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Toward democracy : the struggle for self-rule in European and American thought / / James T. Kloppenberg



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Autore: Kloppenberg James T. Visualizza persona
Titolo: Toward democracy : the struggle for self-rule in European and American thought / / James T. Kloppenberg Visualizza cluster
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  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-19-045768-6
0-19-045767-8
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910824907203321
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