An essential resource for anyone interested in U S history and politics this two volume encyclopedia covers the major forces that have shaped American politics from the founding to today Broad in scope the book addresses both the traditional topics of political history such as eras institutions political parties presidents and founding documents and the wider subjects of current scholarship including military electoral and economic events as well as social movements popular culture religion education race gender and more Each article specially commissioned for this book goes beyond basic facts to provide readers with crucial context expert analysis and informed perspectives on the evolution of American politics Written by more than 170 leading historians and social scientists The Princeton Encyclopedia of American Political History gives students scholars and researchers authoritative introductions to the subject s most important topics and a first step to further research Features nearly 190 entries organized alphabetically and written by a distinguished team of scholars including Dean Baker Lewis L Gould Alexander Keyssar James T Kloppenberg Patricia Nelson Limerick Lisa McGirr Mark A Noll Jack N Rakove Nick Salvatore Stephen Skowronek Jeremi Suri and Julian E Zelizer Describes key political periods and eras from the founding to the present day Traces the history of political institutions parties and founding documents Explains ideas philosophies and movements that shaped American politics Presents the political history and influence of geographic regions Describes the roles of ethnic racial and religious groups in the political process Explores the influence of mass culture from political cartoons to the Internet Examines recurring issues that shape political campaigns and policy from class gender and race to crime education taxation voting welfare and much more Includes bibliographies cross references appendixes a comprehensive index and more than 50 illustrations and maps

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