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Articulating America
Rebecca . Ed(S): Starr
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Description for Articulating America
Hardback. In this collection of essays, seven distinguished historians explain how a national political culture developed in America. A political culture is both the collectivity of a community's values and a mode of behaviour - an end as well as a process of obtaining that end, which is always changing. Editor(s): Starr, Rebecca. Num Pages: 288 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 520.
Seven distinguished historians explain how a national political culture developed in America. A political culture is both the collectivity of a community's values and a mode of behavior—an end as well as a process of obtaining that end which is always changing. J.G.A. Pocock examines how Americans wrote their own history rather than relying on others. Jack Greene shows how British institutions and the common law were modified by unique colonial American experiences. Richard Vernier suggests that the economic crises of the mid-1780s resulted in the triumph of a national fiscal policy enunciated by Alexander Hamilton. Andrew Robertson demonstrates how ... Read more
Seven distinguished historians explain how a national political culture developed in America. A political culture is both the collectivity of a community's values and a mode of behavior—an end as well as a process of obtaining that end which is always changing. J.G.A. Pocock examines how Americans wrote their own history rather than relying on others. Jack Greene shows how British institutions and the common law were modified by unique colonial American experiences. Richard Vernier suggests that the economic crises of the mid-1780s resulted in the triumph of a national fiscal policy enunciated by Alexander Hamilton. Andrew Robertson demonstrates how ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780742520769
SKU
V9780742520769
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About Rebecca . Ed(S): Starr
Rebecca Starr is senior lecturer at Cheltenham and Gloucester College in the United Kingdom. She is the author of A School for Politics: Commercial Lobbying and Political Culture in Early South Carolina (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998).
Reviews for Articulating America
Articulating America is an appropriate tribute to the long career of a very influential and extremely erudite scholar.
Keith Mason, University of Liverpool
History
It is to the great credit of Rebecca Starr, the editor, and Jack Pole, in whose honour this particular collection has been compiled, that what we have here is a tightly organized, coherent ... Read more
Keith Mason, University of Liverpool
History
It is to the great credit of Rebecca Starr, the editor, and Jack Pole, in whose honour this particular collection has been compiled, that what we have here is a tightly organized, coherent ... Read more