Liberalism and Republicanism in the Historical Imagination
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Like dye cast into water, liberal assumptions colour everything American, from ideas about human nature to fears about big government. Not the...
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Like dye cast into water, liberal assumptions colour everything American, from ideas about human nature to fears about big government. Not the dreaded L word of the 1988 presidential campaign, liberalism in its historical context emerged from the modern faith in free inquiry, natural rights, economic liberty, and democratic government. Expressed in the nation-building acts of revolution and constitution-writing, liberalism both structured and limited Americans' sense of reality for two centuries.
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- ISBN10:0674530128
- ISBN13:9780674530126
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