Our divided political heart : the battle for the American idea in an age of discontent /
"One of America's most respected and well-known political analysts weighs in on what is tearing us apart--the ascendancy of individualism and the diminishment of community--just in time for the election. Our Divided Political Heart will be the must-read book of the 2012 election campaign....
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| פורמט: | ספר |
| שפה: | English |
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New York :
Bloomsbury,
2012.
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| מהדורה: | First U.S. edition |
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| Classic Catalogue: | View this record in Classic Catalogue |
תוכן הענינים:
- Introduction: who we are : liberty, community, and the American character
- Why are we yelling at each other?
- Two cups of tea : the tea party in history and on history
- The politics of history : why the past can never escape the present
- Lessons from the humble penny : the striver, the seeker, the Puritan, and the patriot
- Reinventing American liberalism : why the left embraced community
- From tradition to revolt : how conservatives left community behind
- What history teaches us.
- One nation, conceived in argument : the revolution, the constitution, and the origins of the American debate
- The American system : how strong government, strong individuals, and strong communities have supported each other
- What's the matter with populism? : why everybody loves it, except when they don't
- The long consensus and its achievements : the quest for balance from the Progressive Era to the Reagan Era
- Recovering our balance, restoring our greatness.
- The new American system : building a community of freedom
- A personal note.