Liberal Tradition in America : An Interpretation of American Political Thought since the Revolution

by Hartz, Louis

• ISBN13: 9780156512695
• ISBN10: 0156512696
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1991-05-01
• Publisher: Lightning Source Inc

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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