The paradox of power : statebuilding in America, 1754-1920 /

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"The formation of the American state was something of a paradox, rising so quickly in power and wealth in the midst of an anti-statist political culture. While most people think the American state did not emerge until the twentieth century, The Paradox of Power challenges this notion, synthesiz...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Campbell, Ballard C., 1940- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, 2021.
Temas:
Federal government > United States.
HISTORY > United States > Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
Federal government.
Politics and government.
United States > Politics and government.
United States > History.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement.
États-Unis > Histoire.
United States.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The dynamics of American statebuilding
  • Rise of the little republics
  • Forging a national state
  • Geographic and economic expansion
  • Nationalism and public policy
  • The dynamics of antebellum governance
  • How the Civil War impacted statebuilding
  • Expansion and economic transformations
  • Nationalism, parties, and the coercive state, 1870-1917
  • The federal state during the Gilded Age
  • Progressivism and statebuilding
  • The wartime state
  • Conclusion: Statebuilding, 1870s-1920s.

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