Liberal Tradition in America : An Interpretation of American Political Thought since the Revolution
by Hartz, LouisEdition: 2nd
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1991-05-01
Publisher(s): Lightning Source Inc
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Summary
Hartz's influential interpretation of american political thought since the Revolution. He contends that americanca gave rise to a new concept of a liberal society, a "liberal tradition" that has been central to our experience of events both at home and abroad. New Introduction by Tom Wicker; Index.
Table of Contents
| The Liberal Tradition in America | p. i |
| Preface | p. v |
| Feudalism and the American Experience | p. 1 |
| Revolution in a New World | p. 33 |
| America's "Social Revolution" | p. 67 |
| The Emergence of Democracy | p. 87 |
| The Whig Dilemma | p. 89 |
| The American Democrat: Hercules and Hamlet | p. 114 |
| The Feudal Dream of the South | p. 143 |
| The Reactionary Enlightenment | p. 145 |
| The Crusade Against "Free Society" | p. 178 |
| The American World of Horatio Alger | p. 201 |
| The New Whiggery: Democratic Capitalism | p. 203 |
| Progressives and Socialists | p. 228 |
| Depression and World Involvement | p. 257 |
| The New Deal | p. 259 |
| America and the World | p. 284 |
| Notes and Index | p. 311 |
| Index | p. 321 |
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