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Toward Democracy: The Struggle for Self-Rule in European and American Thought
James T. Kloppenberg
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Hardcover. James T. Kloppenberg explores the evolution of democracy, and specifically, the European influences on American ideas of a democratic society. Num Pages: 880 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; JPA; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
The history of democracy, in addition to being a tale of social movements and political and economic developments, is also a story of ideas. In Toward Democracy, James T. Kloppenberg explores this story of ideas, focusing on the evolution of democracy in Britain's North American colonies and then in the United States. By concentrating on historical figures whose pivotal texts and framed arguments helped form the concept of democracy, he examines how American ideas and practices both descended and diverged from earlier European, and particularly English, models. Kloppenberg also shows how American thought, in return, profoundly influenced European ideas ... Read more
The history of democracy, in addition to being a tale of social movements and political and economic developments, is also a story of ideas. In Toward Democracy, James T. Kloppenberg explores this story of ideas, focusing on the evolution of democracy in Britain's North American colonies and then in the United States. By concentrating on historical figures whose pivotal texts and framed arguments helped form the concept of democracy, he examines how American ideas and practices both descended and diverged from earlier European, and particularly English, models. Kloppenberg also shows how American thought, in return, profoundly influenced European ideas ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
912
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780195054613
SKU
V9780195054613
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About James T. Kloppenberg
James T. Kloppenberg is Charles Warren Professor of American History at Harvard University.
Reviews for Toward Democracy: The Struggle for Self-Rule in European and American Thought
James T. Kloppenberg's thoughtful and ambitious intellectual history of democracy is most welcome. Toward Democracy: The Struggle for Self-Rule in European and American Thought is learned, well-written, and jargon-free. Its scope is immense ... With Toward Democracy, James Kloppenberg has written a strikingly thoughtful work on the democratic experiment. He is an eloquent partisan who writes seriously about self-limitation and ... Read more