American character : a history of the epic struggle between individual liberty and the common good / Colin Woodard.

By: Material type: TextPublisher: New York, NY : Viking, 2016Description: 308 pages : map ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780525427896
  • 0525427899
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • JC 599 .U5 W65 2016
Contents:
Maintaining Freedom -- Two Paths to Tyranny -- The Rival Americas -- The Elite and the Masses (1607-1876) -- The Rise and Fall of Laissez-Faire (1877-1930) -- The Rise and Fall of National Liberalism (1933-1967) -- Dixie Takes Over (1968-2008) -- Rise of the Radicals (2008- ) -- A Lasting Union.
Summary: "Explores the ongoing debates throughout history between the fight for individual rights and the community as a whole, from discussions that took place at the Constitutional Convention, through the Civil War, all the way up to the modern Tea Party, "--NoveList.
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Book Storms Research Center Main Collection JC 599 .U5 W65 2016 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 98651205

Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-293) and index.

Maintaining Freedom -- Two Paths to Tyranny -- The Rival Americas -- The Elite and the Masses (1607-1876) -- The Rise and Fall of Laissez-Faire (1877-1930) -- The Rise and Fall of National Liberalism (1933-1967) -- Dixie Takes Over (1968-2008) -- Rise of the Radicals (2008- ) -- A Lasting Union.

"Explores the ongoing debates throughout history between the fight for individual rights and the community as a whole, from discussions that took place at the Constitutional Convention, through the Civil War, all the way up to the modern Tea Party, "--NoveList.

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