Politics and Progress: American Society and the State Since 1865

by Andrew E. Kersten

This study focuses on the state's impact on American society from the Civil War to the present. For the past several decades historians have tended to divide themselves into increasingly distinct historical perspectives. This anthology seeks to reverse that trend by linking the viewpoints of political and social historians to interpret the growth of the state and society in the United States since 1865, an era during which the state's role has...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275971325
• ISBN13: 9780275971328
• Release Date: September 2001
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"