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The Problem of Democracy - The Presidents Adams Confront the Cult of Personality (Large print, Paperback, Large type / large print edition) Loot Price: R709
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The Problem of Democracy - The Presidents Adams Confront the Cult of Personality (Large print, Paperback, Large type / large...

The Problem of Democracy - The Presidents Adams Confront the Cult of Personality (Large print, Paperback, Large type / large print edition)

Nancy Isenberg, Andrew Burstein

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"Told with authority and style. . . Crisply summarizing the Adamses' legacy, the authors stress principle over partisanship."--The Wall Street Journal How the father and son presidents foresaw the rise of the cult of personality and fought those who sought to abuse the weaknesses inherent in our democracy, from the New York Times bestselling author of White Trash. John and John Quincy Adams: rogue intellectuals, unsparing truth-tellers, too uncensored for their own political good. They held that political participation demanded moral courage. They did not seek popularity (it showed). They lamented the fact that hero worship in America substituted idolatry for results; and they made it clear that they were talking about Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Andrew Jackson. When John Adams succeeded George Washington as President, his son had already followed him into public service and was stationed in Europe as a diplomat. Though they spent many years apart--and as their careers spanned Europe, Washington DC, and their family home south of Boston--they maintained a close bond through extensive letter writing, debating history, political philosophy, and partisan maneuvering. The problem of democracy is an urgent problem; the father-and-son presidents grasped the perilous psychology of politics and forecast what future generations would have to contend with: citizens wanting heroes to worship and covetous elites more than willing to mislead. Rejection at the polls, each after one term, does not prove that the presidents Adams had erroneous ideas. Intellectually, they were what we today call "independents," reluctant to commit blindly to an organized political party. No historian has attempted to dissect their intertwined lives as Nancy Isenberg and Andrew Burstein do in these pages, and there is no better time than the present to learn from the American nation's most insightful malcontents.

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Imprint: Thorndike Press
Country of origin: United States
Release date: May 2019
Authors: Nancy Isenberg • Andrew Burstein
Dimensions: 231 x 152 x 43mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 944
Edition: Large type / large print edition
ISBN-13: 978-1-984882-95-0
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
Books > Humanities > History > American history > General
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political structure & processes > Political leaders & leadership
Books > History > American history > General
Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
LSN: 1-984882-95-3
Barcode: 9781984882950

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