Research Catalog

Title

A requiem for the American village / Paul K. Conkin.

Author

Conkin, Paul Keith.

Publication

Lanham, Md : Rowman & Littlefield, 2000.

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Details

Description

xvi, 207 p. : maps; 24 cm.

Summary

"In this volume, Paul Conkin offers his commentary on almost every aspect of the American past. A common theme shared by all the essays is the ambiguous results of our nation's transition from relatively homogeneous communities, villages, and regions to a cosmopolitan culture with a centralized, regulatory welfare state and an increasingly mobile and pluralistic population." "Conkin charts the strains and tensions that have marked this incredible transition, and reflects on the historians' craft and the influence of his own past on the subject he studies."--Jacket.

Series Statement

American intellectual culture

Uniform Title

American intellectual culture

Subject

• 1900-1999
• Dorpen
• Cultuurverandering
• United States > History
• United States > History > 20th century
• United States
• États-Unis > 20e siècle
• USA

Genre/Form

History.

Note

• Includes index.

Contents

Foreword / Ted V. McAllister -- 1. History As a Discipline. The First Historian: Local History: A Mirror for American Values -- 2. Creating New Communities. The Cooperative Commonwealth in America: Arthurdale Revisited -- 3. The Road to a Regulatory and Welfare State. The Last and Greatest Depression: The Great Society: The Climax of Policy Reform in America -- 4. First Principles of American Government. Liberty, Property, and Expressive Freedoms: Democracy -- 5. The Dilemmas of Cultural Pluralism. Revolt of the Village: What Holds Us Together? -- 6. American Religion. The Scopes Trial Revisited: American Religious Pluralism and Public Policy -- 7. The South: What Is a Bright Southern Boy to Do? Hot, Humid, and Sad.

ISBN

• 0847697363
• 9780847697366

LCCN

99040922

OCLC

• ocm42022275
• 42022275
• SCSB-964780

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library