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The Roots of Democracy - American Thought and Culture, 1760-1800 (Paperback)
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The Roots of Democracy - American Thought and Culture, 1760-1800 (Paperback)
Series: American Thought and Culture
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The last half of the eighteenth century was a period of enormous
cultural and intellectual ferment in America-an era of fundamental
transformation in law, politics, and religion, as well as deep
changes in the American social order. At the center of the turmoil
was the American Revolution, an event with roots reaching far back
into the colonial period and effects extending well into the
nineteenth century. In The Roots of Democracy: American Thought and
Culture, 1760-1800 Robert E. Shalhope traces the dramatic shifts in
attitudes and behavior from before the Revolution, through the war
itself, the creation of republican governments, and the conflicts
of the 1790s. This outstanding synthesis addresses a number of
recurrent themes in American cultural history, including the
persistence of conflict between democratic impulses and elitist
tendencies-a conflict that has resurfaced in our own time. Anyone
seeking to understand American political thought will find this
straightforward and provocative book a useful entry into the
subject and will come away with a deeper awareness of the origins
and meaning of American democracy. The Roots of Democracy is an
outstanding synthesis that provides provocative insights into a
vital time in which the forces that formed modern American
democracy took shape.
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