Democratic vistas [electronic resource] : reflections on the life of American democracy /
Democratic vistas reflections on the life of American democracy / [electronic resource] :
Jedediah Purdy, editor ; Anthony T. Kronman and Cynthia Farrar advisory editors.
- New Haven, Conn. ; London : Yale University Press, c2004.
- 1 online resource (vi, 282 p.)
"The essays in this volume began as the Tercentennial DeVane Lectures at Yale University"--Introduction.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
In this thought-provoking collection, leading scholars explore democracy in the United States from a sweeping variety of perspectives. The essays bring American democracy into fresh focus, complete with its idealism, its moral greatness, its disappointments and its contradictions.
Specialized.
9780300130485 No price
Democracy--United States.
Politics and Government.
United States of America, USA.
Politics & government.
Political structures: democracy.
Jurisprudence & general issues.
JK1726 / .D498 2004
320.973
"The essays in this volume began as the Tercentennial DeVane Lectures at Yale University"--Introduction.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
In this thought-provoking collection, leading scholars explore democracy in the United States from a sweeping variety of perspectives. The essays bring American democracy into fresh focus, complete with its idealism, its moral greatness, its disappointments and its contradictions.
Specialized.
9780300130485 No price
Democracy--United States.
Politics and Government.
United States of America, USA.
Politics & government.
Political structures: democracy.
Jurisprudence & general issues.
JK1726 / .D498 2004
320.973