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E History America (516)
E11 America (General) (187)
Number of items at this level: 187.
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The close results of recent presidential elections reflect the emergence of a highly divided and partisan electorate.
Abramowitz, Alan
American politics is contentious, but the public is not as polarized as it thinks it is.
Ahler, Douglas J.
Bridgegate continues, chemical spill in West Virginia and Idaho’s potatoes on the international stage – US state blog round up for 11 – 17 January.
Allen, Natalie; Gilson, Christopher
Christie embroiled in ‘Bridgegate’, rail troubles in California and the end of the five day work week in Wisconsin? – US state blog round up for 3 – 10 January.
Allen, Natalie; Gilson, Christopher
Cuomo’s tax freeze backlash in New York, limits to immigrants’ rights in Georgia, and Jerry Brown not sold on marijuana legalization in California – US state blog round up for 1 – 7 March.
Allen, Natalie; Gilson, Christopher
Job creation in Wisconsin, McConnell is reminded to mind the gap, and does Silicon Valley hold the key to America’s future? – US state blog round up for 30 November – 6 December.
Allen, Natalie; Gilson, Christopher
Same sex marriage rulings in Kentucky and Virginia, Cuomo vs. de Blasio over pre-k in New York, and Florida’s Crist rejects Cuba embargo – US state blog round up for round up for 8 – 14 February.
Allen, Natalie; Gilson, Christopher
Snow problems for de Blasio in New York, gun carry laws on states’ agenda, and Wisconsin’s Walker under fire – US state blog round up for round up for 15 – 21 February.
Allen, Natalie; Gilson, Christopher
Voter ID controversies in Pennsylvania and North Carolina, New York’s stop and frisk appeal dropped, and will Arizona ratify equal rights? – US state blog round up for 25 – 31 January.
Allen, Natalie; Gilson, Christopher
Wendy Davis surges in Texas, Seattle moves to regulate ridesharing, and Rhode Island encourages nagging mothers – US state blog round up for 15 – 21 March.
Allen, Natalie; Gilson, Christopher
Democrats make more large spending cuts than Republicans because they must counteract their prior partisan increases in spending.
Anderson, Sarah E.; Harbridge, Laurel
A global front: thoughts on enforcement at the rich world’s borders.
Andersson, Ruben
Book review: American value: migrants, money and meaning in El Salvador and the United States.
Anisin, Alexei
Anglo-American relations from World War to Cold War.
Ashton, Nigel J
Harold Macmillan and the 'Golden Days' of Anglo-American relations revisited, 1957–63. (2005)
Ashton, Nigel J.
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Higher voter turnout does not necessarily lead to greater representation for the poor, or to greater government spending.
Barnes, Lucy
The sinister reality of gentrification in Washington, D.C.
Barreyo, Pilar
The size of the House of Representatives, not the American people, can determine the outcome of presidential elections.
Barthélémy, Fabrice; Martin, Mathieu; Piggins, Ashley
Patriarchy continues to loom large over representations of Black masculinity in the age of President Obama.
Belle, Crystal
Policymakers must take lessons from the measures that did not work to tackle the Great Recession, as well as those that did.
Bernstein, Jared
The election of Democrats alone is not enough to ensure gay rights.
Bishin, Benjamin G.; Smith, Charles Anthony
Job polarization has squeezed the American middle class.
Boehm, Michael J.
Nonpartisan election formats do not affect voting behaviors.
Bonneau, Chris W.; Cann, Damon M.
The U.S. Senate’s failure to pass gun control legislation is the victory of an intense minority against an apathetic majority.
Bouton, Laurent; Conconi, Paola; Pino, Francisco J; Zanardi, Maurizio
As an attempt to breathe new life into his administration, Obama’s State of the Union largely failed.
Boys, James D.
Given his administration’s policy fumbles this year, President Obama may be happy that 2013 is nearly over.
Boys, James D.
Rio de Janiero is coming to terms with the brutality of urban transformation that can come with mega-events like the Olympics.
Brumley, Cheryl
Book review: India abroad: diasporic cultures of postwar America and England, by Sandhya Shukla.
Bénéï, Véronique
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When judges face politicized reelections, their opinions on hot-button issues change to reflect the majority view.
Canes-Wrone, Brandice
Los intelectuales campesinos en la reforma agraria peruana.
Cant, Anna
Facebook was not a hotbed of political activity during the 2008 U.S. Presidential election.
Carlisle, Juliet; Patton, Rob
Franklin Roosevelt, Ernst 'Putzi' Hanfstaengl and the 'S-Project', June 1924-June 1944.
Casey, Steven
Executive orders are not a viable route around political gridlock.
Chiou, Fang-Yi; Rothenberg, Lawrence S.
