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.) 
<br/><br/> "The essays in this volume began as the Tercentennial DeVane Lectures at Yale University"--Introduction. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/> Specialized. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780300130485  No price 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Democracy--United States.<br/>Politics and Government.<br/>United States of America, USA.<br/>Politics & government.<br/>Political structures: democracy.<br/>Jurisprudence & general issues.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>JK1726  / .D498 2004 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>320.973