Character in the American experience : an unruly people /
"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 committed to order and i...
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| Language: | English |
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Lanham :
Lexington Books,
[2022]
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| Series: | Political theory for today.
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Table of Contents:
- Self, Character, and People
- Unruly Pilgrims
- The Roots of American Culture
- Slavery
- A Plural Nation : American Liberties and the Birth of a People
- Conflict, Law, and Revolution
- The Constitutional Conversation
- Cane Ridge and the New Protestant Consensus
- "The Democracy" and Its Limits
- Changing Circumstances, Abiding Character
- American Women and the Power of Self-Sacrifice
- Civil War : The Deals that Failed
- Aftermath : Salvaging the Deal, or Replacing It?
- The West
- Rome Wasn't Built in a Day, but Oklahoma City Was
- The Pursuit of Consolidation
- Wall Street vs. Main Street : The Early Years. Or, from Populism to Progressivism
- A Generation of Change
- A Changed Generation
- Civil Rights and the Anti-Discrimination State
- Radical Origins and Ideals
- Conflicting Visions
- Administrative Centralization and Its Effects
- Two Peoples, Two Americas?
- Law Among the Unruly.