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UNITED STATES HISTORY • SPRING 2012 The Carnegie Boys: The Lieutenants of The Natural Gas Industry in Appalachia: Andrew Carnegie That Changed America A History from the First Discovery to QUENTIN R. SKRABEC, JR. the Tapping of the Marcellus Shale, 2d ed. In the 1890s, the Carnegie DAVID A. WAPLES Veterans Association began as a First edition review: “Pre sents group of boyhood friends and a comprehensive treatment of the older Andrew Carnegie steel part- industry from its difficult-to- ners united to share business trace beginnings to the pres- ideas, but it evolved into a pow- ent”—Appalachian Heritage. erful secretive network in Ameri - The large scale, practical uses can business circles. By 1925, of natural gas were initially intro- these Carnegie lieutenants con- duced by innovators Joseph Pew trolled more than 60 percent of and George Westinghouse for the the country’s industrial assets. steel and glass industries in Haunted by their past with Pittsburgh, and local gas compa- Carnegie Steel, they demanded a nies evolved from individual new ethical relationship with wells to an interstate supply net- labor and adopted a philan- work acquired by Rockefeller’s thropic philosophy of paternal Standard Oil interests. Natural capitalism, building libraries, gas is now a prevalent part of churches, schools and hospitals. Ultimately, their experiments in American markets and is filling industrial democracy and “progressive industrialism” failed, but the critical void left by a lack of new coal, oil, and nuclear power their efforts formed the root of future cooperative management and facilities. This vital American enterprise began in the Appalachian employee participation. This chronicle of the evolution and legacy states as an accidental and underestimated byproduct of the oil rush of this influential association offers a new, more complex perspec- of 1859. This book explores the evolution and significance of the tive on Carnegie and demonstrates how he and his lieutenants natural gas industry. helped to shape America’s view of capitalism. 978-0-7864-7000-6 | $45 | 978-0-7864-6455-5 | $45 | softcover (6 × 9) | Ebook 978-0-7864-9054-7 ABOUT THE PUBLISHER TABLE OF CONTENTS McFarland is a leading independent publisher United States Literature & of academic and nonfiction books. We are espe- History. 2 Language. 12 cially known for covering topics of popular World History . 5 Popular Culture . 16 appeal in a serious and scholarly fashion, and for Military History . 7 Comics & going to great lengths to design and then manu- Animation . 22 facture books to the highest standards and library Joining the Military . 9 specifications. 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Orders 800-253-2187 2 www.mcfarlandpub.com UNITED STATES HISTORY • SPRING 2012 Christian Fundamentalism in America: Ancestors of Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter A Cultural History JEFF CARTER DAVID S. NEW FOREWORD BY PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER This book examines the history of conservative American Chris - Several years into his presidency, ti anity as it interacts with liberal Jimmy Carter received a com- beliefs. With the Enlightenment, prehensive analysis of his family’s the Puritan sense of mission faded, genealogy, dating back 12 gener- but was rekindled with the Great ations. Recently, Carter’s son, Awakening. This religious move- Jeff, took over the family history, ment unified the colonies and determined to discover all that he provided an animating ideal which could about his ancestors. This led to revolution against Britain. resulting volume traces every But soon after, the forces of lib- ancestral line of both Jimmy and eralism made inroads, and the Rosalynn Carter back to the orig- seeds of division were planted. inal immigrants to America and This balanced account favors chronicles their origins, occupa- neither conservative nor liberal. tions, ways of life and vocations. × 978-0-7864-7058-7 | $35 | softcover (6 × 9) | Ebook 978-0-7864-9098-1 978-0-7864-6810-2 | $49.95 | hardcover (7 10) | Ebook 978-0-7864-8954-1 News with a View: Essays on the Eclipse The Politics of Authenticity in Presidential of Objectivity in Campaigns, 1976–2008 Modern Journalism ERICA J. SEIFERT EDITED BY BURTON ST. JOHN III Ideas of “authenticity” became AND KIRSTEN A. JOHNSON central