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- catalog abstract ""In this volume, Paul Conkin offers his commentary on almost every aspect of the American past. A common theme shared by all the essays is the ambiguous results of our nation's transition from relatively homogeneous communities, villages, and regions to a cosmopolitan culture with a centralized, regulatory welfare state and an increasingly mobile and pluralistic population." "Conkin charts the strains and tensions that have marked this incredible transition, and reflects on the historians' craft and the influence of his own past on the subject he studies."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11375397.
- catalog coverage "United States History 20th century.".
- catalog coverage "United States History.".
- catalog created "2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2000.".
- catalog description ""In this volume, Paul Conkin offers his commentary on almost every aspect of the American past. A common theme shared by all the essays is the ambiguous results of our nation's transition from relatively homogeneous communities, villages, and regions to a cosmopolitan culture with a centralized, regulatory welfare state and an increasingly mobile and pluralistic population." "Conkin charts the strains and tensions that have marked this incredible transition, and reflects on the historians' craft and the influence of his own past on the subject he studies."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Foreword / Ted V. McAllister -- 1. History As a Discipline. The First Historian: Local History: A Mirror for American Values -- 2. Creating New Communities. The Cooperative Commonwealth in America: Arthurdale Revisited -- 3. The Road to a Regulatory and Welfare State. The Last and Greatest Depression: The Great Society: The Climax of Policy Reform in America -- 4. First Principles of American Government. Liberty, Property, and Expressive Freedoms: Democracy -- 5. The Dilemmas of Cultural Pluralism. Revolt of the Village: What Holds Us Together? -- 6. American Religion. The Scopes Trial Revisited: American Religious Pluralism and Public Policy -- 7. The South: What Is a Bright Southern Boy to Do? Hot, Humid, and Sad.".
- catalog extent "xvi, 207 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Requiem for the American village.".
- catalog identifier "0847697363 (cloth)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Requiem for the American village.".
- catalog isPartOf "American intellectual culture".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Lanham, Md : Rowman & Littlefield,".
- catalog relation "Requiem for the American village.".
- catalog spatial "United States History 20th century.".
- catalog spatial "United States History.".
- catalog subject "973 21".
- catalog subject "E178.6 .C675 2000".
- catalog tableOfContents "Foreword / Ted V. McAllister -- 1. History As a Discipline. The First Historian: Local History: A Mirror for American Values -- 2. Creating New Communities. The Cooperative Commonwealth in America: Arthurdale Revisited -- 3. The Road to a Regulatory and Welfare State. The Last and Greatest Depression: The Great Society: The Climax of Policy Reform in America -- 4. First Principles of American Government. Liberty, Property, and Expressive Freedoms: Democracy -- 5. The Dilemmas of Cultural Pluralism. Revolt of the Village: What Holds Us Together? -- 6. American Religion. The Scopes Trial Revisited: American Religious Pluralism and Public Policy -- 7. The South: What Is a Bright Southern Boy to Do? Hot, Humid, and Sad.".
- catalog title "A requiem for the American village / Paul K. Conkin.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".