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An essential resource for anyone interested in U.S. history and politics, this two-volume encyclopedia covers the major forces that have shaped American politics from the founding to today. Broad in scope, the book addresses both the traditional topics of political history--such as eras, institutions, political parties, presidents, and founding documents--and the wider subjects of current scholarship, including military, electoral, and economic events, as well as social movements, popular culture, religion, education, race, gender, and more. Each article, specially commissioned for this book.

Topics include political economy in 19th century America, history and political science, and culture and politics; 3 articles. Contents: Farewell to the "party period": political economy in nineteenth-century America, by Richard B. John; History and political science: together again? by Julian E. Zelizer; The culture of politics: the politics of culture, by Joanne B. Freeman.