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• About the Contributors ix
• Introduction 1 Nancy A. Hewitt and Anne M. Valk
• 1 Native Women in the Americas to 1800 7 Camilla Townsend
• 2 Slavery and the Slave Trade 23 Ebony Jones and Jennifer L. Morgan
• 3 Intersectional Studies of Early American Women and Christianity 39 Anna M. Lawrence
• 4 Women and the Law in Early America 55 Terri L. Snyder and Cornelia Hughes Dayton
• 5 Women and the Long American Revolution 73 Serena Zabin
• 6 Intimate Economies, 1790-1860 89 April Haynes
• 7 The Future Looks Bright: Black Women, Slavery, and Freedom, 1780-1865 107 Amrita Chakrabarti Myers and Jessica Millward
• 8 Race, Class, Region, and Activism, 1820s-1870s 123 Nancy A. Hewitt
• 9 Conflicts and Cultures in the Colonial and Nineteenth-Century West 141 Lisbeth Haas
• 10 Women in the Civil War Era 157 Hilary Green
• 11 Gender and Social Movements from Reconstruction to the New Deal 175 Leslie Dunlap
• 12 Woman Suffrage, Women's Votes 193 Liette Gidlow
• 13 Recovering a Gender-Transgressive Past: A Transgender Historiography 209 Emily Skidmore
• 14 Popular Cultures 223 Emily Westkaemper
• 15 Working Women, "Welfare Moms, " and Struggles for Subsistence in the Twentieth Century 241 Annelise Orleck
• 16 Capitalism in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries 261 Tracey Deutsch and Nan Enstad
• 17 Women, Gender, and the State, ca. 1900-2010 279 Jennifer Mittelstadt and Rachel Louise Moran
• 18 Sterilization, Birth Control, and Abortion: Reproductive Politics from 1945 to the Present 299 Jennifer Nelson
• 19 Global Women: Migrants and Refugees, 1850s-2000 319 Elizabeth Zanoni
• 20 Civil Rights and Black Liberation 337 Rebecca Tuuri and Steven F. Lawson
• 21 Rethinking Feminist Movements after World War II 353 Anne M. Valk
• 22 Oral History and Testimony in Histories of Women, Gender, and Sexuality 373 Jessica Wilkerson
• 23 Digital Demands Toward Decolonial Feminist Futures 389 Brittney Cooper
• Index 405.
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The most important collection of essays on American Women's History This collection incorporates the most influential and groundbreaking scholarship in the area of American women's history, featuring twenty-three original essays on critical themes and topics. It assesses the past thirty years of scholarship, capturing the ways that women's historians confront issues of race, class, gender, and sexuality. This second edition updates essays related to Indigenous women, slavery, the American Revolution, Civil War, the West, activism, labor, popular culture, civil rights, and feminism. It also includes a discussion of laws, capitalism, gender identity and transgender experience, welfare, reproductive politics, oral history, as well as an exploration of the perspectives of free Blacks and migrants and refugees. Spanning from the 15th through the 21st centuries, chapters show how historians of women, gender, and sexuality have challenged established chronologies and advanced new understandings of America's political, economic, intellectual and social history. This edition also features a new essay on the history of women's suffrage to coincide with the 100th anniversary of passage of the 19th Amendment, as well as a new article that carries issues of women, gender and sexuality into the 21st century. Includes twenty-three original essays by leading scholars in American women's, gender and sexuality history Highlights the most recent scholarship on the key debates and future directions of this popular and contemporary field Substantially updates the first edition with new authors and topics that represent the expanding fields of women, gender, and sexuality Engages issues of race, ethnicity, region, and class as they shape and are shaped by women's and gender history Covers the breadth of American Women's history, including Native women, colonial law and religion, slavery and freedom, women's activism, work and welfare, culture and capitalism, the state, feminism, digital and oral history, and more A Companion to American Women's History, Second Edition is an ideal book for advanced undergraduates and graduate students studying American/U.S. women's history, history of gender and sexuality, and African American women's history. It will also appeal to scholars of these areas at all levels, as well as public historians working in museums, archives, and historic sites. .
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• Part I. Andrew Johnson
• Andrew Johnson before the presidency / Glenna R. Schroeder-Lein
• Andrew Johnson and Reconstruction / Erik Mathisen
• Andrew Johnson: race, the constitution and democracy / Aaron Astor
• The impeachment of Andrew Johnson / Luis Fuentes-Rohwer
• Foreign affairs and Andrew Johnson / Richard Zuczek
• Part II. Ulysses S. Grant
• Ulysses S. Grant: birth to the Mexican-American War / Pamela K. Sanfilippo
• Ulysses S. Grant: star on the rise, 1861-1863 / Brian Steel Wills
• Ulysses S. Grant: the making of a military politician, 1861-1865 / Brian Holden Reid
• The general-in-chief, 1864-1865 / William B. Feis
• Ulysses S. Grant goes to Washington: the commanding general as secretary of war / James J. Broomall
• The 1868 and 1872 elections / Andrew Prymak
• Looking for the popular culture of Grant's America / Woody Register
• Reconstruction during the Grant years: the conundrum of policy / Thomas R. Pegram
• Go west, young man: expansion and American Indian policy / Eric J. Morser
• Avoiding war: the foreign policy of Ulysses S. Grant and Hamilton Fish / Stephen McCullough
• Grant and historical memory / John F. Marszalek
• Grant and heroic leadership / Frank J. Williams
• Engagement rather than escape: Ulysses S. Grant's world tour, 1877-1879 / William M. Ferraro
• Part III. Rutherford B. Hayes
• "Crushing the traitors": Rutherford B. Hayes in the Civil War / John R. Lundberg
• Rutherford B. Hayes: the road to the White House / Allan Peskin
• Election of 1876/Compromise of 1877 / Marc-William Palen
• Hayes and civil service reform / Ari Hoogenboom
• The shattered dream: the shock of industrialization and the crisis of the free labor ideal / Eric Leif Davin
• Lifting the veil of obscurity?: Lucy Webb Hayes, America's first "First Lady" / Katherin E. Rohrer
• Part IV. The Age of Reconstruction
• Edison and the age of invention / David Hochfelder
• Centennial celebrations / John Hepp
• Community responsibilities, citizenship rights: gender and power in the Reconstruction era / Michelle Kuhl
• Playing on a new field: the U.S. Supreme Court in Reconstruction / Roman J. Hoyos
• Scandal, corruption / Robert W. Burg
• Ex-presidents in the Age of Reconstruction / Edward Frantz.

• Introduction / Sally E Hadden and Alfred L. Brophy
• Reconsidering the seventeenth century : legal history / Elizabeth Dale
• What's done and undone : colonial American legal history, 1700-1775 / Salley E. Hadden
• 1775-1815 / Ellen Holmes Pearson
• The antebellum era through Civil War / Alfred L. Brophy
• Beyond classical legal thought : law and governance in postbellum American, 1865-1920 / Roman J. Hoyos
• American legal history, 1920-1970 / Christopher W. Schmidt
• Native Americans / Christina McMillen
• African Americans in slavery / Thomas J. Davis
• African Americans in freedom / James Campbell
• Women's legal history / Felice Batlan
• Families / David S. Tanenhaus
• Who belongs? : immigrants and the law in American history / Allison Brownell Tirres
• The legal profession / Mark E. Steiner
• Law and the economy of early America : markets, institutions of exchange, and labor / Christine Desan
• Law and the economy in the United States, 1820-2000 / Harwell Wells
• Law and labor in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries / Deborah Dinner
• Siting the legal history of poverty : below, above, and amidst / Felicia Kornbluh and Karen Tani
• Taxes / Robin L Einhorn
• Law and the administrative state / Joanna L. Grisinger
• Law and religion / Steven K. Green
• Legal history and the military / Elizabeth L. Hillman
• Criminal law and justice in America / Elizabeth Dale
• Intellectual property / Steven Wolf
• Law and literature / Jeannine Marie DeLombard
• Legal thought from Blackstone to Kent and Story / Steven J. Macias
• American jurisprudence in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries / James D. Schmidt
• Critical legal studies / John Henry Schlegel
• The international context : an imperial perspective on American legal history / Clara Altman.

A Companion to American Legal History presents a compilation of the most recent writings from leading scholars on American legal history from the colonial era through the late twentieth century. Presents up-to-date research describing the key debates in American legal history Reflects the current state of American legal history research and points readers in the direction of future research Represents an ideal companion for graduate and law students seeking an introduction to the field, the key questions, and future research ideas.
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• Notes on Contributors ix Introduction 1 R. Douglas Hurt Part I Regional 3 1 Native American Agriculture before European Contact 5 Gayle Fritz 2 North American Colonial Agriculture 23 Taylor Spence 3 Early National America, 1789
• -1830: Laying the Foundation for Nineteenth-Century Agricultural Growth 37 James L. Huston 4 Agricultural Power and Production in Antebellum America 47 Kelly Houston Jones 5 Making the Rural Midwest: Commodities and Communities 60 J.L. Anderson 6 The Great Plains 75 Thomas D. Isern 7 Post-Civil War Southern Agriculture 89 Jeannie Whayne 8 Three Eras of California Agriculture: Wheat, Specialty Crops, Cotton 102 David Vaught 9 American Indian Agriculture 115 David H. DeJong 10 Cities and Agriculture in America 129 Andrew C. Baker Part II Science, Technology, and Environment 145 11 The Historians' Corner: American Agricultural Science 147 Alan I Marcus 12 Agricultural Technology 161 Paul Nienkamp 13 Plant Sciences: A Brief History 175 Karen-Beth G. Scholthof 14 A Counterculture Agriculture: Organic Farming in a Commercial Food Age 188 David D. Vail 15 Agricultural History's Agroecological Turn 200 Mark D. Hersey and Albert G. Way Part III Ethnicity and Gender 213 16 African Americans in Twentieth-Century Agriculture 215 Cherisse Jones-Branch 17 Gender and Agriculture 229 Sara Egge 18 Migrant Labor 244 Nancy Gabin Part IV Politics and Policy 255 19 Evolving Boundaries: "The People's Department" across Three Centuries 257 Anne Effland 20 Agrarian Reform: The Grange, the Farmers' Alliance, and Populism 272 Connie L. Lester 21 Agricultural Organization in the Twentieth Century: Progressives, Radicals, and Social Activists 286 Nancy K. Berlage 22 The Development of American Agricultural Policy 300 Jonathan Coppess 23 Irrigation, Reclamation, and Water Rights 314 Brian Q. Cannon 24 Consumers, Producers, and the Shifting Logic of Food Safety 327 Kendra Smith-Howard 25 Meatpacking 341 Wilson J. Warren 26 Agribusiness 354 Peter A. Coclanis Part V Culture 371 27 Rural Life 373 Megan Birk 28 Agriculture and Art 389 Travis Nygard 29 Agriculture in US Literature 409 Kathryn C. Dolan 30 The Blues, Country Music, and American Agriculture 421 Joseph M. Thompson 31 Agriculture and Film 436 Debra A. Reid Bibliography 453 Sara E. Morris Index 551.
