| The American Political Tradition: And the Men Who Made It Contributor(s): Hofstadter, Richard (Author) |
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ISBN: 0679723153 ISBN-13: 9780679723158 Publisher: Vintage OUR PRICE: $18.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 1989 Annotation: A revised edition of the clasic study of American politics from the Founding Fathers to FDR. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | History & Theory - General - History | United States - General - Political Science | Political Ideologies - General |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 00000000 |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 5.1" W x 7.8" (0.85 lbs) 560 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |