> <p>16 Gender and the Changing Roles of Women 223<br /><i>Laura F. Edwards</i></p> <p>17 Immigration and Ethnicity 238<br /><i>Nora Faires</i></p> <p><b>PART V: REGIONAL PERSPECTIVES</b></p> <p>18 The South: From Old to New 257<br /><i>Stephen W. Berry</i></p> <p>19 The Middle West 272<br /><i>Andrew R. L. Cayton</i></p> <p>20 The Relational West 286<br /><i>Molly P. Rozum</i></p> <p><b>PART VI: CULTURES AND IDEAS</b></p> <p>21 The Communications Revolution and Popular Culture 303<br /><i>David Hochfelder</i></p> <p>22 Interpreting American Religion 317<br /><i>Catherine A. Brekus</i></p> <p>23 Science and Technology 334<br /><i>Alan I. Marcus</i></p> <p>24 A History/Historiography of Representations of America 345<br /><i>Barbara Groseclose</i></p> <p>Bibliography 359</p> <p>Index 399</p>
“This series marks a major milestone in historiography and has no comparable, contemporary counterpart... The writing is jargon free, straightforward, and accessible to the scholar and sophisticated student as well as the general reader." <i>History: Reviews of New Books</i><br /> <p>"The volume fulfils its mission admirably: teachers will get their students up to speed by recommending chapters...They will also find many essays a ready means of enrichment and updating." <i>Journal of American Studies</i><br /> </p> <p>"William Barney has assembled a talented and diverse group of scholars, including some of the most eminent historians in the field and a number of the brightest young scholars working in this period. Given the complexity of the period and richness of scholarship, this book does an excellent job summarizing the existing literature and suggesting new directions for future research." <i>Saul Cornell, Ohio State University</i><br /> </p> <p>"Anyone who cares about the history of the United States will find this book of great interest and value. The authors cover every important facet of American history in this pivotal century and do so with grace, fairness, and confidence. The essays are as engaging as they they are sophisticated and up to date." <i>Edward L. Ayers, University of Virginia</i></p>
<b>William L. Barney</b> 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 <i>The Road to Secession</i> (1972), <i>Flawed Victory: A New Perception of the Civil War</i> (1975), and co-edited <i>The American Journey: A History of the United State</i>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.
<i>A Companion to 19th-Century America</i> 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.<br /> <p>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.</p>
"William Barney has assembled a talented and diverse group of scholars, including some of the most eminent historians in the field and a number of the brightest young scholars working in this period. Given the complexity of the period and richness of scholarship, this book does an excellent job summarizing the existing literature and suggesting new directions for future research."<br /> –<i>Saul Cornell</i>, Ohio State University <p>"Anyone who cares about the history of the United States will find this book of great interest and value. The authors cover every important facet of American history in this pivotal century and do so with grace, fairness, and confidence. The essays are as engaging as they they are sophisticated and up to date."<br /> –<i>Edward L. Ayers</i>, University of Virginia</p>

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