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SERIES:  This is the last in a Series about recent reinterpretations of major episodes in American Political Development. This Post notes continuities before and after the Civil War and looks forward to the whole 1877-1962 period.  A later Series will treat episodes after 1877 individually.

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Political scientists are rethinking the overall shape of Ameri...

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SERIES:  This is the third in a Series about recent reinterpretations of important episodes in American Political Development. This Post treats 1848-1861, when North-South compromise over slavery broke down, and the American polity along with it.  Later Posts will treat late episodes.

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This Post reports a powerful new reinterpretation of the br...

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SERIES: This is the second in a Series about recent reinterpretations of important episodes in American Political Development. This Post concerns 1836-1848, a period of economic depression and political crisis that reshaped American political economy. Later posts will treat later episodes.

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This Post reports a fine recent study of the USA from 1836 to ...

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SERIES:  This is the first in a Series about important episodes in American Political Development that scholars are currently reinterpreting. This Post concerns the American Revolution: interpretations that expand conventional understandings of its “when, where, and what.”  Subsequent posts will treat other episodes from about 1830 to 1930.

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A recen...

起源于18世纪的美国政治，经常包含某种代议制民主（representative democracy）的形式，与一些资本主义经济形式和多元民族、文化的混合体相互影响。

外部环境通常是相对开放的：地缘政治上的相对安全，使相对开放的贸易与投资的经济流动，以及相对开放的移民与思想的社会文化流动都具有可能性。当然，一些例外也是值得注意的。

内部环境通常包含重大分歧，经济、文化皆有，存在于在迅速变化的经济阶级与经济利益之间，以及逐渐发展的区域联合体之间（不幸的是，通常包括因循守旧的南方保护其歧视黑人的权利）。

尽管如此，这些连续...

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AMERICA’S  THREE   REGIMES  (PART  THREE) 

1930-2030,  POPULIST  TECHNOCRACY

Histories of Futures

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 DIMENSIONS OF POLITICS                     DIMENSIONS OF POSTS

Sectors: All                                                Importance: ****

Level: National                                          Scope: USA only

Period: Long run                                       Process: Power politics

MAIN ...

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AMERICA’S  THREE   REGIMES  (PART  TWO)

1830-1930,  MASS  DEMOCRACY

Histories of Futures

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 DIMENSIONS OF POLITICS                                                           DIMENSIONS OF POSTS

Sectors: All                                                                                   Importance: *****

Level: National                                                                              Sco...

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AMERICA’S THREE  REGIMES  (PART ONE)

1730-1830, ELITE REPUBLIC

Histories of Futures

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Level: National                                                                              Scope: US...

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TEMPORAL  PATTERNS  IN  AMERICAN  POLITICAL  DEVELOPMENT

Histories of Futures

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Sectors: All                                                                                     Importance: *****

Level: National                                                                                Scope: USA ...