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The liberal tradition in America; an interpretation of American political thought since the Revolution.

Author: Louis Hartz
Publisher: New York, Harcourt, Brace [1955]
Series: Harvest Books.
Edition/Format:   Book : English : [1st ed.View all editions and formats
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Hartz, Louis, 1919-1986.
Liberal tradition in America.
New York, Harcourt, Brace [1955]
(OCoLC)560236237
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Louis Hartz
ISBN: 0156512696 9780156512695
OCLC Number: 420086
Awards: American Political Science Association Benjamin E. Lippincott Award, 1977.
Description: 329 p. 21 cm.
Contents: Feudalism and the American experience. The concept of a liberal society --
Revolution in a new world. The perspectives of 1776 ; America's "social revolution" --
The emergence of democracy. The Whig dilemma ; The American Democrat : Hercules and Hamlet --
The feudal dream of the South. The reactionary enlightenment ; The crusade against "free society" --
The American world of Horatio Alger. The new Whiggery : democratic capitalism ; Progressives and Socialists --
Depression and world involvement. The New Deal ; America and the world.
Series Title: Harvest Books.

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