The Liberal Tradition in America
Title | The Liberal Tradition in America PDF eBook |
Author | Louis Hartz |
Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Pages | 350 |
Release | 1955 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780156512695 |
Views American democracy, revolution, and capitalism in the light of Western history.
The Liberal Tradition in America
Title | The Liberal Tradition in America PDF eBook |
Author | Louis Hartz |
Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Pages | 349 |
Release | 1991-07-29 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0547541406 |
This “brilliantly written” look at the original meaning of the liberal philosophy has become a classic of political science (American Historical Review). Winner of the Woodrow Wilson Foundation Award As the word “liberal” has been misused and its meaning diluted in recent decades, this study of American political thought since the Revolution is a valuable look at the “liberal tradition” that has been central to US history. Louis Hartz, who taught government at Harvard, shows how individual liberty, equality, and capitalism have been the values at the root of liberalism—and offers enlightening historical context that reminds us of America’s unique place and important role in the world. “Lively and thought-provoking . . . Fascinating reading.” —The Review of Politics Includes an introduction by Tom Wicker
The Liberal Tradition in American Politics
Title | The Liberal Tradition in American Politics PDF eBook |
Author | David F. Ericson |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 284 |
Release | 2013-12-02 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1135270953 |
First Published in 1999. This volume explores the full range and depth of the liberal tradition in America and how it has been perceived by political theorists and historians. The contributors weigh the various paradigm shifts in our understanding of American political development according to consensus, polarity and multiple traditions. They break new ground by taking into account African-American and proslavery thought, gender and identity politics, citizenship in the Reconstruction and Progressive eras, and models of SupremeCourt decision-making. The Liberal Tradition in America questions the effect of viewing American history through these paradigms on the progress of research, and moves the emphasis in research from the development of political ideas to the development of political institutions
The American Liberal Tradition Reconsidered
Title | The American Liberal Tradition Reconsidered PDF eBook |
Author | Mark Hulliung |
Publisher | |
Pages | 304 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN |
Eight prominent scholars consider whether Louis Hartz's interpretation of liberalism in his classic 1955 book should be repudiated or updated, and whether a study of America as a "liberal society" is still a rewarding undertaking.
Visions of Progress
Title | Visions of Progress PDF eBook |
Author | Doug Rossinow |
Publisher | University of Pennsylvania Press |
Pages | 334 |
Release | 2009-11-19 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0812220951 |
Rossinow revisits the period between the 1880s and the 1940s, when reformers and radicals worked together along a middle path between the revolutionary left and establishment liberalism. He takes the story up to the present, showing how the progressive connection was lost and explaining the consequences that followed.
the liberal tradition in america
Title | the liberal tradition in america PDF eBook |
Author | louis hartz |
Publisher | |
Pages | 344 |
Release | 1955 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
The American Political Tradition
Title | The American Political Tradition PDF eBook |
Author | Richard Hofstadter |
Publisher | Vintage |
Pages | 562 |
Release | 2011-12-21 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 0307809668 |
The American Political Tradition is one of the most influential and widely read historical volumes of our time. First published in 1948, its elegance, passion, and iconoclastic erudition laid the groundwork for a totally new understanding of the American past. By writing a "kind of intellectual history of the assumptions behind American politics," Richard Hofstadter changed the way Americans understand the relationship between power and ideas in their national experience. Like only a handful of American historians before him—Frederick Jackson Turner and Charles A. Beard are examples—Hofstadter was able to articulate, in a single work, a historical vision that inspired and shaped an entire generation.