{"product_id":"the-american-political-tradition-isbn-9780679723158","title":"The American Political Tradition","description":"\u003ci\u003eThe American Political Tradition\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the most influential and widely read historical volumes of our time. First published in 1948, its elegance, passion, and iconoclastic erudition laid the groundwork for a totally new understanding of the American past. By writing a \"kind of intellectual history of the assumptions behind American politics,\" Richard Hofstadter changed the way Americans understand the relationship between power and ideas in their national experience. Like only a handful of American historians before him—Frederick Jackson Turner and Charles A. Beard are examples—Hofstadter was able to articulate, in a single work, a historical vision that inspired and shaped an entire generation.1. The Founding Fathers: An Age of Realism \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2. Thomas Jefferson: The Aristocrat as Democrat\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e3. Andrew Jackson and the Rise of Liberal Capitalism\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e4. John C. Calhoun: The Marx of the Master Class\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e5. Abraham Lincoln and the Self-Made Myth\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e6. Wendell Philiips: The Patrician as Agitator\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e7. The Spoilsmen: An Age of Cynicism\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e8. William Jennings Bryan: The Democrat as Revivalist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e9. Theodore Roosevelt: The Conservative as Progressive\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e10. Woodrow Wilson: The Conservative as Liberal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e11. Herbert Hoover and the Crisis of American Individualism\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e12. Franklin D. Roosevelt: The Patrician as OpportunistBorn in 1916, Richard Hofstadter was one of the leading American historians and public intellectuals of the twentieth century. His works include \u003ci\u003eThe Age of Reform\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAnti-intellectualism in American Life\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSocial Darwinism in American Thought, 1860-1915\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe American Political Tradition\u003c\/i\u003e, and others. He died in 1970.","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302425940197,"sku":"NP9780679723158","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780679723158.jpg?v=1767738068","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-american-political-tradition-isbn-9780679723158","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}