Term limits alone do not cause legislators to shirk their duties—the actual results are far more complicated.
Clark, Jennifer Hayes; Williams, R. Lucas
Havana.
Colantonio, Andrea; Potter, Robert
When art coaxed the soul of America back to life.
Collins, Sheila D.
Despite Edward Snowden’s revelations, we are nowhere near Orwell’s vision of totalitarian dystopia envisioned in ‘1984’.
Colls, Robert
Living close to mothers or mothers-in-law gives married women with young children greater freedom to work.
Compton, Janice; Pollak, Robert A.
Mexico’s agricultural assistance program is inadvertently subsidizing migration to the U.S.
Cortina, Jeronimo
To lead the world?: not any Longer.
Cox, Michael
A new American empire.
Cox, Michael
The tragedy of American diplomacy? Rethinking the Marshall Plan.
Cox, Michael; Kennedy-Pipe, Caroline
Michael Sam’s coming out is a challenge to the vicarious masculinity that American men derive from the NFL.
Crawley, Sara L.
Declining discount rates.
Cropper, Maureen L.; Freeman, Mark C.; Groom, Ben; Pizer, William A.
Book review: the eagle and the dragon by Serge Gruzinski.
Cuffe, James
There is a high cost to using subsidies to promote renewable energy to mitigate climate change.
Cullen, Joseph
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Judicial nominees who have confirmation hearings during divided government are much more likely to face ideological questions.
Dancey, Logan; Nelson, Kjersten R.; Ringsmuth, Eve M.
Growing number of solo households may require greater social support through public services in the future.
Deka, Devajyoti
Prioritization of capacities for the elimination of dog-mediated human rabies in the Americas: building the framework.
Del Rio Vilas, Victor J.; Burgeño, Adamelia; Montibeller, Gilberto; Clavijo, Alfonso; Vigilato, Marco Antonio; Cosivi, Ottorino
Five minutes with Stefano DellaVigna: “It turns out that voters hate to lie”.
DellaVigna, Stefano
In contrast to pundits’ claims, Barack Obama won reelection because of the economy – not despite it.
Dickinson, Matthew
Electoral participation strengthens party identification in the U.S.
Dinas, Elias
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Long read: Why Canada has a labor party and the US does not.
Eidlin, Barry
Consumer behavior in online shopping is affected by sales tax.
Einav, Liran; Knoepfle, Dan; Levin, Jonathan; Sundaresan, Neel
Trust, not sanctions, was the key to the nuclear deal with Iran.
Emery, Christian
Leaders must focus on fixing the inequality of labor income in the U.S.
Esposito, Mark; Tse, Terence
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Micro-movement and the memory of slavery.
Geringer-Sameth, Ethan
The anti-slavery series: perspectives on the past and present.
Geringer-Sameth, Ethan
California’s drought turns critical, mass transit moves in Indiana and will Oklahoma ban marriage? – US state blog round up for 1 – 7 February.
Gilson, Christopher
Congress back in session, Obamacare’s ‘fundamental problem’, and are moderate Democrats and the GOP facing extinction? – US national blog round up for 3 – 10 January.
Gilson, Christopher
Congress strikes $1 trillion budget deal, Democrats clear the field for Hillary Clinton and will Puerto Rico default? – US national blog round up for 11 – 17 January.
Gilson, Christopher
Democrats’ Senate majority at risk, Republicans kill immigration reform, and will Obamacare cost 2 million jobs? – US national blog round up for 1 – 7 February.
Gilson, Christopher
Dire approval ratings for an unproductive Congress, cuts to food stamps and unemployment aid, and should Presidential term limits be abolished? – US national blog round up for 30 November – 6 December.
Gilson, Christopher
GOP surrenders on the debt ceiling, Obamacare’s employee mandate is delayed, and Jeb Bush for 2016? – US national blog round up for 8 – 14 February.
Gilson, Christopher
Healthcare reform in Vermont, economic success in Florida and North Dakota, and a good year for Pat Quinn in Illinois – US state blog round up for 21 – 27 December.
Gilson, Christopher
Hillary Clinton’s book fizzes, Americans against troops in Iraq, and Obamacare’s benefits for jobs and young people – US national blog round up for 14 – 20 June.
Gilson, Christopher
Jindal’s Obamacare alternative, the GOP’s eight pivotal Senate seats, and is the campaign finance system now more unequal? – US national blog round up for 29 March – 4 April.
Gilson, Christopher
March madness for Obamacare, drafting Ted Cruz, and should Democrats distance themselves from Obama? – US national blog round up for 15– 21 March.
Gilson, Christopher
Obama signs up for Obamacare, GOP lags on Senate fundraising, and who benefits from economic recovery? – US national blog round up for 21 – 27 December.
