Bruce P Frohnen, Ted V McAllister

Character in the American Experience

An Unruly People

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Character in the American Experience: An Unruly People tells the story of the American character, from its earliest beginnings to the present day. Bruce P. Frohnen and Ted V. McAllister detail how great events and daily life have both shaped and been shaped by a people committ...

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Oktober 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 232mm x 150mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 476g
• ISBN-13: 9781666914504
• ISBN-10: 1666914509
• Artikelnr.: 64961356

Autorenporträt

By Bruce P. Frohnen and Ted V. McAllister

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Self, Character, and People
Chapter 1: Unruly Pilgrims
Chapter 2: The Roots of American Culture
Chapter 3: Slavery
Chapter 4: A Plural Nation: American Liberties and the Birth of a People
Chapter 5: Conflict, Law, and Revolution
Chapter 6: The Constitutional Conversation
Chapter 7: Cane Ridge and the New Protestant Consensus
Chapter 8: "The Democracy" and Its Limits
Chapter 9: Changing Circumstances, Abiding Character
Chapter 10: American Women and the Power of Self-Sacrifice
Chapter 11: Civil War: The Deals that Failed
Chapter 12: Aftermath: Salvaging the Deal, or Replacing It?
Chapter 13: The West
Chapter 14: Rome Wasn't Built in a Day, but Oklahoma City Was
Chapter 15: The Pursuit of Consolidation
Chapter 16: Wall Street vs. Main Street: The Early Years. Or, from Populism
to Progressivism
Chapter 17: A Generation of Change
Chapter 18: A Changed Generation
Chapter 19: Civil Rights and the Anti-Discrimination State
Chapter 20: Radical Origins and Ideals
Chapter 21: Conflicting Visions
Chapter 22: Administrative Centralization and Its Effects
Chapter 23: Two Peoples, Two Americas?
Conclusion: Law Among the Unruly