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The liberal tradition in America : an interpretation of american political thought since the revolution / Louis Hartz ; with an introduction by Tom Wicker.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: San Diego : Harcourt Brace, 1991 Description: xvi, 329 p. ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 0156512696
  • 9780156512695
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • JC 574.2 H338l 1991
Contents:
Feudalism and the american experience, 1. -- The concept of a liberal society, 3. -- Revolution in a new world, 33. -- The perspectives of 1776, 35. -- America's "Social revolution", 67. -- The emergence of democracy, 89. -- The whig dilemma, 89. -- The american democrat : Hercules and Hamlet, 114. -- The ractionary enlightenment, 145. -- The crusade against "Free Society", 178. -- The American Word of Horatio Alger, 201. -- The new whiggery : Democratic capitalism, 203. -- Progressives and socilists, 228. -- Depression and world involvement, 257. -- The new deal, 259. -- America and the world, 284
Summary: Views American democracy, revolution, and capitalism in the light of Western history.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) JC 574.2 H338l 1991 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000000897

Reprint, with new introd. Originally published: New York : Harcourt, Brace & World, 1955.

Feudalism and the american experience, 1. -- The concept of a liberal society, 3. -- Revolution in a new world, 33. -- The perspectives of 1776, 35. -- America's "Social revolution", 67. -- The emergence of democracy, 89. -- The whig dilemma, 89. -- The american democrat : Hercules and Hamlet, 114. -- The ractionary enlightenment, 145. -- The crusade against "Free Society", 178. -- The American Word of Horatio Alger, 201. -- The new whiggery : Democratic capitalism, 203. -- Progressives and socilists, 228. -- Depression and world involvement, 257. -- The new deal, 259. -- America and the world, 284

Views American democracy, revolution, and capitalism in the light of Western history.

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