A history of American government and...
Rugg, Harold Ordway, (1886-1960.)

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  • A history of American government and culture : = America's march toward democracy /
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    Title/Author: A history of American government and culture :/ by Harold Rugg.
    Reminder of title: America's march toward democracy /
    Author: Rugg, Harold Ordway,
    Published: Boston :Ginn and Company, : c1931.,
    Description: xvii, 635 p. :ill., 2 double maps ;24 cm.
    Notes: "The second of a two-volume history of American civilization, the first of which was the third book of the series, A history of American civilization: economic and social."--Pref.
    [NT 15003449]: America's first steps toward democracy. Introducing the study of government ; How the early colonies were governed ; The later struggle within the colonies for democratic government -- The struggle for self-government, 1660-1783. The beginning of the struggle with England for independent government, 1660-1760 ; The climax of the struggle, 1760-1776 ; The War for American Independence, 1776-1783 -- The making of the American Constitution. The making of the American Constitution, 1783-1787 -- The first years of national government. The national government under Hamilton and the Federalists ; Did democracy march forward under the Republicans? ; Manners and customs during the first 40 years of the republic -- Jacksonian democracy and its effect upon American culture. The "reign of Andrew Jackson" ; The culture of the Middle West and of the northern seaboard, 1830-1860 ; Life in the cotton kingdom, 1830-1860 -- The great conflict : one united nation or two. The controversy over slavery ; Political parties and presidents, 1837-1861 ; The Civil War ; The Reconstruction period of the South -- The struggle over government in the age of big business, 1865-1914. Government by professional politicians ; The rise of government by business ; The political revolt of farmers and city workers ; The common people march toward democracy ; American government extends abroad -- The red man and the white man's government. The red man and the white man's government -- The changing culture of the American people. Popular education and the march toward democracy ; The social life of homestead, village, and city, 1865-1900 ; American sports ; The "lively arts" -- The United States after 1914 : current problems. America and the World War ; The United States since the World War : facing the problems of democracy.
    Subject: United States - History. -
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