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Provides a solid foundation for understanding American agricultural history and offers new directions for research A Companion to American Agricultural History addresses the key aspects of America's complex agricultural past from 8,000 BCE to the first decades of the twenty-first century. Bringing together more than thirty original essays by both established and emerging scholars, this innovative volume presents a succinct and accessible overview of American agricultural history while delivering a state-of-the-art assessment of modern scholarship on a diversity of subjects, themes, and issues. The essays provide readers with starting points for their exploration of American agricultural history-whether in general or in regards to a specific topic-and highlights the many ways the agricultural history of America is of integral importance to the wider American experience. Individual essays trace the origin and development of agricultural politics and policies, examine changes in science, technology, and government regulations, offer analytical suggestions for new research areas, discuss matters of ethnicity and gender in American agriculture, and more. This Companion: Introduces readers to a uniquely wide range of topics within the study of American agricultural history Provides a narrative summary and a critical examination of field-defining works Introduces specific topics within American agricultural history such as agrarian reform, agribusiness, and agricultural power and production Discusses the impacts of American agriculture on different groups including Native Americans, African Americans, and European, Asian, and Latinx immigrants Views the agricultural history of America through new interdisciplinary lenses of race, class, and the environment Explores depictions of American agriculture in film, popular music, literature, and art A Companion to American Agricultural History is an essential resource for introductory students and general readers seeking a concise overview of the subject, and for graduate students and scholars wanting to learn about a particular aspect of American agricultural history. .
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• Introduction
• The Centrality, Diversity, and Malleability of American Religion
• Benjamin Park
• Part 1: Colonialisms
• Nemasket/Middleborough and Religious Diversity in Colonial New England
• Richard Boles
• A View from the Philadelphia Barracks: Religion in the Mid-Atlantic
• Rachel Wheeler
• Africana Religions in Early America
• Jason Young
• Part 2: Establishment
• The Loyalist Church of England Clergy and the Politics of Martyrdom in the American Revolution
• Peter Walker
• Freeborn Garrettson's Revolution: Religion and the American War for Independence
• Christopher Jones
• The First Wall of Separation between Church and State: Slavery and Disestablishment in Late-Eighteenth-Century Virginia
• Sarah Barringer Gordon
• Abraham Remembered: An African Captivity Tale in Early America
• Jon Sensbach
• The White River Witch-Hunt and Indigenous Peoples' Negotiations with Missionaries in the Era of the Early Republic
• Lori Daggar
• The Shakers and the Perfecting Spirit in Early America
• Jennifer Dorsey
• Part 3: Expansion
• David Walker and Black Prophetic Religion
• Christopher Cameron
• Down with the Convent!": Anti-Catholicism and Opposition to Nuns in Antebellum America
• Cassandra Yacovazzi
• Ecclesiology and the Varieties of Romanticism in American Christianity, 1825-1850
• Brent Sirota
• Being Haudenosaunee: Seeing Indigenous Ontology Under American Settler Colonialism
• Christian Gonzales
• Mormons and Territorial Politics in the American Civil War Era
• Brent M. Rogers
• Black Christianity after Emancipation
• Nicole Myers Turner
• Part 4: Imperialism
• In Search of a "Working Class Religion": Religion, Economic Reform, and Social Justice
• Janine Drake
• The Businessman's Gospel: Making Business Christian
• Nicole Kirk
• The Prohibition Crusade and American Moral Politics
• Joseph Locke
• Race, Ethnicity and Gender Among Early Pentecostals
• Arlene Sanchez-Walsh
• Religion and U.S. Federal Indian Policy
• Sarah Dees
• "For the Good of Mankind": Atomic Exceptionalism, Religion, and United States Empire in the Postwar Pacific
• Carleigh Beriont
• Part 5: Modernity
• The Hate that Hate Produced: Representing Black Religion in the Twentieth Century
• Vaughn A. Booker
• The Pentagon Exorcism: 1960s Counter-Culture and the Occult Revival
• Joseph Laycock
• Native American Christians and the Varieties of Modern Pentecostalism
• Angela Tarango
• Sex, Politics, and the Rise of the New Christian Right
• Emily Suzanne Johnson
• Immigration and Religion Among Chinese Americans, 1965 to the Present
• Melissa Borja
• Modern Judaism and the Golden Age of Television
• Jennifer Caplan.
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A collection of original essays exploring the history of the various American religious traditions and the meaning of their many expressions The Blackwell Companion to American Religious History explores the key events, significant themes, and important movements in various religious traditions throughout the nation's history from pre-colonization to the present day. Original essays written by leading scholars and new voices in the field discuss how religion in America has transformed over the years, explore its many expressions and meanings, and consider religion's central role in American life. Emphasizing the integration of religion into broader cultural and historical themes, this wide-ranging volume explores the operation of religion in eras of historical change, the diversity of religious experiences, and religion's intersections with American cultural, political, social, racial, gender, and intellectual history. Each chronologically-organized chapter focuses on a specific period or event, such as the interactions between Moravian and Indigenous communities, the origins of African-American religious institutions, Mormon settlement in Utah, social reform movements during the twentieth century, the growth of ethnic religious communities, and the rise of the Religious Right. An innovative historical genealogy of American religious traditions, the Companion: Highlights broader historical themes using clear and compelling narrative Helps teachers expose their students to the significance and variety of America's religious past Explains new and revisionist interpretations of American religious history Surveys current and emerging historiographical trends Traces historical themes to contemporary issues surrounding civil rights and social justice movements, modern capitalism, and debates over religious liberties Making the lessons of American religious history relevant to a broad range of readers, The Blackwell Companion to American Religious History is the perfect book for advanced undergraduate and graduate students in American history courses, and a valuable resource for graduate students and scholars wanting to keep pace with current historiographical trends and recent developments in the field. .
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• Volume I: Colonial Era to the Twentieth Century
• Chapter 1 Imperial Crisis, Revolution, and a New Nation, 1763 to 1803 David Narrett, The University of Texas at Arlington
• Chapter 2 The Early Republic in a World of Empire, 1787 to 1848 Emily Conroy-Krutz, Michigan State University
• Chapter 3 Time, Talent, and Treasure: Philanthropy in the Early Republic Annelise Hanson Shrout, University of California Fullerton
• Chapter 4 The Articles of Confederation State-System, Early American International Systems, and Antebellum Foreign Policy Analytical Frameworks Robbie J. Totten, American Jewish University
• Chapter 5 Natural Rights: Haitian-American Diplomacy in the Age of Atlantic Revolutions Ronald Angelo Johnson, Texas State University
• Chapter 6 Towards a "New Indian History" of Foreign Relations: U.S.-American Indian Diplomacy from Greenville to Wounded Knee, 1795-1890 Elspeth Martini, Montclair State University
• Chapter 7 Many Manifest Destinies Brian Rouleau, Texas A&M University
• Chapter 8 New Research Avenues: U.S. Foreign Relations in the Late Antebellum and the Civil War Era Phil Magness, American Institute for Economic Research
• Chapter 9 Ideology and Interest: The Civil War, U.S. Foreign Affairs, and the World Andre Fleche, Castleton University
• Chapter 10 The United States: Imperium in Imperio in an Age of Imperialism, 1865-1886 Daniel Margolies, Virginia Wesleyan University
• Chapter 11 New Frontiers Beyond the Seas: The Culture of American Empire and Expansion at the Turn of the Twentieth Century
• Sarah Steinbock-Pratt, University of Alabama
• Chapter 12 Connection and Disruption: American Industrialization and the World, 1865-1917 Peter A. Shulman, Case Western Reserve University
• Chapter 13 The Open Door Empire Marc-William Palen, University of Exeter
• Chapter 14 The Statecraft of Theodore Roosevelt and America's Rise to World Power Charles Laderman, King's College - London
• Chapter 15 Wilson's Wartime Diplomacy: The United States and the First World War, 1914 to 1918 Ross Kennedy, Illinois State University
• Chapter 16 Responding to a Revolution: The "Mexican Question" in the United States Christy Thornton, Johns Hopkins University
• Chapter 17 Chrysalis of Power: United States Foreign Policy and the Retreat from Isolationism, 1919-1941 B.J.C. McKercher, University of Victoria
