Acknowledgements
Introduction: The Aim of This Study
Chapter 1 America's "Parchment Regime": The Original Character of the
American Democratic Republic and the
Culture Supporting It
Chapter 2 1789-1817: The Formative Years, The Federalist Party Era, and
Jeffersonianism
Chapter 3 1817-1840: The Eras of "Good Feelings" and Jacksonian Democracy
Chapter 4 1840-1877: Expansion, Sectionalism, the Civil War, and
Reconstruction
Chapter 5 1877-1920: The Gilded Age, the Progressive Era, and World War I
Chapter 6 1920-1945: The "Roaring Twenties," the Great Depression, and
World War II
Chapter 7 1945-1960: Post-World War II America and the Cold War
Chapter 8 1960-1980: The Welfare State, Cultural Upheaval, and the Reign
and Decline of Liberalism
Chapter 9 1980-Present: The Upsurge of Conservatism, Economic
Transformation, and Post-Cold War America
Chapter 10 Analysis and Conclusion: How and Why the American Democratic
Republic Has Been Transformed
Selected Bibliography
Contents
Index
