American character : a history of the epic struggle between individual liberty and the common good / Colin Woodard.
Publisher: New York, New York : Viking, [2016]Description: 308 pages : map ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780525427896
- 0525427899
- 323.440973 23
- JC599.U5 W65 2016
- JC599.U5 W65 2016
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-293) and index.
Maintaining Freedom -- Two Paths to Tyranny -- The Rival Americas -- The Elite and the Masses (1607-1876) -- The Rise and Fall of Laissez-Faire (1877-1930) -- The Rise and Fall of National Liberalism (1933-1967) -- Dixie Takes Over (1968-2008) -- Rise of the Radicals (2008- ) -- A Lasting Union.
"Explores the ongoing debates throughout history between the fight for individual rights and the community as a whole, from discussions that took place at the Constitutional Convention, through the Civil War, all the way up to the modern Tea Party, "--NoveList.