• Chapter 18 Insulation: The Presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt during the Years from 1933 to 1941 Kirin Klaus Patel, Maastricht University
• Chapter 19 The United States and International Law, 1776 to 1939 Benjamin A. Coates, Wake Forest University
• Chapter 20 U.S. Foreign Relations during World War II Andrew Johnstone, University of Leicester
• Chapter 21 Rival and Parallel Missions: America and Soviet Russia, 1917 to 1945 David S. Fogelsong, Rutgers University
• Chapter 22 The United States, Transnationalism, and the Jewish Question, 1917 to 1948 Sonja Wentling, Concordia University
• Chapter 23 Migrants and Transnational Networks in Sino-American Relations in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Meredith Oyen, University of Maryland - Baltimore County
• Chapter 24 The Burden of Empire: The US in the Philippines, 1898 to 1965 Colleen Woods, University of Maryland - Baltimore County
• Chapter 25 A History of U.S. International Policing Katherine Unterman, Texas A&M University
• Volume II: The Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries
• Chapter 26 Black Internationalism from Berlin to Black Lives Matter Brandon R. Byrd, Vanderbilt University
• Chapter 27 Drugs, Empire, and U.S. Foreign Policy April Merleaux, Hampshire College
• Chapter 28 Military Bases and Overseas Occupation in 20th Century U.S. Foreign Relations Zach Fredman, Duke Kunshan University
• Chapter 29 Remaking the World: The United States and International Development, 1898 to 2015 Stephen Macekura, University of Indiana
• Chapter 30 The Early Cold War: Studies of Cold War America in the 21st Century Masuda Hajimu, National University of Singapore
• Chapter 31 United States Power in a Material World Andrew Friedman, Haverford College
• Chapter 32 Propaganda in the Best Sense of the Word? Public Diplomacy and U.S. Diplomatic History since World War I Sarah Ellen Graham, U.S. Studies Centre, University of Sydney
• Chapter 33 Waging War with Words, 1945 to 1963 Lori Clune, California State University, Fresno
• Chapter 34 Between Two Ages: United States, Decolonization, and Globalization in the Long Sixties Ryan Irwin, University at Albany - SUNY
• Chapter 35 Foreign Policy in the "Backyard": The Historiography of US-Latin American Relations in the Mid-Twentieth Century James F. Siekmeier, West Virginia University
• Chapter 36 U.S. Culture and the Cuban Revolution John A. Gronbeck-Tedesco, Ramapo College
• Chapter 37 After the Panic: Writing the History of U.S.-Japan Relations since the Occupation Andrew McKevitt, Louisiana Tech University
• Chapter 38 The Nuclear Revolution in American Foreign Policy during the Cold War Jonathan Reid Hunt, Southampton University
• Chapter 39 Against the Bomb: Nuclear Disarmament and Domestic Politics Paul Rubinson, Bridgewater College
• Chapter 40 Interminable: The Historiography of the Vietnam War, 1945 to 1975 Simon Toner, University of Sheffield
• Chapter 41 The Cold War in Sub-Saharan Africa Phillip Muehlenbeck, George Washington University
• Chapter 42 The United States and the Arab-Israeli Conflict, 1948 to 1982 Craig Daigle, City College of New York
• Chapter 43 Mineral Frontiers in the Twentieth Century Megan Black, London School of Economics
• Chapter 44 Oil and U.S. Foreign Relations Victor McFarland, University of Missouri
• Chapter 45 Oil, Empire, and Covert Action: New Directions in the Historiography of US-Iraqi Relations Brandon Wolfe-Hunnicutt, California State University, Stanislaus
• Chapter 46 Iran and the Academy: Intellectual Paths to and from Revolution in the United States Matthew K. Shannon, Emory & Henry College
• Chapter 47 The United States and Afghanistan: Ambiguity and Impasse, 1945-2015 Elisabeth Leake, Leeds University
• Chapter 48 Ambivalent Partnerships, Enduring Dilemmas: The United States, India, and Pakistan after Partition Robert Rakove, Stanford University
• Chapter 49 Transnational Activism in U.S.-Central America Relations in the 1980s Theresa Keeley, University of Louisville
• Chapter 50 The Reagan Administration and the World, 1981-1988 James Graham Wilson, Historian's Office, Department of State
• Chapter 51 The Changing History of the End of the Cold War Sarah B. Snyder, American University
• Chapter 52 The Obama Era: Retrenchment and the Challenge of a "Post-American" World, 2009-2017 Robert S. Singh, University of London.
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Covers the entire range of the history of U.S. foreign relations from the colonial period to the beginning of the 21st century. A Companion to U.S. Foreign Relations is an authoritative guide to past and present scholarship on the history of American diplomacy and foreign relations from its seventeenth century origins to the modern day. This two-volume reference work presents a collection of historiographical essays by prominent scholars. The essays explore three centuries of America's global interactions and the ways U.S. foreign policies have been analyzed and interpreted over time. Scholars offer fresh perspectives on the history of U.S. foreign relations; analyze the causes, influences, and consequences of major foreign policy decisions; and address contemporary debates surrounding the practice of American power. The Companion covers a wide variety of methodologies, integrating political, military, economic, social and cultural history to explore the ideas and events that shaped U.S. diplomacy and foreign relations and continue to influence national identity. The essays discuss topics such as the links between U.S. foreign relations and the study of ideology, race, gender, and religion; Native American history, expansion, and imperialism; industrialization and modernization; domestic and international politics; and the United States' role in decolonization, globalization, and the Cold War. A comprehensive approach to understanding the history, influences, and drivers of U.S. foreign relation, this indispensable resource: Examines significant foreign policy events and their subsequent interpretations Places key figures and policies in their historical, national, and international contexts Provides background on recent and current debates in U.S. foreign policy Explores the historiography and primary sources for each topic Covers the development of diverse themes and methodologies in histories of U.S. foreign policy Offering scholars, teachers, and students unmatched chronological breadth and analytical depth, A Companion to U.S. Foreign Relations: Colonial Era to the Present is an important contribution to scholarship on the history of America's interactions with the world.
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• Notes on Contributors x Introduction: Eisenhower, Yesterday and Today 1 Chester J. Pach Part I General of the Army 7 1 Years of Preparation, 1890 1941 9 Jonathan Reed Winkler 2 Eisenhower in World War II 26 Nicholas Evan Sarantakes 3 Eisenhower and the Onset of the Cold War, 1945 1949 57 Thomas Bruscino 4 Eisenhower as NATO Commander 73 Andrew M. Johnston Part II President 93 Ike s America 95 5 The Baby Boom, Youth Culture, and Family Life 96 Carolyn Herbst Lewis 6 Cities and Suburbs in the Eisenhower Era 114 Amy L. Scott 7 American Politics at Mid-Century 134 Gary W. Reichard Leadership and Politics 151 8 Eisenhower Republicanism 152 Steven Wagner 9 Leadership and Decision-Making 169 Richard V. Damms Domestic Policy 189 10 Eisenhower, the Red Scare, and Domestic Anticommunism 190 Andrew J. Falk 11 Eisenhower and African American Civil Rights 207 David A. Nichols 12 Managing the Economy 227 Iwan Morgan 13 Eisenhower and Social Welfare 246 Andrew Morris 14 Natural Resources, Conservation, and the Environment 264 J. Brooks Flippen National Security and the Cold War 280 15 Eisenhower and the Korean War 281 James I. Matray 16 Eisenhower s National Security Policies 308 David L. Snead 17 Eisenhower, Nuclear Weapons, and Arms Control 327 Philip Nash
• 18. Eisenhower, the CIA, and Covert Action 350 James Callanan 19 Propaganda and Public Diplomacy 370 Kenneth Osgood America and the World 394 20 NATO, Western Europe, and the Eisenhower Administration 395 Robert T. Davis II 21 Special or Not So Special? Anglo-American Relations 417 Michael F. Hopkins 22 Eisenhower and Latin America 435 Stephen G. Rabe 23 Eisenhower, China, and Taiwan 453 Scott Kaufman 24 Eisenhower and the Third World 472 Kevin E. Grimm 25 Eisenhower, Indochina, and Vietnam 494 Kathryn C. Statler 26 The Arab Israeli Dispute and the Middle East 517 Peter L. Hahn Part III Citizen 535 27 After the Presidency 537 Stephen T. Pfeffer Index 555.
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A Companion to Dwight D. Eisenhower brings new depth to the historiography of this significant and complex figure, providing a comprehensive and up-to-date depiction of both the man and era. * Thoughtfully incorporates new and significant literature on Dwight D. Eisenhower * Thoroughly examines both the Eisenhower era and the man himself, broadening the historical scope by which Eisenhower is understood and interpreted * Presents a complete picture of Eisenhower s many roles in historical context: the individual, general, president, politician, and citizen * This Companion is the ideal starting point for anyone researching America during the Eisenhower years and an invaluable guide for graduate students and advanced undergraduates in history, political science, and policy studies * Meticulously edited by a leading authority on the Eisenhower presidency with chapters by international experts on political, international, social, and cultural history.
