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The Bestiary of American Politics

Author : Karl W Hodges
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (494 download)

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Download or read book The Bestiary of American Politics written by Karl W Hodges and published by . This book was released on 2020-07-13 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Medieval Bestiaries were fantastically popular and influential. They were so predominant that ripples from their impact still affect us today after roughly a thousand years. Bestiaries were based on the belief that morality could be divined by studying nature, particularly animal behavior. They offer a tantalizing contemporary design despite a past full of crucial impediments. The medieval versions are fraught with fabrications. Behavioral observations typically relied on lore, often tainted by the need to affirm some batty moral dictum of the era. Even worse, they produced inapt corollaries that often undermined the authors' professed sacred scripture. Rehabilitated by today's robust sciences, this bestiary illustrates intricate connections between physiology and behavior with the help of animals that have graciously exhibited their everyday escapades to explicitly expose our evolved nature. In this work, clear parallels arise between animal behaviors and modern political traits which are taken up one creature at a time. The root causes of our own political divisiveness emerge as we journey through biology and neuroscience following the lead of animals behaving (and misbehaving) naturally. This voyage not only guides us to many political solutions, but arms readers with a framework to devise their own solutions for restoring sanity to civilization.

An American Bestiary

Author : Eugene J. McCarthy
Publisher : Lone Oak Press, Limited
ISBN 13 : 9781883477332
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (773 download)

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Download or read book An American Bestiary written by Eugene J. McCarthy and published by Lone Oak Press, Limited. This book was released on 2000 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This large format (8.5x11 inch, landscape), heavily illustrated work (107 drawings by Christopher Millis)is a humorous exploration of the use (and mis-use) of metaphore in the language of American politics and society at large.

The Genius of American Politics

Author : Daniel J. Boorstin
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226064913
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (26 download)

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Download or read book The Genius of American Politics written by Daniel J. Boorstin and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1958-10-15 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How much of our political tradition can be absorbed and used by other peoples? Daniel Boorstin's answer to this question has been chosen by the Carnegie Corporation of New York for representation in American Panorama as one of the 350 books, old and new, most descriptive of life in the United States. He describes the uniqueness of American thought and explains, after a close look at the American past, why we have not produced and are not likely to produce grand political theories or successful propaganda. He also suggests what our attitudes must be toward ourselves and other countries if we are to preserve our institutions and help others to improve theirs. ". . . a fresh and, on the whole, valid interpretation of American political life."—Reinhold Niebuhr, New Leader

The Paranoid Style in American Politics

Author : Richard Hofstadter
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307388441
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (73 download)

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Download or read book The Paranoid Style in American Politics written by Richard Hofstadter and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2008-06-10 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This timely reissue of Richard Hofstadter's classic work on the fringe groups that influence American electoral politics offers an invaluable perspective on contemporary domestic affairs.In The Paranoid Style in American Politics, acclaimed historian Richard Hofstadter examines the competing forces in American political discourse and how fringe groups can influence — and derail — the larger agendas of a political party. He investigates the politics of the irrational, shedding light on how the behavior of individuals can seem out of proportion with actual political issues, and how such behavior impacts larger groups. With such other classic essays as “Free Silver and the Mind of 'Coin' Harvey” and “What Happened to the Antitrust Movement?, ” The Paranoid Style in American Politics remains both a seminal text of political history and a vital analysis of the ways in which political groups function in the United States.

A Political Bestiary

Author : Eugene J. McCarthy
Publisher : Avon Books
ISBN 13 : 9780380465088
Total Pages : 90 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (65 download)

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Download or read book A Political Bestiary written by Eugene J. McCarthy and published by Avon Books. This book was released on 1979-01-01 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Five American Politicians

Author : Samuel Peter Orth
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 702 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Five American Politicians written by Samuel Peter Orth and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 702 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

My Quarter Century of American Politics

Author : Champ Clark
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 508 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book My Quarter Century of American Politics written by Champ Clark and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The American Political Tradition

Author : Richard Hofstadter
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307809668
Total Pages : 562 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book The American Political Tradition written by Richard Hofstadter and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2011-12-21 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The American Political Tradition is one of the most influential and widely read historical volumes of our time. First published in 1948, its elegance, passion, and iconoclastic erudition laid the groundwork for a totally new understanding of the American past. By writing a "kind of intellectual history of the assumptions behind American politics," Richard Hofstadter changed the way Americans understand the relationship between power and ideas in their national experience. Like only a handful of American historians before him—Frederick Jackson Turner and Charles A. Beard are examples—Hofstadter was able to articulate, in a single work, a historical vision that inspired and shaped an entire generation.

