ePub Laurel Canyon: The Inside Story of Rock-and-Roll's Legendary Neighborhood by Michael Walker in History

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The American Nation: Primary Sources resumes the narrative begun in its companion volume; The American Republic which covered the first eight decades of U.S. history; ending at the onset of the Civil War. The American Nation continues the story through America’s entrance into World War II.The American Nation makes available; in one volume; many of the most crucial documents necessary for understanding the variety of policies and viewpoints driving American public life during an important; substantive part of American history. The primary sources in The American Nation are relevant to the Civil War; Reconstruction; the rise of a national capitalist system and culture; the waves of reform-minded thought and policy that moved the nation toward formation of the national administrative and welfare states; and America’s emergence as a major power on the world stage. This period was a watershed in the history of the nation—the time of establishing and consolidating national power and laying the foundations of a national government committed to promoting the material well-being of Americans. It was an era that witnessed the development of the nation-state and the establishment of the New Deal regime; which set the stage for the radical social movements of the 1960s and beyond.For decades debates have raged concerning the nature and impact of post–Civil War Reconstruction; as well as the major popular legal and ideological movements shaping the United States during the period up to World War II. This critical era encompassed the rise of mass-market corporatism and America’s entry into world politics. Recent social history has uncovered a great deal of information regarding the daily lives of Americans during this era. Of equal importance is an in-depth study of the public documents critical for an understanding of the effects of public acts and pronouncements on Americans. This volume will allow students and readers to readily engage; without interpretation; the original historical documents that have shaped the history of American public life.Some of the primary documents include the Emancipation Proclamation; the Freedmen’s Bureau Bill; the Sherman Antitrust Act; and the Monroe Doctrine. Some of the authors featured include Franklin Delano Roosevelt; Jefferson Davis; Robert LaFollette; Eugene Debs; Jane Addams; William Graham Sumner; Elizabeth Cady Stanton; and Booker T. Washington; among many others.Bruce P. Frohnen is Associate Professor of Law at Ohio Northern University College of Law. He holds a J.D. from the Emory University School of Law and a Ph.D. in Government from Cornell University.