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• Notes on Contributors vii Introduction: Gilded Excesses, Multiple Progressivisms 1 Christopher McKnight Nichols and Nancy C. Unger Part I Overview Definitions, Precursors, and Geographies 5
• 1 Reconstructing the Gilded Age and Progressive Era 7 Heather Cox Richardson
• 2 Precursors to Gilded Age and Progressive Era Reforms 21 James M. Beeby and Brian M. Ingrassia
• 3 Urban America 31 Michael B. Kahan
• 4 The South 44 Amy Louise Wood
• 5 The Midwest and Far West during the Gilded Age and Progressive Era 58 Thomas J. Jablonsky
• 6 Environment: Nature, Conservation, and the Progressive State 71 Benjamin Johnson Part II Sex, Race, and Gender 85
• 7 Gender 87 Kimberly A. Hamlin
• 8 Inventing Sexuality: Ideologies, Identities, and Practices in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era 102 Leigh Ann Wheeler
• 9 African Americans 116 Omar H. Ali
• 10 From Dispossessed Wards to Citizen Activists: American Indians Survive the Assimilation Policy Era 124 Alexandra Harmon
• 11 Race, Immigration, and Ethnicity 137 Julie Greene Part III Art, Thought, and Culture 149
• 12 Art and Architecture 151 Alan Lessoff
• 13 Religion in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era 165 Matthew Bowman
• 14 Journalism 178 Bruce J. Evensen
• 15 Popular Culture 19 Julia Guarneri Part IV Economics, Science, and Technology 203
• 16 American Capitalism: From the Atlantic Economy to Domestic Industrialization 205 Noam Maggor
• 17 Nonprofit Organizations, Philanthropy, and Civil Society 215 David C. Hammack
• 18 Labor and Class in the GAPE: Fruitful Opposition and the Specter of the Middle Class 229 David Huyssen
• 19 Science and Technology 243 Alan I Marcus
• 20 The Rise of a Modern Concept of Health
• 255 David G. Schuster Part V Political Leadership 269
• 21 Gilded Age Presidents 271 Justus D. Doenecke
• 22 Political Movers and Shakers 284 Karen Pastorello
• 23 Changing Interpretations of Theodore Roosevelt and the Progressive Era 296 Kathleen Dalton
• 24 Woodrow Wilson 308 Lloyd E. Ambrosius Part VI Government, Politics, and Law 321
• 25 Pivotal Elections 323 Sidney M. Milkis and Anthony Sparacino
• 26 Congress in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era 339 Mark Wahlgren Summers
• 27 Revising Constitutional History 350 Logan E. Sawyer III
• 28 Radicalism and Conservatism 362 Cristina V. Groeger Part VII The United States and the World 379
• 29 Connections, Networks, and the Beginnings of a Global America in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era 381 Ian Tyrrell
• 30 Empire, Expansion, and Its Consequences 399 Allan E. S. Lumba
• 31 The United States in the World during the Gilded Age and Progressive Era 410 Katherine Unterman Part VIII Major Works and Contemporary Relevance 421
• 32 Decades of Upheaval and Reform 423 Maureen A. Flanagan
• 33 Influential Works about the Gilded Age and Progressive Era 437 Robert D. Johnston
• 34 Why the Gilded Age and Progressive Era Still Matter 450 Michael Kazin Bibliography 454 Index 507.
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A Companion to the Gilded Age and Progressive Era presents a collection of new historiographic essays covering the years between 1877 and 1920, a period which saw the U.S. emerge from the ashes of Reconstruction to become a world power. * The single, definitive resource for the latest state of knowledge relating to the history and historiography of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era * Features contributions by leading scholars in a wide range of relevant specialties * Coverage of the period includes geographic, social, cultural, economic, political, diplomatic, ethnic, racial, gendered, religious, global, and ecological themes and approaches * In today s era, often referred to as a second Gilded Age, this book offers relevant historical analysis of the factors that helped create contemporary society * Fills an important chronological gap in period-based American history collections.
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• Notes on Contributors viii Acknowledgements xiv Introduction 1 Katherine A. S. Sibley
• 1 Martha Washington 6 Robert P. Watson
• 2 Abigail Adams: The Life and the Biographers 20 Margaret A. Hogan
• 3 Martha Jefferson Randolph, First Daughter 38 Billy L. Wayson
• 4 James and Dolley Madison and the Quest for Unity 59 Catherine Allgor
• 5 Elizabeth Monroe 75 Finn Pollard
• 6 A Monarch in a Republic: Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams and Court Culture in Early Washington City 89 Catherine Allgor, Margery M. Heffron and Amanda Mathews Norton
• 7 Rachel Donelson Robards Jackson: A Reluctant First Lady 111 Christina Mune
• 8 Angelica Singleton Van Buren, First Lady for a Widower 129 John F. Marszalek
• 9 The Ladies of Tippecanoe, and Tyler Too 142 Christopher J. Leahy and Sharon Williams Leahy
• 10 Sarah Polk: Ideas of Her Own 159 Valerie Palmer -Mehta
• 11 Margaret Taylor, Abigail Fillmore, and Jane Pierce: Three Antebellum Presidents Ladies 176 Elizabeth Lorelei Thacker -Estrada
• 12 Harriet Rebecca Lane Johnston 197 Thomas J. Balcerski
• 13 Mary Todd Lincoln 214 William D. Pederson
• 14 Eliza McCardle Johnson and Julia Dent Grant 230 Pamela K. Sanfilippo
• 15 Lucy Webb Hayes, Lucretia Rudolph Garfield, and Mary Arthur McElroy 247 Benjamin T. Arrington
• 16 Rose Cleveland, Frances Cleveland, Caroline Harrison, Mary McKee 265 Merry Ellen Scofield
• 17 Ida McKinley: A Life of Contrasts 283 Louie P. Gallo
• 18 Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt: The Victorian Modern First Lady 298 Catherine Forslund
• 19 Helen Herron Taft: The Forgotten Impact of a Memorable First Lady 320 Rafaele Fierro
• 20 Ellen Axson Wilson 339 Lisa M. Burns
• 21 Edith Wilson: The First Lady in Charge 357 Barbara Klaczynska
• 22 Florence Kling Harding: Celebrity and Activist 379 Katherine A. S. Sibley
• 23 Grace Coolidge 404 Teri Finneman
• 24 The Historiography of Lou Henry Hoover 423 Nancy Beck Young
• 25 Anna Eleanor Roosevelt: Her Life before and during the White House Years 439 Maurine H. Beasley
• 26 Eleanor Roosevelt: First Lady of the World 459 Maurine H. Beasley
• 27 Elizabeth Virginia Bess Wallace Truman 476 Michael J. Devine
• 28 Overrated Pleasures and Underrated Treasures: Mamie Eisenhower, a Bridge between First Lady Archetypes 492 Anthony Rama Maravillas
• 29 Jacqueline Kennedy 503 Katherine Jellison
• 30 Lady Bird Johnson 517 Lisa M. Burns
• 31 An Unlikely First Lady: Pat Nixon 535 Mary C. Brennan
• 32 Betty Ford: When Ordinary Becomes Extraordinary
• 552 Myra G. Gutin
• 33 Eleanor Rosalynn Smith Carter 569 Kristin L. Ahlberg
• 34 Nancy Reagan 585 Jason Roberts
• 35 Barbara Pierce Bush: Choosing a Complete Life, I: 1925
• 1988 604 Diana B. Carlin
• 36 Barbara Pierce Bush: Choosing a Complete Life, II: 1988
• 2015 621 Diana B. Carlin
• 37 Hillary Rodham Clinton 635 Janette Kenner Muir
• 38 Laura Welch Bush: Strength and Serenity in Turbulent Times 653 Anita McBride
• 39 First Lady Michelle Obama: The American Dream Endures, I 677 Nancy Kegan Smith and Diana B. Carlin
• 40 First Lady Michelle Obama: The American Dream Endures, II 696 Diana B. Carlin and Nancy Kegan Smith Index 716.
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This volume explores more than two centuries of literature on the First Ladies, from Martha Washington to Michelle Obama, providing the first historiographical overview of these important women in U.S. history. * Underlines the growing scholarly appreciation of the First Ladies and the evolution of the position since the 18th century * Explores the impact of these women not only on White House responsibilities, but on elections, presidential policies, social causes, and in shaping their husbands legacies * Brings the First Ladies into crisp historiographical focus, assessing how these women and their contributions have been perceived both in popular literature and scholarly debate * Provides concise biographical treatments for each First Lady.
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• Notes on Contributors xi Introduction 1 Georgina M. Montgomery and Mark A. Largent Part I Disciplines 7
• 1 Agricultural Sciences 9 Samantha Noll
• 2 Anthropology 21 Adrian Young
• 3 Astronomy and Astrophysics 33 Peter J. Susalla
• 4 Chemistry 44 Ann E. Robinson
• 5 Computer Science 55 Stephanie Dick
• 6 Conservation Biology 69 Christian C. Young
• 7 Economics 82 Ross B. Emmett
• 8 Experimental Psychology 95 Jim Wynter Porter
• 9 Genetics 110 Melinda Gormley
• 10 Geophysics 120 Matthew Shindell
• 11 Marine Biology 134 Samantha Muka
• 12 Medical Genetics 147 Andrew J. Hogan
• 13 Meteorology and Atmospheric Science 160 James Bergman
• 14 Molecular and Cellular Biology 174 Lijing Jiang
• 15 Nuclear, High Energy, and Solid State Physics 186 Joseph D. Martin
• 16 Nutrition 199 Jessica Mudry
• 17 Paleoanthropology and Human Evolution 213 Matthew R. Goodrum
• 18 Paleontology 227 Paul D. Brinkman
• 19 Ecology 241 Gina Rumore
• 20 Sociobiology and Evolutionary Psychology 252 Abraham H. Gibson and Michael Ruse
• 21 Sociology 263 Sebasti 'an Gil-Ria no
• 22 Space and Planetary Sciences 276 Erik M. Conway Part II Topics 289
• 23 Biotechnology 291 Nathan Crowe
• 24 Darwinism 306 Adam M. Goldstein
• 25 Science Education 320 Adam R. Shapiro
• 26 Environmental Science 333 Daniel Zizzamia
• 27 The American Eugenics Movement 345 Christine Neejer
• 28 Evolution and Creation Debates 361 Arthur Ward
• 29 Field and Laboratory 374 Jeremy Vetter
• 30 Gender and Science 385 Donald L. Opitz
• 31 The Germ Theory 397 Jacob Steere-Williams
• 32 Instrumentation 408 Sara J. Schechner
• 33 Science and Literature 420 Stephen Rachman
• 34 Museums 431 Amy Kohout
• 35 Natural History 444 Pamela M. Henson
• 36 Nature Study 456 Sally Gregory Kohlstedt
• 37 Science and Policy 468 Kevin C. Elliott
• 38 Popularizing Science 479 Constance Areson Clark
• 39 Science and Postcolonialism 491 Banu Subramaniam
• 40 Racial Science 502 Robert Bernasconi
• 41 Relativity in America 512 Daniel Kennefick
• 42 Science and Religion 528 Mark A. Waddell
• 43 Sex and Science 541 Miriam G. Reumann
• 44 Zoos and Aquariums 553 Christian C. Young Bibliography 566 Index 666.