A Concise History of American Politics

Author : David McCaffrey
Publisher : Xlibris Us
ISBN 13 : 9781796032987
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (329 download)

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Download or read book A Concise History of American Politics written by David McCaffrey and published by Xlibris Us. This book was released on 2019-05-10 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is intended to be an efficient way to look at the primary events and aspects of the foundation and evolution of American politics. Because political events and laws affect every one of us on each day of our lives, it seems helpful to look at the structures of our political systems. A Concise History of American Politics is, as the title suggests, a simple recounting of how we proceeded to become what we are as a political entity. Our systems of learning in both the areas of politics and of history tend to be focused on specific events or specific theories. Maybe a brief, concentrated presentation on the broad picture of our past can be helpful in keeping track how the exigencies of our constitutional republic have evolved. Hopefully, it is even-handed and lucid.

Who Governs?

Author : James N. Druckman
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022623455X
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (262 download)

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Download or read book Who Governs? written by James N. Druckman and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2015-03-17 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: America’s model of representational government rests on the premise that elected officials respond to the opinions of citizens. This is a myth, however, not a reality, according to James N. Druckman and Lawrence R. Jacobs. In Who Governs?, Druckman and Jacobs combine existing research with novel data from US presidential archives to show that presidents make policy by largely ignoring the views of most citizens in favor of affluent and well-connected political insiders. Presidents treat the public as pliable, priming it to focus on personality traits and often ignoring it on policies that fail to become salient. Melding big debates about democratic theory with existing research on American politics and innovative use of the archives of three modern presidents—Johnson, Nixon, and Reagan—Druckman and Jacobs deploy lively and insightful analysis to show that the conventional model of representative democracy bears little resemblance to the actual practice of American politics. The authors conclude by arguing that polyarchy and the promotion of accelerated citizen mobilization and elite competition can improve democratic responsiveness. An incisive study of American politics and the flaws of representative government, this book will be warmly welcomed by readers interested in US politics, public opinion, democratic theory, and the fecklessness of American leadership and decision-making.

Book of Beasts

Author : Elizabeth Morrison
Publisher : Getty Publications
ISBN 13 : 1606065904
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book Book of Beasts written by Elizabeth Morrison and published by Getty Publications. This book was released on 2019 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A celebration of the visual contributions of the bestiary--one of the most popular types of illuminated books during the Middle Ages--and an exploration of its lasting legacy. Brimming with lively animals both real and fantastic, the bestiary was one of the great illuminated manuscript traditions of the Middle Ages. Encompassing imaginary creatures such as the unicorn, siren, and griffin; exotic beasts including the tiger, elephant, and ape; as well as animals native to Europe like the beaver, dog, and hedgehog, the bestiary is a vibrant testimony to the medieval understanding of animals and their role in the world. So iconic were the stories and images of the bestiary that its beasts essentially escaped from the pages, appearing in a wide variety of manuscripts and other objects, including tapestries, ivories, metalwork, and sculpture. With over 270 color illustrations and contributions by twenty-five leading scholars, this gorgeous volume explores the bestiary and its widespread influence on medieval art and culture as well as on modern and contemporary artists like Pablo Picasso and Damien Hirst. Published to accompany an exhibition on view at the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center May 14 to August 18, 2019.

The Devils We Know

Author : James A. Morone
Publisher : University Press of Kansas
ISBN 13 : 0700621423
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book The Devils We Know written by James A. Morone and published by University Press of Kansas. This book was released on 2015-08-07 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is there an American culture? Certainly, says James Morone. Americans are fighting over it now. They have been fighting over it since the first Puritan stepped ashore. Americans hate government (no national health insurance!) and call for more of it (lock ‘em up!). They prize democracy (power to the people) and scramble to restrict it (the electoral college in the 21st century?). They celebrate opportunity -- but only for some (don’t let those people in!). Americans proclaim liberty then wrestle over which kind—positive (freedom from want) or negative (no new taxes!)? In this volume Morone offers his own answer to the conundrum of American political culture: It is a perpetual work in progress. Immigrants arrive, excluded groups demand power, and each generation injects new ethnicities, races, religions, ideas, foods, entertainments, sins, and body types into the national mix. The challengers—the devils we know—keep inventing new answers to the nation’s fundamental question: Who are we? Each essay in The Devils We Know takes up a different aspect of the creative conflicts that shape America. Ranging from Huck Finn to Obamacare, Morone explores the ways in which culture interacts with other forces—most notably the rules and organizations that channel collective choices. The battle to define the nation’s political culture spills over into every area of American life, but three are especially important: democracy, economics, and morals—each, in turn, complicated by race, race, race. Written over 25 years, these essays constitute a closely observed and deeply thoughtful vision of what America is—its ideas, images, rules, institutions, and culture clashes. Together, they explain just why America is the way it is. And what it might become.

