A history of the U.S. political system : ideas, interests, and institutions / Richard A. Harris and Daniel J. Tichenor, editors.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

v. 1. Foundations : liberalism, republicanism, and reform in American political thought -- Religion and American politics -- Cities, states, and American federalism -- The Congress -- The presidency -- The federal bureaucracy -- The courts -- volume 2. Political parties -- Elections -- Interest groups -- Social movements -- The media and public opinion -- The policy-making process -- Domestic policy -- Making foreign policy -- volume 3. The early republic -- The age of Jackson and the antebellum period -- The Civil War and Reconstruction -- The gilded age and the rise of populism -- The progressive era, World War I, and the 1920s -- The New Deal -- World War II and postwar America -- The 1960s -- The 1970s and the Reagan revolution -- Contemporary American politics.