Liberty and Equality : The American Conversation /

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"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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Seagrave, S. Adam (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2015]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Politics and government.
Liberty.
Equality.
Democracy.
HISTORY / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
freedom.
Liberte.
Freedom
Democracy > United States.
Equality > United States.
United States.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement.
États-Unis > Histoire.
United States > Politics and government.
United States > History.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
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"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (336 pages).
ISBN:9780700621620

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