Contested Truths: Keywords in American Politics Since Independence

by Daniel T. Rodgers

Book Overview

Contention, argument, and power have always been the tradition in American political talk. Any country that began in a revolution was bound to have this history. But the language of argument uses particular words with particular, sometimes shifting, meanings and to know what they are and what they meant over time is a critical contribution to political history. It is true that politicians may act as though they are part of no particular ideological...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674167112
• ISBN13: 9780674167117
• Release Date: March 1998
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.2"