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A Companion to the History of American Science offers a collection of essays that give an authoritative overview of the most recent scholarship on the history of American science. * Covers topics including astronomy, agriculture, chemistry, eugenics, Big Science, military technology, and more * Features contributions by the most accomplished scholars in the field of science history * Covers pivotal events in U.S. history that shaped the development of science and science policy such as WWII, the Cold War, and the Women s Rights movement.
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• List of Illustrations viii Notes on Contributors x Acknowledgments xiv Introduction 1 Brad D. Lookingbill Part I The Indians of the Northern Plains 11
• 1 The Lakota Sioux 13 Rani-Henrik Andersson
• 2 The Northern Cheyenne and Arapaho 34 Leo Killsback
• 3 Patriot Chiefs 54 Kurt Windisch
• 4 The Native Way of War 74 Daniel Sauerwein
• 5 Auxiliaries and Scouts 92 Adam R. Hodge Part II The US Army in the Western Territories 111
• 6 The Policies of War and Peace 113 Bill Carney
• 7 Forts on the Northern Plains 130 Janne Lahti
• 8 Army Life 148 Robin S. Conner
• 9 Women and Dependents 170 Shannon D. Smith
• 10 Technology and Tactics 188 Andrew J. Forney Part III The Making of George Armstrong Custer 209
• 11 A Young General 211 Mark Ehlers
• 12 Commander in the West 229 Jeff Broome
• 13 The 7th Cavalry 246 John R. Dreyer
• 14 Elizabeth Bacon Custer 264 Tonia M. Compton Part IV Into the Valley 283
• 15 The Convergence 285 Debra J. Sheffer
• 16 The Reno ]Benteen Site 302 Wesley Moody III
• 17 Custer s Fight 318 Bob Reece
• 18 The Aftermath 341 Alan M. Anderson Part V The Last Stand of Myth and Memory 367
• 19 Native Traditions 369 Carole A. Barrett
• 20 The Press 387 Hugh J. Reilly
• 21 Popular Culture 404 Rebecca S. Wingo
• 22 Reenacting the Battle 423 Jeremy M. Johnston
• 23 The Legacy of Archaeology 445 Douglas D. Scott
• 24 A National Monument 462 Douglas Seefeldt and Jason A. Heppler
• 25 The Battle of History 485 Michael Welsh Index 505.
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* An accessible and authoritative overview of the scholarship that has shaped our understanding of one of the most iconic battles in the history of the American West * Combines contributions from an array of respected scholars, historians, and battlefield scientists * Outlines the political and cultural conditions that laid the foundation for the Centennial Campaign and examines how George Armstrong Custer became its figurehead * Provides a detailed analysis of the battle maneuverings at Little Bighorn, paying special attention to Indian testimony from the battlefield * Concludes with a section examining how the Battle of Little Bighorn has been mythologized and its pervading influence on American culture.
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• Notes on Contributors viii Introduction 1 Steven A. Riess Part I Major Chronological Eras of Sport History 11 1 The Emergence of Sport: A Historiographical Appraisal of Sport in America through 1865 13 James C. Schneider 2 The Gilded Age and the Progressive Era, 1865 1920 32 Gerald R. Gems 3 The Interwar and Post-World War II Eras, 1920 1960 60 Ryan Swanson 4 Sport Since the 1960s 84 Russ Crawford Part II Historical Processes and Sport 107 5 Scientific Habits of Mind, Technological Revolutions, and American Sport 109 Mark Dyreson 6 Urbanization and American Sport 130 Joseph C. Bigott Part III Major Team Sports 153 7 Baseball Before 1920 155 Leslie Heaphy 8 Baseball Since 1920 177 Rebecca T. Alpert 9 Reconciling the Consequences of Modernity: College Football as Cultural History 202 Kurt Edward Kemper 10 Professional Football 221 Anthony Santoro 11 Basketball 246 Aram Goudsouzian Part IV Major Individual Sports 269 12 Boxing: The Manly Art 271 Randy Roberts and Andrew R. M. Smith 13 Golf and Tennis 292 Robert Pruter 14 American Motor Sport: The Checkered Literature on the Checkered Flag 313 David N. Lucsko 15 Historians, Track Stars, and Amateurism: Retrospect and Prospects 334 Alan S. Katchen Part V Sport, Government, and the Global Society 357 16 The United States and International Sport: A Historiography 359 Nicholas Evan Sarantakes 17 The United States in the Modern Olympic Movement: A Historiography 379 Robert K. Barney Part VI Sport and Social History 403 18 Historians Take on Ethnicity, Race, and Sport 405 Gerald R. Gems 19 The African American Athlete 434 Louis Moore 20 Class and Sport 454 Steven A. Riess 21 Manhood or Masculinity: The Historiography of Manliness in American Sport 479 Brian M. Ingrassia 22 Women in American Sport History 500 Linda J. Borish Part VII Sport and Capitalism 521 23 Explaining Exceptionalism: Approaches to the Study of American Sports Business History 523 J. Andrew Ross 24 Sport and the Media 552 James R. Walker and Robert V. Bellamy, Jr 25 Stadiums, Arenas, and Audiences 577 Robert C. Trumpbour Part VIII Sport and Culture 599 26 Sport and American Religion 601 Richard Kimball 27 Not Always Natural : A Historiography of Sport in American Culture 615 Kevin B. Witherspoon 28 Sports Biographies 634 Maureen Smith Index 656.
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A Companion to American Sport History presents a collection of original essays that represent the first comprehensive analysis of scholarship relating to the growing field of American sport history. * Presents the first complete analysis of the scholarship relating to the academic history of American sport * Features contributions from many of the finest scholars working in the field of American sport history * Includes coverage of the chronology of sports from colonial times to the present day, including major sports such as baseball, football, basketball, boxing, golf, motor racing, tennis, and track and field * Addresses the relationship of sports to urbanization, technology, gender, race, social class, and genres such as sports biography.
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• List of Figures viii Notes on Contributors ix Introduction xiii Part I Introductory Essays 1
• 1. Beyond Dreams and Disappointments: Defining California through Culture 3 James Quay
• 2. Rereading, Misreading, and Redeeming the Golden State: Defining California through History 22 D. J. Waldie
• 3. I Thought California Would Be Different: Defining California through Visual Culture 40 Catherine Gudis
• 4. At the Crossroads: Defi ning California through the Global Economy 75 Richard A. Walker Part II Early California 97
• 5. Junipero Serra across the Generations 99 Steven W. Hackel
• 6. Alta California, the Pacifi c, and International Commerce before the Gold Rush 116 David Igler
• 7. Licit and Illicit Unions: Engendering Mexican Society 127 Rosamaria Toruno Tanghetti
• 8. Race and Immigration in the Nineteenth Century 145 Omar Valerio-Jimenez Part III Conquest and Statehood 159
• 9. The 1850s 161 William Deverell
• 10. Nature and Conquest: After the Deluge of 49 175 Douglas Cazaux Sackman
• 11. Native Californians in the Nineteenth Century 192 William Bauer, Jr.
• 12. Transformations in Late Nineteenth-century Rural California 215 David Vaught
• 13. Transnational Commercial Orbits 230 Robert Chao Romero
• 14. Reconsidering Conservation 246 Benjamin Heber Johnson
• 15. Religion in the Early Twentieth Century 262 Darren Dochuk
• 16. Immigration, Race, and the Progressives 278 Lon Kurashige
• 17. New Deal, No Deal: The 1930s 292 Rick Wartzman Part IV Modern California 309
• 18. World War II 311 Arthur Verge
• 19. Between Liberation and Oppression: Gay Politics and Identity 322 Daniel Hurewitz
• 20. Making Multiculturalism: Immigration, Race, and the Twentieth Century 339 Kevin Allen Leonard
• 21. The Long 1950s 358 Shana Bernstein
• 22. Apportionment Politics, 1920 70 375 Douglas Smith
• 23. Under the Warm California Sun: Youth Culture in the Postwar Decades 391 Kirse Granat May
• 24. At the Center of Indian Country 405 Nicolas G. Rosenthal
• 25. Sexual Revolutions and Sexual Politics 416 Josh Sides
• 26. A Generation of Leaders, but Not in the Fields: The Legacy of Cesar Chavez 428 Miriam Pawel
• 27. Hollywood Changes its Script 443 John Horn Part V California Prospects in the Twenty-first Century 453
• 28. Immigration and Race in the Twenty-first Century 455 Bill Ong Hing
• 29. Political Prospects in the Twenty-first Century 472 Raphael J. Sonenshein
• 30. Environmental Prospects in the Twenty-first Century 483 Jon Christensen Index 499.
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• Introduction (William Deverell and David Igler). Notes on Contributors. Part I: Introductory Essays.
• Chapter 1. Beyond Dreams and Disappointments: Defining California through Culture (James Quay, California Council for the Humanities).
• Chapter 2. Rereading, Misreading, and Redeeming the Golden State: Defining California through History (D. J. Waldie, Independent historian).
• Chapter 3. I Thought California Would Be Different: Defining California Through Visual Culture (Catherine Gudis, University of California, Riverside).
• Chapter 4. At the Crossroads: Defining California Through the Global Economy (Richard A. Walker, University of California, Berkeley). Part II: Early California.
• Chapter 5. Junipero Serra Across the Generations (Steven W. Hackel, University of California, Riverside).
• Chapter 6. Alta California, the Pacific, and International Commerce Before the Gold Rush (David Igler, University of California, Irvine).
• Chapter 7. Licit and Illicit Unions: Engendering Mexican Society (Rosamaria Toruno Tanghetti, Independent historian).
• Chapter 8. Race and Immigration in the Nineteenth Century (Omar Valerio-Jimenez, University of Iowa). Part III: Conquest and Statehood.
• Chapter 9. The 1850s (William Deverell).
• Chapter 10. Nature & Conquest: After the Deluge of '49 (Douglas Cazaux Sackman, University of Puget Sound).
• Chapter 11. Native Californians in the Nineteenth Century (William Bauer, Jr., University of Wyoming).
