Edmund Burke in America: the contested career of the father of modern conservatism
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
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Ithaca, NY [u.a.]
Cornell Univ. Press
2013
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| In: | Year: 2013 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Maciag, Drew, Edmund Burke in America: The Contested Career of the Father of Modern Conservatism] (2014) (Harp, Gillis J.)
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Burke, Edmund 1729-1797
/ Political philosophy
/ USA
/ Conservatism
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| Further subjects: | B
Political science United States Philosophy
B Conservatism United States History B Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797 B Burke, Edmund (1729-1797) B Conservatism (United States) History B Political Science (United States) Philosophy |
| Item Description: | Literatur- u. Quellenverz. S. 243 - 277 Introduction : a search for icons -- Burke in brief : a "philosophical" primer -- Old seeds, new soil : the land of Paine -- John and J.Q. Adams : federalist persuasions -- Democratic America : the ethos of liberalism -- American Whigs : a conservative response -- The Gilded Age : eclectic interpretations -- Theodore Roosevelt : blazing forward, looking backward -- Woodrow Wilson : confronting American maturity -- Modern times : conjunctions and consensus -- Natural law : a neo-traditionalist revival -- The Cold War : existential threat redux -- Contemporary conservatives : victories and illusions -- Conclusion : a world without fathers |
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| ISBN: | 0801448956 |