History of American Political Thought
Contributions by George Alecusan, John E. Alvis, Donald R. Brand, Paul O. Carrese, Daniel T. Carrigg, Laurence D. Cooper, Murray Dry, Jean Bethke Elshtain, Thomas S. Engeman, Peter S. Field, Christopher Flannery, Steven Forde, David F. Forte, David Foster, David Fott, Matthew J. Franck, Bryan-Paul Frost, Steven F. Hayward, Peter B. Josephson, Steven Kautz, John Koritansky, Peter Augustine Lawler, Harvey C. Mansfield, Sean Mattie, Jonathan Marks, James McClellan, Peter C. Meyers, James A. Morone, Lucas E. Morel, Ronald J. Pestritto, Lance Robinson, Michael J. Rosano, Richard S. Ruderman, Richard Samuelson, David Lewis Schaefer, Peter Schotten, Kimberly C. Shankman, Jeffrey Sikkenga, James R. Stoner Jr., Natalie Taylor, Aristide Tessitore, William Thomas, Daryl McGowan Tress, David Tucker, Eduardo A. Velásquez, Karl-Friedrich Walling, Bradley C. S. Watson, Melissa S. Williams, Jean M. Yarbrough, Michael Zuckert Edited by Bryan-Paul Frost, Jeffrey Sikkenga
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Publication date:
08 January 2019Length of book:
968 pagesPublisher
Lexington BooksISBN-13: 9781498558709
Revised and updated, this long-awaited second edition provides a comprehensive introduction to what the most thoughtful Americans have said about the American experience from the colonial period to the present. The book examines the political thought of the most important American statesmen, activists, and writers across era and ideologies, helping another generation of students, scholars, and citizens to understand more fully the meaning of America.
This new second edition of the book includes chapters on several additional historical figures, including Walt Whitman, Lyndon Baines Johnson, and Ronald Reagan, as well as a new chapter on Barack Obama, who was not prominent in public life when the first edition was published. Significant revisions and additions have also been made to many of the original chapters, most notably on Antonin Scalia, which now updates his full legacy, increasing the breadth and depth of the collection.
This new second edition of the book includes chapters on several additional historical figures, including Walt Whitman, Lyndon Baines Johnson, and Ronald Reagan, as well as a new chapter on Barack Obama, who was not prominent in public life when the first edition was published. Significant revisions and additions have also been made to many of the original chapters, most notably on Antonin Scalia, which now updates his full legacy, increasing the breadth and depth of the collection.
Featuring erudite essays of the highest order, this superb collection highlights the richness of the American political tradition, with leading scholars engaging America’s greatest and most important thinkers, jurists, and statesmen. Frost and Sikkenga’s History of American Political Thought is by far the best and most comprehensive volume of its kind, and its updated 2nd edition will no doubt continue to an essential resource for students and researchers.