The Cycles of American History

Informationen zum Autor ARTHUR M. SCHLESINGER, JR., the author of sixteen books, was a renowned historian and social critic. He twice won the Pulitzer Prize, in 1946 for The Age of Jackson and in 1966 for A Thousand Days. He was also the winner of the National Book Award for both A Thousand Days and Robert Kennedy and His Times (1979). In 1998 he was awarded the prestigious National Humanities Medal. Klappentext Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., first revealed the sequences that governed American politics over the past two centuries in The Cycles of American History. In this updated edition, the prominent political historian continues to reflect on the "recurring struggle between pragmatism and idealism in the American soul" (Time). Faced with a new century, a new millennium, and social and technological revolutions, Schlesinger confronts the possibility of a revolution in American political cycles.

Product details

• Authors: Arthur M. Schlesinger, Arthur Meier Schlesinger, Arthur Meier Jr. Schlesinger, Jr. Schlesinger
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.06.1999
• EAN: 9780395957936
• ISBN: 978-0-395-95793-6
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 217 mm x 31 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book; International Relations, social and political philosophy, Political Economy, General and world history, Political science and theory, Central / national / federal government policies, Central / national / federal government, Political structure and processes, Regional, state and other local government, HISTORY: WORLD, HISTORY: United States / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE: Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE: American Government / State, POLITICAL SCIENCE: American Government / National, POLITICAL SCIENCE: Public Policy / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE: History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE: International Relations / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE: Political Economy, PHILOSOPHY: Political