• Chapter 12. Transformations in Late Nineteenth Century Rural California (David Vaught, Texas A & M University).
• Chapter 13. Transnational Commercial Orbits (Robert Chao Romero, University of California, Los Angeles).
• Chapter 14. Reconsidering Conservation (Benjamin Johnson, Southern Methodist University).
• Chapter 15. Religion in the Early Twentieth-Century (Darren Dochuk, Purdue University).
• Chapter 16. Immigration, Race, and the Progressives (Lon Kurashige, University of Southern California).
• Chapter 17. New Deal, No Deal: The 1930s (Rick Wartzman, Claremont Graduate University). Part IV: Modern California.
• Chapter 18. The Second World War (Arthur Verge, El Camino College).
• Chapter 19. Between Liberation & Oppression: Gay Politics and Identity (Daniel Hurewitz, Hunter College).
• Chapter 20. Making Multiculturalism: Immigration, Race, and the Twentieth Century (Kevin Leonard, Western Washington University).
• Chapter 21. The Long 1950s (Shana Bernstein, Southwestern University).
• Chapter 22. Apportionment Politics, 1920-1970 (Douglas Smith, Occidental College).
• Chapter 23. Under the Warm California Sun: Youth Culture in the Postwar Decades (Kirse Granat May, Clark College).
• Chapter 24. At the Center of Indian Country (Nicolas G. Rosenthal, Loyola Marymount University).
• Chapter 25. Sexual Revolutions and Sexual Politics (Josh Sides, California State University, Northridge).
• Chapter 26. A Generation of Leaders, But Not in the Fields: The Legacy of Cesar Chavez (Miriam Pawel, Independent historian).
• Chapter 27. Hollywood Changes Its Script (John Horn, Los Angeles Times). Part V: California Prospects in the 21st Century.
• Chapter 28. Immigration and Race in the 21st Century (Bill Ong Hing, University of California, Davis).
• Chapter 29. Political Prospects in the 21st Century (Raphael J. Sonenshein, California State University, Fullerton).
• Chapter 30. Environmental Prospects in the 21st Century (Jon Christensen, Independent scholar).
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This volume of original essays by leading scholars is an innovative, thorough introduction to the history and culture of California. * Includes 30 essays by leading scholars in the field * Essays range widely across perspectives, including political, social, economic, and environmental history * Essays with similar approaches are paired and grouped to work as individual pieces and as companions to each other throughout the text * Produced in association with the Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West.
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• Introduction (William Deverell and David Igler). Notes on Contributors. Part I: Introductory Essays.
• Chapter 1. Beyond Dreams and Disappointments: Defining California through Culture (James Quay, California Council for the Humanities).
• Chapter 2. Rereading, Misreading, and Redeeming the Golden State: Defining California through History (D. J. Waldie, Independent historian).
• Chapter 3. I Thought California Would Be Different: Defining California Through Visual Culture (Catherine Gudis, University of California, Riverside).
• Chapter 4. At the Crossroads: Defining California Through the Global Economy (Richard A. Walker, University of California, Berkeley). Part II: Early California.
• Chapter 5. Junipero Serra Across the Generations (Steven W. Hackel, University of California, Riverside).
• Chapter 6. Alta California, the Pacific, and International Commerce Before the Gold Rush (David Igler, University of California, Irvine).
• Chapter 7. Licit and Illicit Unions: Engendering Mexican Society (Rosamaria Toruno Tanghetti, Independent historian).
• Chapter 8. Race and Immigration in the Nineteenth Century (Omar Valerio-Jimenez, University of Iowa). Part III: Conquest and Statehood.
• Chapter 9. The 1850s (William Deverell).
• Chapter 10. Nature & Conquest: After the Deluge of '49 (Douglas Cazaux Sackman, University of Puget Sound).
• Chapter 11. Native Californians in the Nineteenth Century (William Bauer, Jr., University of Wyoming).
• Chapter 12. Transformations in Late Nineteenth Century Rural California (David Vaught, Texas A & M University).
• Chapter 13. Transnational Commercial Orbits (Robert Chao Romero, University of California, Los Angeles).
• Chapter 14. Reconsidering Conservation (Benjamin Johnson, Southern Methodist University).
• Chapter 15. Religion in the Early Twentieth-Century (Darren Dochuk, Purdue University).
• Chapter 16. Immigration, Race, and the Progressives (Lon Kurashige, University of Southern California).
• Chapter 17. New Deal, No Deal: The 1930s (Rick Wartzman, Claremont Graduate University). Part IV: Modern California.
• Chapter 18. The Second World War (Arthur Verge, El Camino College).
• Chapter 19. Between Liberation & Oppression: Gay Politics and Identity (Daniel Hurewitz, Hunter College).
• Chapter 20. Making Multiculturalism: Immigration, Race, and the Twentieth Century (Kevin Leonard, Western Washington University).
• Chapter 21. The Long 1950s (Shana Bernstein, Southwestern University).
• Chapter 22. Apportionment Politics, 1920-1970 (Douglas Smith, Occidental College).
• Chapter 23. Under the Warm California Sun: Youth Culture in the Postwar Decades (Kirse Granat May, Clark College).
• Chapter 24. At the Center of Indian Country (Nicolas G. Rosenthal, Loyola Marymount University).
• Chapter 25. Sexual Revolutions and Sexual Politics (Josh Sides, California State University, Northridge).
• Chapter 26. A Generation of Leaders, But Not in the Fields: The Legacy of Cesar Chavez (Miriam Pawel, Independent historian).
• Chapter 27. Hollywood Changes Its Script (John Horn, Los Angeles Times). Part V: California Prospects in the 21st Century.
• Chapter 28. Immigration and Race in the 21st Century (Bill Ong Hing, University of California, Davis).
• Chapter 29. Political Prospects in the 21st Century (Raphael J. Sonenshein, California State University, Fullerton).
• Chapter 30. Environmental Prospects in the 21st Century (Jon Christensen, Independent scholar).
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• List of Figures viii Notes on Contributors ix Introduction xiii Part I Introductory Essays 1
• 1. Beyond Dreams and Disappointments: Defining Californiathrough Culture 3 James Quay
• 2. Rereading, Misreading, and Redeeming the Golden State:Defining California through History 22 D. J. Waldie
• 3. I Thought California Would Be Different: Defining Californiathrough Visual Culture 40 Catherine Gudis
• 4. At the Crossroads: Defi ning California through the GlobalEconomy 75 Richard A. Walker Part II Early California 97
• 5. Junipero Serra across the Generations 99 Steven W. Hackel
• 6. Alta California, the Pacifi c, and International Commercebefore the Gold Rush 116 David Igler
• 7. Licit and Illicit Unions: Engendering Mexican Society127 Rosamaria Toruno Tanghetti
• 8. Race and Immigration in the Nineteenth Century 145 Omar Valerio-Jimenez Part III Conquest and Statehood 159
• 9. The 1850s 161 William Deverell
• 10. Nature and Conquest: After the Deluge of '49 175 Douglas Cazaux Sackman
• 11. Native Californians in the Nineteenth Century 192 William Bauer, Jr.
• 12. Transformations in Late Nineteenth-century Rural California215 David Vaught
• 13. Transnational Commercial Orbits 230 Robert Chao Romero
• 14. Reconsidering Conservation 246 Benjamin Heber Johnson
• 15. Religion in the Early Twentieth Century 262 Darren Dochuk
• 16. Immigration, Race, and the Progressives 278 Lon Kurashige
• 17. New Deal, No Deal: The 1930s 292 Rick Wartzman Part IV Modern California 309
• 18. World War II 311 Arthur Verge
• 19. Between Liberation and Oppression: Gay Politics and Identity322 Daniel Hurewitz
• 20. Making Multiculturalism: Immigration, Race, and theTwentieth Century 339 Kevin Allen Leonard
• 21. The Long 1950s 358 Shana Bernstein
• 22. Apportionment Politics, 1920-70 375 Douglas Smith
• 23. Under the Warm California Sun: Youth Culture in the PostwarDecades 391 Kirse Granat May
• 24. At the Center of Indian Country 405 Nicolas G. Rosenthal
• 25. Sexual Revolutions and Sexual Politics 416 Josh Sides
• 26. A Generation of Leaders, but Not in the Fields: The Legacyof Cesar Chavez 428 Miriam Pawel
• 27. Hollywood Changes its Script 443 John Horn Part V California Prospects in the Twenty-first Century453
• 28. Immigration and Race in the Twenty-first Century 455 Bill Ong Hing
• 29. Political Prospects in the Twenty-first Century 472 Raphael J. Sonenshein
• 30. Environmental Prospects in the Twenty-first Century483 Jon Christensen Index 499.
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This volume of original essays by leading scholars is an innovative, thorough introduction to the history and culture of California.* Includes 30 essays by leading scholars in the field* Essays range widely across perspectives, including political, social, economic, and environmental history* Essays with similar approaches are paired and grouped to work as individual pieces and as companions to each other throughout the text* Produced in association with the Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West.