Gilson, Christopher
Obamacare on the up, NSA may have broken the Fourth, and how is divided government killing John Boehner? – US national blog round up for 14 – 20 December.
Gilson, Christopher
Obama’s ‘Reverse Reagan’ problem, Sebelius resigns, and do members of Congress deserve higher pay? – US national blog round up for 5 – 11 April.
Gilson, Christopher
The Stimulus five years on, Homeland Security cancels license plate tracking, and is Ted Cruz the new sheriff in DC town? – US national blog round up for 15 – 21 February.
Gilson, Christopher
A new strategy in eastern Europe, the Medicaid gap has a body count, and no, Elizabeth Warren is not running for President – US national blog round up for 19 – 25 April.
Gilson, Christopher; Allen, Natalie
Concealed carry laws and assault weapons bans do not have a significant effect on the gun-related murder rate at the state level.
Gius, Mark
This week’s ruling on net neutrality may lead to fundamental changes to the internet as we know it.
Goodman, Ellen
The globalisation of codfish and wool: Spanish-English-North American triangular trade in the early modern period.
Grafe, Regina
A stakeholder empire:the political economy of Spanish imperial rule in America.
Grafe, Regina; Irigoin, Alejandra
Urban policymakers need to reconsider the role of arts districts in cities’ economic development.
Grodach, Carl
In the wake of the financial crisis, Americans are turning more and more to community wealth-building institutions.
Guinan, Joe
Up to 47 million Americans face more food insecurity because of proposed restrictions on SNAP food assistance program.
Gundersen, Craig
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The vast majority of U.S. federal debt is now held by the richest households and largest companies, raising concerns about inequality and power.
Hager, Sandy
The resurgent superhero genre in film gives insights into the American psyche and political identities post-September 11.
Hagley, Annika; Harrison, Michael
Election Day Registration alleviates many of the problems that prevent people from voting.
Hall, Thad
As newly returned New York Police Commissioner, Bill Bratton’s first task will be to regain the trust of the city’s most heavily policed groups.
Halle, David; Beveridge, Andrew A.; Beveridge, Sydney
People are more likely to spend time together in public spaces than they were 30 years ago.
Hampton, Keith N.
Nudging people with better information may actually hurt health insurance markets.
Handel, Ben
J. P. Morgan in London and New York before 1914.
Hannah, Leslie
Dialogue or détente: Henry Kissinger, Latin America, and the prospects for a new inter-American understanding, 1973-1977. (2017)
Harmer, Tanya
In pursuit of radical transformation: Chile, the United States and regional alignments.
Harmer, Tanya
The Baldwin/Buckley debate of 1965, and how Baldwin won it.
Harrison, Joss
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Anti-Hispanic prejudice drives opposition to immigration in the U.S.
Hartman, Todd K.; Newman, Benjamin J.; Bell, C. Scott
The Fed’s tapering gives us the chance to focus on the economy’s real problems.
Horwitz, Steven
Evidence from Chicago shows that declining job accessibility for the poor is a result of socioeconomic, but not spatial, factors.
Hu, Lingqian
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Book review: a persistent revolution: history, nationalism and politics in Mexico since 1968 by Randal Sheppard.
Lamrani, Myriam
The Whitemans of Grenada: illegitimacy and the “ownership” of family members.
Lang, Rachel
Early British railways in Argentina were not ‘British’ alone.
Lewis, Colin M.
Industry in Latin America.
Lewis, Colin M.
During elections, candidates who discuss the same issues can end up confusing voters.
Lipsitz, Keena
Afghan civilians are much more tolerant of harm from the Taliban than they are from ISAF.
Lyall, Jason; Blair, Graeme; Imai, Kosuke
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Recent developments in areas such as lobbying and voter registration vividly illustrate inequality’s threat to democracy.
Macleod, Alistair M.
The centralization of education governance has mixed results for student achievement across U.S. states.
Manna, Paul
An increase in the federal minimum wage is now likely.
Manning, Alan
How does personal experience shape views on welfare spending?
Margalit, Yotam
The politics of medicare.
Marmor, Theodore
The path to universal health care.
Marmor, Theodore; Oberlander, Jonathan B
A declining population and city revenues meant that Detroit’s bankruptcy could not have been avoided.
McDonald, John F.
Making peace beyond the line:capitulations, interpolity law, and political pluralism in Suriname and New Netherland, 1664–1675.
McGregor, Timo
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Recall elections for state legislators, funded by outside interests, are likely to become more common.
Melcher, Jim
Congress’ budget agreement must be seen as an effort in reputation repair.
Meyers, Roy
Perceptions of risk and social disorder can have a huge impact on local political engagement.
Michener, Jamila
Book review: Border rhetorics: citizenship and identity on the US-Mexico frontier.
