Democratic vistas : reflections on the life of American democracy / Jedediah Purdy, editor ; Anthony T. Kronman and Cynthia Farrar, advisory editors.
In this thought-provoking collection, leading scholars explore democracy in the United States from a sweeping variety of perspectives. The essays bring American democracy into fresh focus, complete with its idealism, its moral greatness, its disappointments and its contradictions.
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | In this thought-provoking collection, leading scholars explore democracy in the United States from a sweeping variety of perspectives. The essays bring American democracy into fresh focus, complete with its idealism, its moral greatness, its disappointments and its contradictions. |
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| Item Description: | "The essays in this volume began as the Tercentennial DeVane Lectures at Yale University"--Introduction |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vi, 282 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780300130485 0300130481 |