Economics

In this deeply researched and lively account, Campbell shows us how both sides in the Bank War mixed public and private money through the latest communications networks to propagate their ideas.

Provides a bold thesis that the current crisis of democracy can be traced back to a fateful transformation of democratic theory during the early stages of the Cold War.

Chronicles the unraveling and demise of the mighty Rock Island Railroad—the largest railroad liquidation in American history. Victim of government regulation, inept management, individual greed, and self-interest, its downfall presents in microcosm the story of the railroad industry’s larger problems in postwar America—and in relief, the story of America’s economic failures in the 1960s and 1970s.

Presents the longstanding debate over federal intervention as a competition among different visions of government stewardship rather than an endless battle over market liberty.

The first book-length study of the landmark 1934 Supreme Court decision that validated efforts by states to offer legislative relief to Depression-era citizens struggling to keep their farms and homes. The close 5-4 decision remains a touchstone for debates over the constitutionality (and benefits) of state intervention to the economy.

Examines the surprising degree of interaction between various Northern Plains tribes on the Crow reservation in South Dakota from 1800 to 1925, tracing the development of pan-Indian identity among the once-warring peoples—and challenging the concept of tribalism as it has long been understood by scholars.

Chronicles one of the most famous and frequently-cited cases of the early Supreme Court. Shows its impact on both commerce in the Early Republic and the understanding and growth of federal power during the past 200 years.

This first historical study of U.S. budget policy covering the last three decades places the budget at the center of modern American politics and adds an important dimension to the understanding of recent events.