The Roots of Democracy: American Thought and Culture, 1760D1800: American Thought and Culture, 1760-1800 - Brossura

Shalhope, Robert E.

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ISBN 10: 0742532658 ISBN 13: 9780742532656

Casa editrice: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2004

Riassunto

The last half of the eighteenth century was a period of enormous cultural and intellectual ferment in America-an era of fundamental transformation in law, politics, and religion, as well as deep changes in the American social order. At the center of the turmoil was the American Revolution, an event with roots reaching far back into the colonial period and effects extending well into the nineteenth century.

In The Roots of Democracy: American Thought and Culture, 1760-1800 Robert E. Shalhope traces the dramatic shifts in attitudes and behavior from before the Revolution, through the war itself, the creation of republican governments, and the conflicts of the 1790s. This outstanding synthesis addresses a number of recurrent themes in American cultural history, including the persistence of conflict between democratic impulses and elitist tendencies-a conflict that has resurfaced in our own time. Anyone seeking to understand American political thought will find this straightforward and provocative book a useful entry into the subject and will come away with a deeper awareness of the origins and meaning of American democracy.

The Roots of Democracy is an outstanding synthesis that provides provocative insights into a vital time in which the forces that formed modern American democracy took shape.

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L'autore:

Robert E. Shalhope is George Lynn Cross Research Professor in the Department of History at Oklahoma University.

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Book by Shalhope Robert E

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0742532658
• ISBN 13: 9780742532656
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 216