![]() ![]() history, both holding the taint of catastrophic failure. The distinguished Stanford scholar was asked to combine two of the most unpopular and misunderstood periods of U.S. I will go on record as expressing my sympathy for White's difficult assignment. Readers eager to pursue further study of the era can consult a comprehensive bibliography. ![]() As expected, the hefty tome integrates and highlights recent scholarship as well as relying on classic works in the field, and provides useful maps and evocative illustrations. His book closes out the story of a tumultuous century for the acclaimed multivolume Oxford History of the United States. Richard White's sweeping The Republic for Which It Stands offers a crisply written exploration of two distinct periods covering the last decades of the nineteenth century. ![]()
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