Presidents from Hayes through McKinley, 1877-1901

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Presidents from Hayes through McKinley, 1877-1901 Debating the Issues in Pro and Con Primary Documents

Amy H. Sturgis

ISBN: 0-313-31712-7

ISBN-13: 978-0-313-31712-5

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256 pages

Greenwood Press

Publication: 11/30/2003

List Price: $69.95 (UK Sterling Price: £48.95)

Availability: In Stock

Media Type: Hardcover

Also Available: Ebook

Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4

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Series Title: The President's Position: Debating the Issues

Description: This resource of primary documents and commentary spans the Hayes and McKinley administrations, selecting and describing five to ten of the foremost issues of the day. The actual texts of the presidents' positions, along with the opposing viewpoints, are presented. Helpful background information and commentary clarifies the primary sources, accurately depicting this dynamic time in the country's past and providing an invaluable resource to any student of American history.

The period from 1877 to 1901 marked the end of one United States-a country still reeling from the Civil War, a divided nation of Reconstruction, a land of economic depression, sectional hostility, and governmental corruption. A new United States was emerging. It was an empire, an international power that both negotiated with and fought against European nations with great success, and a country with a rebounding economy, vigorous industry, and restored faith. During this Gilded Age, the nation expanded as settlers moved west and displaced native populations. Immigrants entered at the highest rate in the country's history. Geographic expansion gave rise to mighty railroads, and industrial expansion brought corporations, company towns, and monopolies. This unprecedented industrialism bolstered urban growth, yet economic hardships afflicted rural countrysides. Labor and agrarian interests organized.

Table of Contents:

Foreword
Introduction
Timeline
Rutherford B. Hayes, 1877-1881
James A. Garfield, 1881
Chester A Arthur, 1881-1885
Grover Cleveland, 1885-1889
Benjamin Harrison, 1889-1893
Grover Cleveland, 1893-1897
William McKinley, 1897-1901
Bibliography
Index

About the Author: AMY H. STURGIS teaches at Belmont University. She is the author of two books in the President's Position: Debating the Issues series.

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