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The Paradox of Power : Statebuilding in America, 1754-1920 /
"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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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Lawrence, Kansas :
University Press of Kansas,
2021.
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| Series: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- 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.