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Liberty and equality : the American conversation /
"This book summarizes American history as told through ideas rather than events. Adopting Tocqueville's binary view of America's political tradition--liberty and equality--Seagrave has provided readers with a penetrating analysis of these two core principles in relation to constitutio...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lawrence, Kansas :
University Press of Kansas,
[2015]
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| Colección: | American poltiical thought
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "This book summarizes American history as told through ideas rather than events. Adopting Tocqueville's binary view of America's political tradition--liberty and equality--Seagrave has provided readers with a penetrating analysis of these two core principles in relation to constitutional principles, religion, and race. To underscore that an understanding of the 230-year history of American political thought is crucial to the well-being of our body politic, the work gathers key primary readings and six original essays by notable scholars"-- |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xi, 305 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0700621628 9780700621620 |