LEADER 02858nam 2200541 a 450 001 9910345133403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4539-1119-7 024 7 $a10.3726/978-1-4539-1119-8 035 $a(CKB)1000000000772715 035 $a(EBL)1173864 035 $a(OCoLC)843198904 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000448244 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12165866 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000448244 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10385298 035 $a(PQKB)10701247 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1173864 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000772715 100 $a20050510d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aFoundations of American political thought /$fedited by Raymond Polin & Constance Polin 210 $aNew York $cPeter Lang$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (630 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8204-7930-6 311 $a0-8204-7929-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $asection 1. The founding period -- section 2. Revolution and consideration -- section 3. Expansion of the union and freedom -- section 4. The triumph of industrial capitalism -- section 5. Idealism, optimism, and mixed achievement. 330 $aFoundations of American Political Thought: Readings and Commentary explains American historical concepts and key political ideas from 1620 to 1910. In this primer for democracy, all verbatim passages and original documents point to their original intentions and ideological movements. Key terms and basic terminology are incisive and essential for a thorough understanding of democracy. This book represents the setting and trends that produced sound progress in American political growth. 330 1 $aĞMany de facto and de jura governments in the international system are operated by various elites who, having seized the state apparatus, plunder resources; corrupt national legitimacy and viability; and facilitate individual/clique profiteering, group supremacy, ethnic and/or theocratic revenge, ruthless control, and exploitation of the population. Contrast this with the perhaps imperfect nation-building and institutional development brilliantly examined here.ğ (Jesse Goldstaub, Retired International Operations Advisor) 606 $aPolitical science$zUnited States$xHistory$vSources 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$vSources 615 0$aPolitical science$xHistory 676 $a320/.0973 701 $aPolin$b Constance$f1931-$0999362 701 $aPolin$b Raymond$f1918-$0999363 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910345133403321 996 $aFoundations of American political thought$92293000 997 $aUNINA