Introduction: The American Polity and Its Regimes
Part One: The Deferential-Republican Regime
Ch. 1: Old Ways and News
Ch. 2: The Republican Revolution
Ch. 3: From Factions to Parties
Part Two: The Party-Democratic Regime: The Democratic Polity
Ch. 4: The Culture of Party Politics
Ch. 5: Governing a Democratic Polity
Ch. 6: Crisis
Part Three: The Party-Democratic Regime: The Industrial Polity
Ch. 7: The Age of the Polticos
Ch. 8: A State of Parties and Courts
Ch. 9: The Progressive Challenge
Part Four: The Bureaucratic-Populist Regime
Ch. 10: The Rise of the Bureaucratic-Populist Regime
Ch. 11: Bureaucracy and Democracy
Ch. 12: Populism and Party
Conclusion: Today and Tomorrow
Morton Keller is Spector Professor of History Emeritus at Brandeis University.
"Brilliant and original...In America's Three Regimes, Morton Keller
has not only provided a striking new way of thinking about American
politics but also written an engaging narrative that can be read
with profit by the general public as well as academic specialists.
I would hazard a guess that Americas Three Regimes will find a
place on the small and exclusive shelf of classics of American
political history."--Michael Lind, The Forum
"Uniformly challenging and thought-provoking."--Mark J. Stern,
American Historical Review
"Few will fail to be impressed by the scope of Keller's magisterial
synthesis--a fitting capstone to an illustrious career."--Richard
J. Ellis The Journal of American History
"A thought-provoking book, and anyone interested in US history or
politics will want to be familiar with it. Highly
recommended."--G.Eow, CHOICE
"One of the most engaging and accessible portraits of America's
political evolution of recent years...[I]f I were asked to name the
single best book written in recent years on the sweep of American
political history, I'd answer America's Three Regimes.--New York
Times Book Review
"He is breezy without being glib, and original without being
eccentric. Even if you don't find the idea of Mr. Keller's three
regimes illuminating, his book is. Never misty-eyed, he keeps
finding the right anecdote to support his view of American
exceptionalism...[H]is book is a feast to enjoy."--The
Economist
"A masterful and fresh account of U.S. politics...[A]
well-constructed and fast-paced historical narrative with a
powerful analytic model make for a book that will provoke and
engage specialists while providing less seasoned readers in the
United States and abroad with a very useful and accessible
introduction to the development of U.S. politics."--Foreign
Affairs
"For students of American history, a thesis worth
exploring."--Kirkus Reviews
"Professor Morton Keller of Brandeis has performed an important
service with this brilliant, engaging new book...In America's Three
Regimes, Morton Keller has produced a valuable, highly readable
survey of American political history that answers many of the
questions about government and the people that we ask today. This
is the epitome of pleasurable reading...Kudos to Professor Keller
and congratulations to those lucky enough to encounter his
book."--the Weekly Standard
"This uncommonly ambitious book confirms Morton Keller's standing
in the front rank of American political historians. Few scholars
can match Keller's depth of knowledge about the entirety of
America's political development, or his ability to weave such a
rich and colorful narrative tapestry. America's Three Regimes is a
book that compels us to re-think much that we have thought we
understood about the American political tradition. This is history
in
the grand style--creatively conveived and magisterially
executed."--David M. Kennedy, author of Freedom from Fear
"A sweeping history of American political institutions that
stresses continuity as much as change, America's Three Regimes is a
reminder of the importance of understanding the political past when
grappling with the partisan present."--Joanne B. Freeman, author of
Affairs of Honor
"An informative and enjoyable read. Every political scientist will
learn from this magisterial account by one of America's foremost
political historians."--Morris Fiorina, Stanford University
"Keller has written a highly original and compelling account of the
American polity. Maintaining a brisk pace from the colonial era to
the present, he shows how politics and government in the United
States have been shaped by three enduring regimes that have
wrestled with the profound challenges of emancipating the country
from Great Britain, providing self-government on a grand scale, and
upholding the rights of the individuals and groups in a
complex,
unforgiving commercial society. Combining rich narrative and keen
insight, America's Three Regimes is a fascinating retrospective on
the country's enduring problems and its impressive
resiliency."--Sidney M.
Milkis, Unversity of Virginia
"This study is an ambitious work; it is a sweeping political
history of the United States from the colonial period to the
present...In an engaging, fast-paced manner, the author narrates
how the United States advanced from a colonial network, to a young
republic, to a democracy with a strong two-party system, to the
current populist-bureaucratic state in which many citizens define
themselves by issues rather than political parties."--The Historian
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