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• Notes on Contributors ix Introduction 1 Marc J. Selverstone Part I The Biographies 5
• 1. Writing Kennedy 7 James N. Giglio Part II Politics before the Presidency 31
• 2. Kennedy in Congress 33 Donald A. Ritchie
• 3. The Election of 1960 51 William J. Rorabaugh Part III Managing the Presidency 75
• 4. The First Family 77 Barbara A. Perry
• 5. Robert F. Kennedy 96 Joseph A. Palermo
• 6. Theodore Sorensen 115 Michael Brenes
• 7. The Action Intellectuals 133 John Dumbrell
• 8. Congress 152 Robert David Johnson
• 9. Civil Military Relations 172 Erin R. Mahan
• 10. The Media 187 Aniko Bodroghkozy Part IV Hot Spots 207
• 11. Berlin 209 Andreas W. Daum
• 12. Cuba 228 Alan McPherson
• 13. Laos 248 Seth Jacobs
• 14. Vietnam 269 Andrew Preston Part V Global Challenges 289
• 15. Europe 291 Andrew Priest
• 16. Latin America 307 Jeffrey F. Taffet
• 17. The Middle East 328 April R. Summitt
• 18. Africa 347 Philip E. Muehlenbeck
• 19. The Sino Soviet Split 366 Noam Kochavi
• 20. The Nonaligned World 384 Robert B. Rakove
• 21. Foreign Economic Policy 405 Thomas W. Zeiler
• 22. The Peace Corps 422 Nicole L. Anslover
• 23. Brushfi re Wars 436 Jeff Woods
• 24. Nuclear Issues 458 Philip Nash
• 25. The Moon Race 478 John M. Logsdon Part VI Domestic Concerns 497
• 26. Kennedy and the Liberal Consensus 499 Lily Geismer
• 27. The Status of Women 519 MaryAnne Borrelli
• 28. Civil Rights 540 Derek C. Catsam
• 29. The Arts 558 Donna M. Binkiewicz Part VII Dallas 571
• 30. The Assassination 573 John McAdams Index 593.
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A Companion to John F. Kennedy presents a comprehensive collection of historiographical essays addressing the life and administration of the nation s 35th president. Features original contributions from leading Kennedy scholarsReassesses Kennedy, his administration, and the era of the New FrontierReconsiders relevant Kennedy scholarship and points to new avenues of researchConsiders the major crises faced by Kennedy, along with domestic issues including women s issues and civil rights.
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• Notes on Contributors vii Introduction 1 Joel H. Silbey
• Part I General Themes 5
• 1. The Political World of the Antebellum Presidents 7 Joel H. Silbey
• 2. The Expansionist Impulse in Antebellum America 43 Michael A. Morrison
• 3. The Rise of Sectional Tensions: Parties, Slavery, and Abolitionism 65 Nicole Etcheson
• 4. The Antebellum Presidents and Foreign Policy 89 Jay Sexton
• Part II The Presidents 107
• 5. Martin Van Buren as Party Leader and at Andrew Jackson s Right Hand 109 M. Philip Lucas
• 6. Van Buren and the Economic Collapse of the Late 1830s 131 Jonathan M. Atkins
• 7. Tippecanoe and Tyler Too : William Henry Harrison and the Rise of Popular Politics 155 William G. Shade
• 8. President John Tyler, Henry Clay, and the Whig Party 173 Edward P. Crapol
• 9. James K. Polk and the Democratic Party 195 M. J. Heale
• 10. Polk in Office: Domestic Politics and Policies 221 Paul H. Bergeron
• 11. Polk as a War President 245 John C. Pinheiro
• 12. Polk as a Southern Sectionalist 269 Michael Todd Landis
• 13. Zachary Taylor in Office: Clay, the Whig Party, and the Sectional Crisis 291 Michael J. Birkner
• 14. Millard Fillmore, Whig Politician and Leader of His Party 309 Damon R. Eubank
• 15. President Fillmore and the Taming of Sectional Tensions 327 Elizabeth R. Varon
• 16. Franklin Pierce, Democratic Partisan 345 Yonatan Eyal
• 17. Franklin Pierce, the Kansas-Nebraska Bill, and the Political Transformation of the Mid-1850s 367 John F. Kirn, Jr.
• 18. James Buchanan: The Early Political Life of the Old Public Functionary 397 Jean H. Baker
• 19. James Buchanan, the Slavocracy, and the Disruption of the Democratic Party 421 James L. Huston
• 20. James Buchanan and the Secession Crisis 447 John Ashworth
• Index 465.
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A Companion to the Antebellum Presidents presents a series of original essays exploring our historical understanding of the role and legacy of the eight U.S. presidents who served in the significant period between 1837 and the start of the Civil War in 1861. Explores and evaluates the evolving scholarly reception of Presidents Van Buren, Harrison, Tyler, Polk, Taylor, Fillmore, Pierce, and Buchanan, including their roles, behaviors, triumphs, and failures Represents the first single-volume reference to gather together the historiographic literature on the Antebellum Presidents Brings together original contributions from a team of eminent historians and experts on the American presidency Reveals insights into presidential leadership in the quarter century leading up to the American Civil War Offers fresh perspectives into the largely forgotten men who served during one of the most decisive quarter centuries of United States history.
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• Notes on Contributors Viii Introduction 1 Edward G. Lengel Part I The Big Picture 5
• 1 Background to the Meuse-Argonne 7 Edward G. Lengel with James Lacey
• 2 Preparations 21 Brian F. Neumann Part II Combat 37
• 3 The Chance of a Miracle at Montfaucon 39 William T. Walker, Jr.
• 4 The Battle of Blanc Mont 59 Christopher A. Shaw
• 5 The Lost Battalion 74 Kevin Mulberger and Edward G. Lengel
• 6 Clearing the Argonne 85 Edward A. Gutierrez
• 7 Cracking the Kriemhilde Stellung: The Combined Actions of the 5th, 32d, and 42d Divisions 103 Nathan A. Jones
• 8 Storming the Heights of the Meuse: The 29th and 33d Divisions Fight for Control of the High Ground, 8
• 16 October 121 James S. Price
• 9 Breakthrough and Pursuit 140 Lon Strauss
• 10 African Americans in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive 159 Chad Williams
• 11 Heroes of the Meuse-Argonne 179 James Carl Nelson
• 12 Oh, she s a rather rough war, boys, but she s better than no war at all : The Meuse-Argonne Offensive and the Diarists of the Rainbow Division 194 E. Bruce Geelhoed Part III France and Germany in the Meuse-Argonne 213
• 13 The French Fourth Army in the Meuse-Argonne Campaign 215 Elizabeth Greenhalgh
• 14 The 111th (German) Infanterie-Regiment by Exermont 232 Randal S. Gaulke
• 15 The 459th (German) Infanterie-Regiment on the Hindenburg Line 248 Randal S. Gaulke
• 16 The German High Command during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive: 26 September
• 31 October 1918 266 Markus Klauer Part IV Perspectives 285
• 17 There is a limit to human endurance : The Challenges to Morale in the Meuse-Argonne Campaign 287 Richard S. Faulkner
• 18 Airpower during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive:
• 26 September
• 11 November 1918 309 Thomas Withington
• 19 French Armored Support during the First Phase of the Campaign 325 Patrick R. Osborn
• 20 Artillery in the Meuse-Argonne 340 Justin G. Prince
• 21 Infantry Tactics in the Meuse-Argonne 357 Jeffrey LaMonica
• 22 Medical Support for the Meuse-Argonne 374 Sanders Marble
• 23 Meuse-Argonne Logistics: Barely Enough, Just in Time, Just Long Enough 390 Larry A. Grant
• 24 Communications in World War I: The Meuse-Argonne Campaign of 1918 410 William P. McEvoy
• 25 We Can Kill Them but We Cannot Stop Them: Evaluating the Meuse-Argonne Campaign 425 John D. Beatty Part V Lessons 441
• 26 Changing Views on the Meuse-Argonne Offensive 443 Douglas Mastriano
• 27 Lessons Learned 457 Michael S. Neiberg
• 28 Remembering and Forgetting Meuse-Argonne: The Shifting Sands and Partitioned Perspectives of Memory 472 Kathy Warnes
• 29 The Greatest Battle Ever Forgotten: The Meuse-Argonne Offensive and American Memory 496 Steven Trout Index 515.
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A Companion to the Meuse-Argonne Campaign explores the single largest and bloodiest battle in American military history, including its many controversies, in historiographical essays that reflect the current state of the field. * Presents original essays on the French and German participation in and perspectives on this important event * Makes use of original archival research from the United States, France, and Germany * Contributors include WWI scholars from France, Germany, the United States, and the United Kingdom * Essays examine the military, social, and political consequences of the Meuse-Argonne and points the way for future scholarship in this area.
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• Volume I Notes on Contributors x Preface xviii Acknowledgments xxiii Part I Campaigns and Battles 1 1 Virginia 1861 3 Clayton R. Newell 2 Missouri 19 Jeffrey Patrick 3 Mississippi Valley Campaign 41 Barbara A. Gannon 4 1862 Shenandoah Valley Campaign 56 Jonathan A. Noyalas 5 Logistics 74 Brian Holden Reid 6 Peninsula Campaign 95 Timothy J. Orr 7 Soldiers 114 Lorien Foote 8 Kentucky 132 Aaron Astor 9 Guerrillas 154 Barton A. Myers 10 Maryland Campaign of 1862 178 Benjamin Franklin Cooling 11 Battle of Antietam 195 D. Scott Hartwig 12 Civil War Tactics 211 Jennifer M. Murray 13 Battle of Fredericksburg 231 Mark A. Snell 14 Blockading Campaigns 240 Samuel Negus 15 Chancellorsville Campaign 262 Christian B. Keller 16 Battle of Gettysburg 280 Carol Reardon 17 African-American Soldiering 297 Andre M. Fleche 18 Vicksburg Campaign 316 Steven Nathaniel Dossman 19 Occupation 328 Jacqueline Glass Campbell 20 Arkansas 338 Buck T. Foster 21 Indian America 365 Megan Kate Nelson 22 Naval Development and Warfare 386 Kurt Henry Hackemer 23 Battles of Chickamauga and Chattanooga 410 Keith S. Bohannon 24 Atlanta Campaign 428 Robert L. Glaze 25 Georgia and Carolinas Campaigns 444 Anne Sarah Rubin 26 Prisons 456 James Gillispie 27 1864 Shenandoah Valley Campaign 476 Scott C. Patchan 28 Overland Campaign, 1864 492 Mark Grimsley 29 Louisiana and Texas Campaigns 501 Bradley R. Clampitt 30 Petersburg Campaign 521 Brian Matthew Jordan 31 Technology and War 540 Andrew S. Bledsoe 32 War and Environment 561 Kathryn Shively Meier 33 Appomattox Campaign 573 Bradley A. Wineman 34 Medicine and Health Care 590 Michael A. Flannery 35 Civil War Veterans 608 James Marten Volume II Notes on Contributors x Preface xviii Acknowledgments xxiii Part II Leaders 629 36 Ulysses S. Grant 631 James J. Broomall 37 Robert E. Lee 652 Elizabeth Brown Pryor 38 United States Generals 673 Wayne Wei-siang Hsieh 39 Abraham Lincoln 691 Brian Dirck 40 Jefferson Davis 710 Lynda Lasswell Crist 41 Frederick Douglass 724 L. Diane Barnes Part III Politics, Society, and Culture 741 42 Civil War Diplomacy 743 Jay Sexton 43 Ethnicity 763 David T. Gleeson 44 Women 779 Judith Giesberg 45 Manhood 795 Brian Craig Miller 46 Northern Politics 811 Adam I.P. Smith 47 Southern Politics 830 John M. Sacher 48 Northern Dissent 849 Matthew Warshauer 49 Southern Dissent 867 Margaret M. Storey 50 Northern Home Front 891 Robert M. Sandow 51 Southern Home Front 909 Aaron Sheehan-Dean 52 Abolitionists in the Civil War 927 Stanley Harrold 53 Slavery in the Civil War 949 Jaime Amanda Martinez 54 Emancipation 965 Yael A. Sternhell 55 Literature 987 Michael T. Bernath 56 Music 1003 Christian McWhirter 57 Religion 1021 Sean A. Scott 58 Constitution and Law 1035 Christian G. Samito 59 Nationalism 1056 Paul Quigley 60 Wartime Political Economy 1073 Sean Patrick Adams Part IV The Civil War in History 1087 61 Theory and Method 1089 Paul Christopher Anderson 62 The Global Civil War 1103 Don H. Doyle 63 Wartime Origins of Reconstruction 1121 John C. Rodrigue 64 Memory 1139 Caroline E. Janney Name Index 1155 Subject Index 1167.
