Toward democracy : the struggle for self-rule in European and American thought / / James T. Kloppenberg
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| Autore: |
Kloppenberg James T.
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| Titolo: |
Toward democracy : the struggle for self-rule in European and American thought / / James T. Kloppenberg
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2016 |
| ©2016 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (909 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 321.8 |
| Soggetto topico: | Democracy - History |
| Democracy - Europe | |
| Democracy - United States | |
| Autonomy | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Cover ; Toward Democracy: The Struggle for Self-Rule in European and American Thought; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Introduction: The Paradoxes of Democracy ; PART I: Roots and Branches ; Chapter 1: Born in Bloodshed: The Origins of Democracy; Chapter 2: Voices in the Wilderness: Democracies in North America ; Chapter 3: Democracy Deferred: The English Civil War; Chapter 4: Coup d'Etat: 1688 in England and America; PART II: Trial and Error ; Chapter 5: Sympathy, Will, and Democracy in the Enlightenments of Europe; Chapter 6: Faith, Enlightenment, and Resistance in America |
| Chapter 7: Democracy and American IndependenceChapter 8: Constituting American Democracy; Chapter 9: Ratification and Reciprocity; PART III: Failure in Success; Chapter 10: Delusions of Unity and Collisions with Tradition in the French Revolution; Chapter 11: Virtue and Violence in the French Revolution; Chapter 12: Democracy in the Wake of Terror; Chapter 13: Diagnosing Democratic Cultures in America and Europe; Chapter 14: The Tragic Irony of Democracy; NOTES ; Introduction; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Chapter 9; Chapter 10 | |
| Chapter 11Chapter 12; Chapter 13; Chapter 14; INDEX | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | James T. Kloppenberg presents the history of democracy from the perspective of those who established its principles, offering a fresh look at how ideas about representative government, suffrage, and the principles of self-rule and ideals have shifted over time and place. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Toward democracy |
| ISBN: | 0-19-045768-6 |
| 0-19-045767-8 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910798378003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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