American Political Cultures
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This work challenges the thesis first formulated by de Tocqueville and later systematically developed by Louis Hartz, that American political culture is characterized by a consensus on liberal capitalist values. Ranging over three hundred years of history and drawing upon the seminal work anthropologist Mary Douglas, Richard Ellis demonstrates that American history is best understood as a contest between five rival political cultures: egalitarian community, competitive individualism, hierarchical collectivism, atomized fatalism, and autonomous hermitude.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0195111389
ISBN13:9780195111385
Release Date:September 1996
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Length:272 Pages
Weight:1.05 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.1" x 9.3"
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American Political Cultures
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
Richard Ellis presents a wide-sweeping view of America's political cultures. It is an important work for scholars, but its usefulness has been diminished by its bibilographic approach. Placement of the notes at the end of the book and the lack of a bibliography detract from an otherwide interesting work.
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