TY - BOOK AU - Woodard,Colin TI - American character: a history of the epic struggle between individual liberty and the common good SN - 9780525427896 AV - JC599.U5 W65 2016 U1 - 323.440973 23 PY - 2016///] CY - New York, New York PB - Viking KW - Liberty KW - History KW - Common good KW - United States KW - Politics and government N1 - 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 N2 - "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 ER -