Anti-Intellectualism in American Life

Social Darwinism in American Thought

Social Darwinism in American Thought portrays the overall influence of Darwin on American social theory & the notable battle waged among thinkers over the implications of evolutionary theory for social thought & political action. Theorists such as

The American Political Tradition and the Men Who Made It

IntroductionThe founding fathers, an age of realismThomas Jefferson, the aristocrat as democratAndrew Jackson & the rise of liberal capitalismJohn C. Calhoun, the Marx of the master class Abraham Lincoln & the self-made myth Wendell Phillips, the

The Paranoid Style in American Politics and Other Essays

This timely reissue of Richard Hofstadter's classic work on the fringe groups that influence American electoral politics offers an invaluable perspective on contemporary domestic affairs. In The Paranoid Style in American Politics, acclaimed historian Ric

The Age of Reform

This book is a landmark in American political thought. It examines the passion for progress and reform that colored the entire period from 1890 to 1940 -- with startling and stimulating results. it searches out the moral and emotional motives of the refor

America at 1750: A Social Portrait

Demonstrates how the colonies developed into the first nation created under the influences of nationalism, modern capitalism and Protestantism.