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The American Political Tradition

And the Men Who Made it

And the Men Who Made it

And the Men Who Made it

By Richard Hofstadter

By Richard Hofstadter

By Richard Hofstadter

By Richard Hofstadter

By Richard Hofstadter
Read by Kaleo Griffith
Foreword by Christopher Lasch

By Richard Hofstadter
Read by Kaleo Griffith
Foreword by Christopher Lasch

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Apr 23, 1989 | ISBN 9780679723158

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Dec 21, 2011 | ISBN 9780307809667

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    About The American Political Tradition

    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.

    About The American Political Tradition

    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.

    About The American Political Tradition

    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.

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    About Richard Hofstadter

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    Richard Hofstadter (1916–1970) was one of the leading American historians and intellectuals of the twentieth century. Throughout his career, he worked at many universities, most recently as the DeWitt Clinton Professor of History at Columbia University. His works include the… More about Richard Hofstadter

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    Richard Hofstadter (1916–1970) was one of the leading American historians and intellectuals of the twentieth century. Throughout his career, he worked at many universities, most recently as the DeWitt Clinton Professor of History at Columbia University. His works include the… More about Richard Hofstadter

    Product Details

    Category: Politics | U.S. History

    Paperback | $20.00
    Published by Vintage
    Apr 23, 1989 | 560 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780679723158

    Category: Politics | U.S. History

    Ebook | $14.99
    Published by Vintage
    Dec 21, 2011 | 560 Pages | ISBN 9780307809667

    Category: Politics | U.S. History | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $25.00
    Published by Random House Audio
    Apr 24, 2018 | 1044 Minutes | ISBN 9780525632474
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    Table Of Contents

    1. The Founding Fathers: An Age of Realism

    2. Thomas Jefferson: The Aristocrat as Democrat

    3. Andrew Jackson and the Rise of Liberal Capitalism

    4. John C. Calhoun: The Marx of the Master Class

    5. Abraham Lincoln and the Self-Made Myth

    6. Wendell Philiips: The Patrician as Agitator

    7. The Spoilsmen: An Age of Cynicism

    8. William Jennings Bryan: The Democrat as Revivalist

    9. Theodore Roosevelt: The Conservative as Progressive

    10. Woodrow Wilson: The Conservative as Liberal

    11. Herbert Hoover and the Crisis of American Individualism

    12. Franklin D. Roosevelt: The Patrician as Opportunist

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