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A Companion to the U.S. Civil War presents a comprehensive historiographical collection of essays covering all major military, political, social, and economic aspects of the American Civil War (1861-1865). * Represents the most comprehensive coverage available relating to all aspects of the U.S. Civil War * Features contributions from dozens of experts in Civil War scholarship * Covers major campaigns and battles, and military and political figures, as well as non-military aspects of the conflict such as gender, emancipation, literature, ethnicity, slavery, and memory.
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• Notes on Contributors viii
• To Grasp and Hold a Vision : Ronald Reagan in Historical Perspective 1 Andrew L. Johns Part I Ronald Reagan s Pre-Presidential Life and Career 7 1. Reagan s Early Years: From Dixon to Hollywood 9 John Sbardellati 2. Political Ideology and Activism to 1966 22 Lori Clune 3. Reagan s Gubernatorial Years: From Conservative Spokesperson to National Politician 40 Kurt Schuparra 4. Reagan Runs: His Campaigns for the Presidency, 1976, 1980, and 1984 54 Yanek Mieczkowski Part II The Reagan Administration, 1981 1989 71 Domestic Policy: Politics and Economics 73 5. The Great Communicator: Rhetoric, Media, and Leadership Style 74 Reed L. Welch 6. Reagan and the Evolution of American Politics, 1981 1989 96 Andrew E. Busch 7. Ronald Reagan and the Supreme Court 117 Andrew E. Hunt 8. Reaganomics : The Fiscal and Monetary Policies 131 W. Elliot Brownlee 9. Reagan and the Economy: Business and Labor, Deregulation and Regulation 149 Michael R. Adamson 10. Reagan and the Military 167 Jonathan Reed Winkler Domestic Policy: Social and Cultural Issues 184 11. Ronald Reagan, Race, Civil Rights, and Immigration 185 Lilia Fernandez 12. Reagan, Religion, and the Culture Wars of the 1980s 204 Matthew Avery Sutton 13. Reagan and AIDS 221 Jennifer Brier 14. The Crackdown in America: The Reagan Revolution and the War on Drugs 238 Jeremy Kuzmarov 15. Ronald Reagan s Environmental Legacy 257 Jacob Darwin Hamblin Foreign Policy: Issues 275 16. Reagan, the Soviet Union, and the Cold War, 1981 1985 276 Michael V. Paulauskas 17. Shaking the Empire, or a Negotiated Settlement: Ronald Reagan and Visions of the Cold War s End 295 Gregory Mitrovich 18. The Iran Contra Affair 321 James F. Siekmeier 19. The Reagan Doctrine 339 Dustin Walcher 20. Reagan and Terrorism 359 Heather S. Gregg Foreign Policy: Regions 377 21. Reagan and Africa 378 James H. Meriwether 22. Reagan and Western Europe 393 William Glenn Gray 23. Reagan and Asia 411 Michael Schaller 24. Reagan and Central America 434 Jason M. Colby 25. Reagan and the Middle East 453 Clea Bunch Key Figures 469 26. Mikhail Gorbachev 470 Elizabeth C. Charles 27. The Vice Presidency of George H. W. Bush 491 Michael F. Cairo 28. Ronald Reagan, Tip O Neill, and 1980s Congressional History 510 Robert David Johnson 29. The Troika: James Baker III, Edwin Meese III, and Michael Deaver 529 Christopher Maynard 30. A Foreign Policy Divided Against Itself: George Shultz versus Caspar Weinberger 546 Andrew Preston 31. Margaret Thatcher 565 Michael F. Hopkins Part III The Legacy of Ronald Reagan 583 32. Ronald Reagan and the Conservative Movement 585 Sandra Scanlon 33. Reagan and Globalization 608 Thomas W. Zeiler 34. Reputation and Legacies: An American Symbol 626 Chester J. Pach Index 644.
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A Companion to Ronald Reagan evaluates in unprecedented detail the events, policies, politics, and people of Reagan s administration. It assesses the scope and influence of his various careers within the context of the times, providing wide-ranging coverage of his administration, and his legacy. * Assesses Reagan and his impact on the development of the United States based on new documentary evidence and engagement with the most recent secondary literature * Offers a mix of historiographic chapters devoted to foreign and domestic policy, with topics integrated thematically and chronologically * Includes a section on key figures associated politically and personally with Reagan.
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• Notes on Contributors viii
• To Grasp and Hold a Vision : Ronald Reagan in Historical Perspective 1 Andrew L. Johns Part I Ronald Reagan s Pre-Presidential Life and Career 7 1. Reagan s Early Years: From Dixon to Hollywood 9 John Sbardellati 2. Political Ideology and Activism to 1966 22 Lori Clune 3. Reagan s Gubernatorial Years: From Conservative Spokesperson to National Politician 40 Kurt Schuparra 4. Reagan Runs: His Campaigns for the Presidency, 1976, 1980, and 1984 54 Yanek Mieczkowski Part II The Reagan Administration, 1981 1989 71 Domestic Policy: Politics and Economics 73 5. The Great Communicator: Rhetoric, Media, and Leadership Style 74 Reed L. Welch 6. Reagan and the Evolution of American Politics, 1981 1989 96 Andrew E. Busch 7. Ronald Reagan and the Supreme Court 117 Andrew E. Hunt 8. Reaganomics : The Fiscal and Monetary Policies 131 W. Elliot Brownlee 9. Reagan and the Economy: Business and Labor, Deregulation and Regulation 149 Michael R. Adamson 10. Reagan and the Military 167 Jonathan Reed Winkler Domestic Policy: Social and Cultural Issues 184 11. Ronald Reagan, Race, Civil Rights, and Immigration 185 Lilia Fernandez 12. Reagan, Religion, and the Culture Wars of the 1980s 204 Matthew Avery Sutton 13. Reagan and AIDS 221 Jennifer Brier 14. The Crackdown in America: The Reagan Revolution and the War on Drugs 238 Jeremy Kuzmarov 15. Ronald Reagan s Environmental Legacy 257 Jacob Darwin Hamblin Foreign Policy: Issues 275 16. Reagan, the Soviet Union, and the Cold War, 1981 1985 276 Michael V. Paulauskas 17. Shaking the Empire, or a Negotiated Settlement: Ronald Reagan and Visions of the Cold War s End 295 Gregory Mitrovich 18. The Iran Contra Affair 321 James F. Siekmeier 19. The Reagan Doctrine 339 Dustin Walcher 20. Reagan and Terrorism 359 Heather S. Gregg Foreign Policy: Regions 377 21. Reagan and Africa 378 James H. Meriwether 22. Reagan and Western Europe 393 William Glenn Gray 23. Reagan and Asia 411 Michael Schaller 24. Reagan and Central America 434 Jason M. Colby 25. Reagan and the Middle East 453 Clea Bunch Key Figures 469 26. Mikhail Gorbachev 470 Elizabeth C. Charles 27. The Vice Presidency of George H. W. Bush 491 Michael F. Cairo 28. Ronald Reagan, Tip O Neill, and 1980s Congressional History 510 Robert David Johnson 29. The Troika: James Baker III, Edwin Meese III, and Michael Deaver 529 Christopher Maynard 30. A Foreign Policy Divided Against Itself: George Shultz versus Caspar Weinberger 546 Andrew Preston 31. Margaret Thatcher 565 Michael F. Hopkins Part III The Legacy of Ronald Reagan 583 32. Ronald Reagan and the Conservative Movement 585 Sandra Scanlon 33. Reagan and Globalization 608 Thomas W. Zeiler 34. Reputation and Legacies: An American Symbol 626 Chester J. Pach Index 644.
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A Companion to Ronald Reagan evaluates in unprecedented detail the events, policies, politics, and people of Reagan s administration. It assesses the scope and influence of his various careers within the context of the times, providing wide-ranging coverage of his administration, and his legacy. * Assesses Reagan and his impact on the development of the United States based on new documentary evidence and engagement with the most recent secondary literature * Offers a mix of historiographic chapters devoted to foreign and domestic policy, with topics integrated thematically and chronologically * Includes a section on key figures associated politically and personally with Reagan.
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