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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...