to presidential campaigns in the late 20th century. Beginning Examining historical ante - in 1976, Ameri cans elected six cedents, current dilem mas with presidents who represented evolv- objectivity, international aspects, ing standards of authenticity. and theoretical considerations, Inter acting with the media and con tributors make the unique their publics, these successful can- case that the journalist’s impulse didates structured their campaigns to hold onto objectivity, and to and images around the projection ignore the increasing amount of of authenticity and connecting with subjectivities to which citizens voters as “one of us.” They rewrote are attuned, actually contributes the political playbook, redefined to the news media’s disconnect “presidentiality,” and changed the from today’s news consumer. terms of national political discourse. 978-0-7864-6589-7 | $40 | softcover (6 × 9) | Ebook 978-0-7864-9111-7 978-0-7864-6996-3 | $45 | softcover (6 × 9) | Ebook 978-0-7864-9109-4 The First American Political Conventions: Showdown at the 1964 Democratic Transforming Presidential Nominations, Convention: Lyndon 1832–1872 Johnson, Mississippi STAN M. HAYNES and Civil Rights The modern convention, an event designed to portray the JOHN C. SKIPPER party and its candidate in the In the summer of 1964, three most favorable light, continues forces converged at the Demo - many of the traditions and rules cratic National Con ven tion in developed during the first polit- Atlantic City, New Jersey, each ical conventions in the mid-19th with the potential to shake the century. This study analyzes the moorings of traditional democ- birth of the convention process racy. This volume explores how in the 1830s and follows its American politics and the civil development over 40 years, chro - rights movement faced head-to- nicling each of the presidential head at the convention, how the elections between 1832 and 1872, federal government felt com- the leading candidates, key issues pelled to spy on its own people, and memorable speeches. and how this interlude changed the political landscape for generations. 978-0-7864-6892-8 | $55 | softcover (7 × 10) | Ebook 978-0-7864-9030-1 978-0-7864-6161-5 | $40 | softcover (6 × 9) | Ebook 978-0-7864-9131-5 Orders 800-253-2187 3 www.mcfarlandpub.com UNITED STATES HISTORY • SPRING 2012 An Illustrated History The Maﬁa at of Mayer, Arizona: Apalachin, 1957 Stage coaches, MICHAEL NEWTON Mining, Ranching This first in-depth study estab- and the Railroad lishes the gathering at Apalachin as a pivotal event in the history of NANCY BURGESS syndicated crime and of the gov- FOREWORD BY MARSHALL TRIMBLE ernment’s response to the Mafia. Hundreds of photos chronicle 978-0-7864-6640-5 | $40 | softcover the story of Mayer, a rural west- (6 × 9) | Ebook 978-0-7864-8986-2 ern town, and the men and women who put it on the map. America at the Mall: 978-0-7864-6287-2 | $45 | softcover The Cultural Role × (7 10) | Ebook 978-0-7864-9082-0 of a Retail Utopia The Supreme Court Opin- LISA SCHAROUN ions of Clarence Thomas, Explores the spiritual, emotional 1991–2011, 2d ed. and physical effects of the enclosed shopping mall on the public, its HENRY MARK HOLZER growth as a popular development From the first edition: “Indis - model, its role in shaping life in the pensable...magnificent”—Per - U.S., and its positive and negative spective. effects on society. Offers laypersons and legal 978-0-7864-6272-8 | $40 | softcover professionals alike the opportu- (6 × 9) | Ebook 978-0-7864-9050-9 nity to understand in his own words Thomas’s approach to Judicial Monarchs: Court constitutional decision-making Power and the Case for and his understanding of the most im por tant provisions of the Restoring Popular Con sti tution. Sovereignty in the 978-0-7864-6334-3 | $40 | softcover United States (6 × 9) | Ebook 978-0-7864-8975-6 WILLIAM J. WATKINS, JR. Herman “Baron” FOREWORD BY WILLIAM J. QUIRK In this work, the author argues Lamm, the Father of that the founding generation under - Modern Bank Robbery stood judicial power not as a coun- WALTER MITTELSTAEDT terweight against popular government, but as a consequence, and This first full-length biography indeed a support, of popular sover- traces Lamm’s criminal exploits eignty. and his pioneering concepts like 978-0-7864-6866-9 | $45 | softcover “casing” a bank. 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