Edmund Burke in America - The Contested Career of the Father of Modern Conservatism

Informationen zum Autor Drew Maciag Klappentext Drew Maciag has taught history at the University of Rochester, SUNY Geneseo, and Nazareth College. Zusammenfassung Drew Maciag traces Burke's reception and reputation in the United States, from the contest of ideas between Burke and Thomas Paine in the Revolutionary period, to the Progressive Era to his apotheosis within the modern conservative movement. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: In Search of Icons1. Burke in Brief: A "Philosophical" Primer Part I: Early America 2. Old Seeds, New Soil: The Land of Paine3. Federalist Persuasions: John and J. Q. Adams4. Democratic America: The Ethos of Liberalism5. American Whigs: A Conservative Response Part II: Transition to Modern America 6. The Gilded Age: Eclectic Interpretations7. Theodore Roosevelt: Blazing Forward, Looking Backward8. Woodrow Wilson: Confronting American Maturity Part III: Postwar America 9. Modern Times: Conjunctions and Consensus10. Natural Law: A Neo-traditionalist Revival11. The Cold War: Existential Threat Redux12. Contemporary Conservatives: Victories and IllusionsConclusion: A World without Fathers Notes Index

Product details

• Authors: Drew Maciag
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.04.2013
• EAN: 9780801448959
• ISBN: 978-0-8014-4895-9
• No. of pages: 304
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education