Legacies of Losing in American Politics

Author : Jeffrey K. Tulis
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022651546X
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (265 download)

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Download or read book Legacies of Losing in American Politics written by Jeffrey K. Tulis and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2018-01-05 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: American politics is typically a story about winners. The fading away of defeated politicians and political movements is a feature of American politics that ensures political stability and a peaceful transition of power. But American history has also been built on defeated candidates, failed presidents, and social movements that at pivotal moments did not dissipate as expected but instead persisted and eventually achieved success for the loser’s ideas and preferred policies. With Legacies of Losing in American Politics, Jeffrey K. Tulis and Nicole Mellow rethink three pivotal moments in American political history: the founding, when anti-Federalists failed to stop the ratification of the Constitution; the aftermath of the Civil War, when President Andrew Johnson’s plan for restoring the South to the Union was defeated; and the 1964 presidential campaign, when Barry Goldwater’s challenge to the New Deal order was soundly defeated by Lyndon B. Johnson. In each of these cases, the very mechanisms that caused the initial failures facilitated their eventual success. After the dust of the immediate political defeat settled, these seemingly discredited ideas and programs disrupted political convention by prevailing, often subverting, and occasionally enhancing constitutional fidelity. Tulis and Mellow present a nuanced story of winning and losing and offer a new understanding of American political development as the interweaving of opposing ideas.

Republic of Wrath

Author : James A. Morone
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780465002443
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (24 download)

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Download or read book Republic of Wrath written by James A. Morone and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: American politics seems to be in an unprecedented uproar. But in this revelatory work of political history, James A. Morone shows that today's rancor isn't what's new -- the clarity of the battle lines is. Past eras were full of discord, but the most contentious question in American society -- Who are we? -- never split along party lines.

Deadlock and Disillusionment

Author : Gary W. Reichard
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118934377
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (189 download)

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Download or read book Deadlock and Disillusionment written by Gary W. Reichard and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2016-02-22 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deadlock and Disillusionment: American Politics Since 1968 is an insightful consideration of the events people, and policy debates that have shaped and continue to influence, even control, the current political era. Rejects conventional wisdom that the dominant force shaping recent American politics in the last half century has been the "rise of the Right" Considers the achievements and frustrations of each administration, from Nixon to Obama, in its assessment of contemporary U.S. politics Features authorship by an expert scholar in the field who takes a thematic rather than a partisan approach to recent American politics Offers a concise, comprehensive, and thoroughly up-to-date synthesis of the literature in the field and concludes with a comprehensive bibliographical essay, an aid to student research

An Encyclopedia of American Politics

Author : Edwin Valentine Mitchell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (844 download)

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Download or read book An Encyclopedia of American Politics written by Edwin Valentine Mitchell and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Everett Dirksen and His Presidents

Author : Byron C. Hulsey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Everett Dirksen and His Presidents written by Byron C. Hulsey and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He was as recognizable by his mellifluous voice as by his rumpled appearance. Everett McKinley Dirksen was one of the most colorful American politicians of the twentieth century and was considered by some the most powerful man in Congress. Now Byron Hulsey takes a new look at the senator from Illinois to show how his interactions with the White House made him a pivotal figure in American politics during the Cold War era. Hulsey traces Dirksen's relationships with four presidents to show how the senator shifted from being a major Republican critic of Truman to an ardent Republican supporter of LBJ. Dirksen learned "suprapartisan politics" from Eisenhower and became Ike's most trusted confidant on Capitol Hill; then as Senate Minority Leader he played a key role in furthering the ambitious goals of the Johnson administration. Hulsey analyzes the reasons for Dirksen's dramatic policy reversals, telling how the senator who in 1950 warned of the dangers of a leviathan executive came to embrace the power of the presidential office to provide for the social welfare, contain the spread of communism, and guarantee civil rights. Drawing on primary sources at the Johnson presidential library and the Dirksen Congressional Center, Hulsey shows how the senator combined legislative craftsmanship with the ability to get bills passed. He links Dirksen to the issues and events that shaped the 1950s and 1960s and tells how the Johnson-Dirksen coalition moved domestic policy forward through civil rights legislation but ran aground on the insurmountable problem of Vietnam. Hulsey also uses Dirksen's career to explore change, continuity, and conflict in the Republican Party over two decades. He explains how the GOP evolved through internal political and ideological tensions from the Taft-Eisenhower contest through the McCarthy era to the beginning of Nixon administration, revealing Dirksen's role in that process. By the time of Dirksen's death in 1969, the Vietnam War, the explosion of urban riots, and President Nixon's preference for the politics of resentment put an end to the suprapartisan spirit. Hulsey's book recreates a Washington milieu the likes of which may never be seen again, offering a lens for viewing postwar American politics while painting the definitive political portrait of one of our most remarkable leaders.