Edmund Burke in America : the contested career of the father of modern conservatism / Drew Maciag.

Author
Maciag, Drew, 1954- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 2013.
Description
xiv, 285 p. ; 25 cm.

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    Subject(s)
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-277) and index.
    Contents
    • Introduction : a search for icons
    • Burke in brief : a "philosophical" primer
    • I. Early America
    • Old seeds, new soil : the land of Paine
    • Federalist persuasions: John and J.Q. Adams
    • Democratic America : the ethos of liberalism
    • American Whigs : a conservative response
    • II. Transition to modern America
    • The Gilded Age : eclectic interpretations
    • Theodore Roosevelt : blazing forward, looking backward
    • Woodrow Wilson : confronting American maturity
    • III. Postwar America
    • Modern times : conjunctions and consensus
    • Natural law : a neo-traditionalist revival
    • The Cold War : existential threat redux
    • Contemporary conservatives : victories and illusions
    • Conclusion : a world without fathers.
    ISBN
    • 9780801448959 (cloth : alk. paper)
    • 0801448956 (cloth : alk. paper)
    LCCN
    2012040406
    OCLC
    812791738
    Other standard number
    • 40022088147
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