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Author | : Colin Woodard |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 2016-03-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0698181719 |
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The author of American Nations examines the history of and solutions to the key American question: how best to reconcile individual liberty with the maintenance of a free society The struggle between individual rights and the good of the community as a whole has been the basis of nearly every major disagreement in our history, from the debates at the Constitutional Convention and in the run up to the Civil War to the fights surrounding the agendas of the Federalists, the Progressives, the New Dealers, the civil rights movement, and the Tea Party. In American Character, Colin Woodard traces these two key strands in American politics through the four centuries of the nation’s existence, from the first colonies through the Gilded Age, Great Depression and the present day, and he explores how different regions of the country have successfully or disastrously accommodated them. The independent streak found its most pernicious form in the antebellum South but was balanced in the Gilded Age by communitarian reform efforts; the New Deal was an example of a successful coalition between communitarian-minded Eastern elites and Southerners. Woodard argues that maintaining a liberal democracy, a society where mass human freedom is possible, requires finding a balance between protecting individual liberty and nurturing a free society. Going to either libertarian or collectivist extremes results in tyranny. But where does the “sweet spot” lie in the United States, a federation of disparate regional cultures that have always strongly disagreed on these issues? Woodard leads readers on a riveting and revealing journey through four centuries of struggle, experimentation, successes and failures to provide an answer. His historically informed and pragmatic suggestions on how to achieve this balance and break the nation’s political deadlock will be of interest to anyone who cares about the current American predicament—political, ideological, and sociological.
Author | : William Ranulf Brock |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 1960 |
Genre | : United States |
ISBN | : 9780883070369 |
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Author | : NA NA |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 313 |
Release | : 2016-01-09 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1349816221 |
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Author | : W. R. Brock |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 308 |
Release | : 2013-10 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781494078874 |
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This is a new release of the original 1960 edition.
Author | : W. R. Brock |
Publisher | : Palgrave Macmillan |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 1969-10-01 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780312129859 |
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Author | : Colin Woodard |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 401 |
Release | : 2012-09-25 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0143122029 |
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• A New Republic Best Book of the Year • The Globalist Top Books of the Year • Winner of the Maine Literary Award for Non-fiction Particularly relevant in understanding who voted for who during presidential elections, this is an endlessly fascinating look at American regionalism and the eleven “nations” that continue to shape North America According to award-winning journalist and historian Colin Woodard, North America is made up of eleven distinct nations, each with its own unique historical roots. In American Nations he takes readers on a journey through the history of our fractured continent, offering a revolutionary and revelatory take on American identity, and how the conflicts between them have shaped our past and continue to mold our future. From the Deep South to the Far West, to Yankeedom to El Norte, Woodard (author of American Character: A History of the Epic Struggle Between Individual Liberty and the Common Good) reveals how each region continues to uphold its distinguishing ideals and identities today, with results that can be seen in the composition of the U.S. Congress or on the county-by-county election maps of any hotly contested election in our history.
Author | : Claude S. Fischer |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 523 |
Release | : 2010-05-15 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0226251454 |
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Our nation began with the simple phrase, “We the People.” But who were and are “We”? Who were we in 1776, in 1865, or 1968, and is there any continuity in character between the we of those years and the nearly 300 million people living in the radically different America of today? With Made in America, Claude S. Fischer draws on decades of historical, psychological, and social research to answer that question by tracking the evolution of American character and culture over three centuries. He explodes myths—such as that contemporary Americans are more mobile and less religious than their ancestors, or that they are more focused on money and consumption—and reveals instead how greater security and wealth have only reinforced the independence, egalitarianism, and commitment to community that characterized our people from the earliest years. Skillfully drawing on personal stories of representative Americans, Fischer shows that affluence and social progress have allowed more people to participate fully in cultural and political life, thus broadening the category of “American” —yet at the same time what it means to be an American has retained surprising continuity with much earlier notions of American character. Firmly in the vein of such classics as The Lonely Crowd and Habits of the Heart—yet challenging many of their conclusions—Made in America takes readers beyond the simplicity of headlines and the actions of elites to show us the lives, aspirations, and emotions of ordinary Americans, from the settling of the colonies to the settling of the suburbs.
Author | : Colin Woodard |
Publisher | : Viking Adult |
Total Pages | : 322 |
Release | : 2016 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0525427899 |
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The struggle between individualism and the good of the community as a whole has been the basis of every major disagreement in America's history, from the debates at the Constitutional Convention to the civil rights movement to the Tea Party. In American Character, Colin Woodard traces these two key strands in American politics through the four centuries of the nation's existence, from the first colonies through the Gilded Age and Great Depression to the present day, and how different regions of the country have successfully or disastrously accommodated them.
Author | : W. R. Brock |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 310 |
Release | : 2009-07 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781104846633 |
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This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
Author | : Earl Schenck Miers |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : United States |
ISBN | : 9781893103412 |
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