Reconstructing America - The Symbol of America in Modern Thought

With wit and passion James Ceaser traces the origins of negative impressions European scholars perpetuated, beginning in the 18th century. Ceaser contends that American politics, culture, and institutions have assumed this negative imagery too long--and that for our own good we need to upgrade our standards and reassert America's original ideals. Zusammenfassung For many, America has become the primary symbol of all that is grotesque, deadening and oppressive. It is time, this text argues, to reaffirm confidence in American principles and remember that the US forged a system of liberal democratic government that has shaped the destiny of the modern world.

Product details

• Authors: James Caesar, James W. Ceaser, Ceaser James W.
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.07.2000
• EAN: 9780300084535
• ISBN: 978-0-300-08453-5
• No. of pages: 304
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; USA, Cultural Studies, Anthropology, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / National, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Cultural Policy, United States of America, USA, Central / national / federal government policies, Central government policies, Liberalism & centre democratic ideologies, Centrist democratic ideologies