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Nature and history in American political development : a debate /

In this inaugural volume of the Alexis de Tocqueville Lectures, James Ceaser traces the way certain "foundational" ideas--including nature, history, and religion--have been understood and used over the course of American history. Ceaser treats these ideas as elements of political discourse...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ceaser, James W.
Otros Autores: Rakove, Jack N., 1947-, Rosenblum, Nancy L. (Nancy Lipton), 1947-, Smith, Rogers M., 1953-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, ©2006.
Colección:Alexis de Tocqueville lectures on American politics.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foundational concepts and American political development / James W. Ceaser
  • Can we know a foundational idea when we see one? / Jack N. Rakove
  • Replacing foundations with staging: "second-story" concepts and American political development / Nancy L. Rosenblum
  • What if God was one of us? The challenges of studying foundational political concepts / Rogers M. Smith
  • Foundational concepts reconsidered / James W. Ceaser.