|
|
|
|
||
|
HELP | |
|
  $7.95 List price:
Used Trade Paper
Ships in 1 to 3 days
More copies of this ISBN:The American Political Traditionby Richard Hofstadter
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:First published in 1948, The American Political Tradition has become one of the most influential and widely read historical volumes of our time. The author himself called it "a young man's book," but 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. Review:"[N]ow celebrating its 50th year in print.... Synopsis:A revised edition of the clasic study of American politics from the Founding Fathers to FDR. Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. 459-492) and index. About the AuthorRichard Hofstadter, who died in October 1970, was DeWitt Clinton Professor of American History at Columbia University. He received his B.A. from the University of Buffalo and his M.A. and Ph.D. from Columbia University. Among his many achievements and awards, The Age of Reform (1955) won the Pulitzer Prize in history, and Anti-intellectualism in American Life (1963) received the Pulitzer Prize in general nonfiction, the Emerson Award of Phi Beta Kappa, and the Sidney Hillman Prize Award. Table of ContentsForeword vii Preface xxv Introduction xxxiii 1 The Founding Fathers: An Age of Realism 3 2 Thomas Jefferson: The Aristocrat as Democrat 23 3 Andrew Jackson and the Rise of Liberal Capitalism 57 4 John C. Calhoun: The Marx of the Master Class 87 5 Abraham Lincoln and the Self-Made Myth 119 6 Wendell Phillips: The Patrician as Agitator 175 7 The Spoilsmen: An Age of Cynicism 211 8 William Jennings Bryan: The Democrat as Revivalist 239 9 Theodore Roosevelt: The Conservative as Progressive 265 10 Woodrow Wilson: The Conservative as Liberal 307 11 Herbert Hoover and the Crisis of American Individualism 367 12 Franklin D. Roosevelt: The Patrician as Opportunist 409 Acknowledgments 457 Bibliographical Essay 459 Index 493 What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
Other books you might like
Related Aisles
| |||||||||
|
| ||||||||||
|
||||||||||
Don't Miss
