America's parchment regime: the original character of the American democratic republic and the culture supporting it
1789-1817: the formative years, the Federalist Party era, and Jeffersonianism
1817-1840: the eras of "good feelings" and Jacksonian democracy
1840-1877: expansion, sectionalism, the Civil War, and Reconstruction
1877-1920: the Gilded Age, the Progressive Era, and World War I
1920-1945: the "Roaring twenties", the Great Depression, and World War II
1945-1960: post-World War II America and the Cold War
1960-1980: the welfare state, cultural upheaval, and the reign and decline of liberalism
1980-present: the upsurge of conservatism, economic transformation, and post-Cold War America
Analysis and conclusion: how and why the American democratic republic has been transformed.
The transformation of the American democratic republic by Stephen M. Krason. ISBN 9781412847452. Published by Transaction Publishers in 2012. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.