Edmund Burke in America the contested career of the father of modern conservatism / Drew Maciag.

Author/creator Maciag, Drew, 1954-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoIthaca : Cornell University Press,
Descriptionxiv, 285 p. ; 25 cm.
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Contents 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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LCCN 2012040406
ISBN9780801448959 (cloth : alk. paper)

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