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Political Thought in America: An Anthology
from: Waveland Press
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 320.50973
EAN: 9780881336887
ISBN: 0881336882
Label: Waveland Press
Manufacturer: Waveland Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 596
Publication Date: 1992-07
Publisher: Waveland Press
Studio: Waveland Press
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Editorial Review:
This comprehensive collection brings together the writings and speeches of statesmen, jurists, clergymen, reformers, and politically active academics who have provided Americans with a real, if unique, tradition of political theory. As inheritors of European intellectual traditions, American theorists have often borrowed from foreign ideas and creatively applied them to American circumstances. They have always attempted to persuade in order to support a new course of public action. The structure of this volume follows the perception that American political thought is a public, practically directed activity. Each public decision that fundamentally altered the course of American polity has created a different or revised political vision and established a political language. The material presented here focuses on the historical commitments believed to have defined contemporary America, from independence to industrial capitalism to American internationalism. While a great many individuals whose works appear in this book are famous for their writings or deeds, many are not. Each selection was chosen on the basis of its ability to exemplify a significant political perspective that adds to the overall understanding of American political thought, action, and politics in general.
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Rating: - A must for political science buffs....
I was assigned this book for a political science class and was pleasingly surprised at the ease at which this book reads. Its spans the history of US political thought from colony to nation. I found it interesting to read about what our forfathers were thinking and what their views were like as they formed this nation. Whether you agree or disagee with their opinions, it is still a part of history. Very interesting.
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