Moreno-Tabarez, Ulises
Competing views of competition in late-nineteenth century American economics.
Morgan, Mary S.
Book review: presidents and their generals: an American history of command in war by Matthew Moten.
Moten, Matthew
American economic development since the civil war or the virtue of education.
Murtin, Fabrice
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Book review: transatlantic sport: the comparative economics of North American and European sports.
Palacios-Huerta, Ignacio
Chicago is far from being the murder capital of the U.S.
Papachristos, Andrew
Litigating emancipation: legacies of slavery in the post-emancipation United States.
Perrone, Giuliana
Political partnering:the dance of US diplomacy in Latin America.
Phillips, Victoria
A global progressive tax on individual net worth would offer the best solution to the world’s spiralling levels of inequality.
Piketty, Thomas
In democracies an effective media and opposition are both needed to sanction leaders’ foreign policy missteps.
Potter, Philip B. K.; Baum, Matthew A.
Introduction:revisiting the “second (short) wave” of democratisation in Latin America, 1943–1962.
Prados Ortiz de Solórzano, Nicolás; Brickel-Curryova, Emilie; Fletcher, Oliver; Guiot-Isaac, Andrés M.
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Trump's crude anti-elitism is nothing new in the American story.
Pruessen, Ron
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Bridgegate puts Chris Christie’s political future in troubled water by shifting perceptions of him from the “bully on your side” to just a plain bully.
Redlawsk, David; Koning, Ashley
Chrysler’s advertising campaign uses Black music to remove Detroit’s labor from the city’s narrative.
Redmond, Shana
More than ninety years ago, Rebecca Felton led the way as the first woman senator.
Ritchie, Donald A.
The U.S. business cycle, 1867-1995: dynamic factor analysis vs. reconstructed national accounts.
Ritschl, Albrecht; Sarferaz, Samad; Uebele, Martin
Increased polarization in politics reduces voter turnout.
Rogowski, Jon
Congress should be a venue for deliberation and compromise over policy, but the shutdown shows that Washington’s budget process is broken.
Roy, Meyers
Hugo Grotius's dissertation on the origin of the American peoples and the use of comparative methods.
Rubiés, Joan-Pau
Texts, images and the perception of ‘savages’ in Early Modern Europe: what we can learn from White and Harriot.
Rubiés, Joan-Pau
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The implementation of the Affordable Care Act has undermined public trust in government.
Saltman, Richard B.
Book review: “Jared Cohen. one hundred days of silence: America and the Rwanda Genocide.
Schimmel, Noam
A journey through times and cultures? Ancient Greek forms in American nineteenth-century architecture: an archaeological view.
Schneider, Lambert
Yes, Ronald Reagan’s rhetoric was unique—but statistically, how unique?
Schonhardt-Bailey, Cheryl; Yager, Edward; Lahlou, Saadi
Tensions of colonial punishment: perspectives on recent developments in the study of coercive networks in Asia, Africa and the Caribbean. (2009)
Sherman, Taylor C.
The potential benefits of a US-EU free trade deal for both sides may be much smaller than we have been led to believe.
Siles-Brügge, Gabriel; De Ville, Ferdi
The young adult Obamacare mandate has extended coverage to nearly a million previously uninsured people under 26.
Simon, Kosali
State merit-based financial aid programs increase the likelihood that college graduates will remain in their home state.
Sjoquist, David; Winters, John
Mormons remain outsiders in American Politics.
Smith, David
The case for working less.
Spencer, David
Despite the likely declassification of the Senate report on CIA’s practices, the U.S. government still maintains vast capabilities to spy on its own citizens.
Stanger, Allison
French war aims and the American challenge, 1914-1918.
Stevenson, David
Commuting times increase as cities grow, and then fall as areas mature.
Sultana, Selima; Weber, Joerg
Legislative efforts to rein in executive pay have been largely symbolic.
Suárez, Sandra
Introduction: globalization, integration, and economic development in the Americas.
Sánchez-Ancochea, Diego; Shadlen, Kenneth C.
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Expanding flu vaccine coverage to healthy young people, as well as the elderly, can decrease overall infection rates by more than 90 percent.
Ward, Courtney J.
Local political institutions and electoral context influence levels of campaign spending in mayoral elections.
Weinschenk, Aaron C.
“Many seasons ago”: slavery and its rejection among foragers on the Pacific coast of North America.
Wengrow, David; Graeber, David
‘The Wire’ reflects a declining American cityscape where people’s lives have become more dangerous and less comprehensible.
Wheeler, Mark
Democrats, those with low income, and those concerned with inequality are likely to support “Robin Hood” tax policies.
Witko, Christopher
Immigration reform is far from a done deal in 2014.
Wong, Tom K
