Sara S. Chapman , former President of The Sage Colleges, wrote this book during her terms as Visiting Research Scholar in the Harvard University Graduate School of Education and as a Fellow in the Radcliffe Public Policy Institute. She is the author of Henry James's Portrait of the Artist as a Hero. Ursula S. Colby is former Academic Dean of Russell Sage College.

"One Nation...Indivisible? is a wonderful, clearly written, easy to grasp, sensible and scholarly book that takes us on a trip through American history and politics. The book helps us understand how we got where we are today. Central to the book is an understanding of American Federalism. What is remarkable about this work is the focus not only on our politics and history but on America's place in the world. In American politics, where getting to the center is everything, the authors argue that there is a price to be paid." — Alan Chartock, University at Albany, State University of New York

• PrefaceAcknowledgments Introduction: Democracy American Style Part I Organizing Government in America 1 What's at Stake? 2 A Nation of States: Creating the Constitution3 The Union Challenged4 Organizing Government in the Twentieth Century Part II Government, the Economy, and Citizens 5 What's at Stake? 6 Hands-Off (Mostly)7 Abiding Issues for Government in a "Free" Economy8 Your Money: How Does Government Spend It?9 FDR's New Deal and the Fortunes of Capitalism Reconsidered10 The Clinton Years 11 Government and the Global Economy: New Questions Part III Foreign Policy: The "Indispensable Nation"? 12 What's at Stake?13 The United States and Globalization14 Current Debates15 Reaching the Present: Foreign Policy Through the World Wars16 What Next? Part IV Can the Center Hold?A Case in Point: Immigration and Immigrants 17 What's at Stake? 18 Issues in Immigration Policy 19 Bottom Lines: Economic and Labor Issues 20 Immigrant Policy: Where Are We Now? Why Does It Matter?21 California and Beyond Conclusion Endnotes References Index

Sara S. Chapman , former President of The Sage Colleges, wrote this book during her terms as Visiting Research Scholar in the Harvard University Graduate School of Education and as a Fellow in the Radcliffe Public Policy Institute. She is the author of Henry James's Portrait of the Artist as a Hero. Ursula S. Colby is former Academic Dean of Russell Sage College.

"One Nation...Indivisible? is a wonderful, clearly written, easy to grasp, sensible and scholarly book that takes us on a trip through American history and politics. The book helps us understand how we got where we are today. Central to the book is an understanding of American Federalism. What is remarkable about this work is the focus not only on our politics and history but on America's place in the world. In American politics, where getting to the center is everything, the authors argue that there is a price to be paid." — Alan Chartock, University at Albany, State University of New York

• PrefaceAcknowledgments Introduction: Democracy American Style Part I Organizing Government in America 1 What's at Stake? 2 A Nation of States: Creating the Constitution3 The Union Challenged4 Organizing Government in the Twentieth Century Part II Government, the Economy, and Citizens 5 What's at Stake? 6 Hands-Off (Mostly)7 Abiding Issues for Government in a "Free" Economy8 Your Money: How Does Government Spend It?9 FDR's New Deal and the Fortunes of Capitalism Reconsidered10 The Clinton Years 11 Government and the Global Economy: New Questions Part III Foreign Policy: The "Indispensable Nation"? 12 What's at Stake?13 The United States and Globalization14 Current Debates15 Reaching the Present: Foreign Policy Through the World Wars16 What Next? Part IV Can the Center Hold?A Case in Point: Immigration and Immigrants 17 What's at Stake? 18 Issues in Immigration Policy 19 Bottom Lines: Economic and Labor Issues 20 Immigrant Policy: Where Are We Now? Why Does It Matter?21 California and Beyond Conclusion Endnotes References Index