The Liberal Tradition in America

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Hartz’s influential interpretation of american political thought since the Revolution. He contends that americanca gave rise to a new concept of a liberal society, a “liberal tradition” that has been central to our experience of events both at home and abroad. New Introduction by Tom Wicker; Index. Liberal Tradition in America Preface Contents Part One. Feudalism and the American Experience I The Concept of a Liberal Society Part Two. Revolution in a New World II The Perspectives of 1776 III America’s “Social Revolution” Part Three. The Emergence of Democracy IV. The Whig Dilemma V. The American Democrat: Hercules and Hamlet Part Four. The Feudal Dream of the South VI. The Reactionary Enlightenment VII. The Crusade Against “Free Society” Part Five. The American World of Horatio Alger VIII. The New Whiggery: Democratic Capitalism IV. Progressives and Socialists Part Six. Depression and World Involvement X. The New Deal XI. America and the World Notes Index