Challenges to the American Founding: Slavery, Historicism, and Progressivism in the Nineteenth Century

By Ronald J. Pestritto and Thomas L. Krannawitter

Book Overview

American politics in the twentieth century and beyond represents a sharp departure from the political vision of the American founders. This volume looks to the roots of this departure in the political ideas of nineteenth-century America, where the first substantial challenges to the founders' thought arose.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0739108719
• ISBN13: 9780739108710
• Release Date: December 2004
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 314 Pages
• Weight: 1.37 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.7" x 9.3"