1st Edition
The First New Nation The United States in Historical and Comparative Perspective
Edited By Seymour Lipset
Copyright 1963
420 Pages
by
Routledge
420 Pages
by
Routledge
366 Pages
by
Routledge
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The United States was the first major colony to revolt successfully against colonial rule. In this sense, it was the first "new nation." To see how, in the course of American history, its values took shape in institutions may help us to understand some of the problems faced by the new nations emerging today on the world scene. In The First New Nation , two broad themes occupy Seymour Martin... Read more
1: America as a New Nation; 1: Establishing National Authority; 2: Formulating a National Identity; 2: Stability in the Midst of Change; 3: A Changing American Character?; 4: Religion and American Values; 5: Trade Unions and the American Value System; III: Democracy in Comparative Perspective; 6: Values and Democratic Stability; 7: Value Differences, Absolute or Relative: The English-Speaking Democracies; 8: Values, Social Character, and the Democratic Polity; 9: Party Systems and the Representation of Social Groups; 10: Epilogue: Some Personal Views on Equality, Inequality, and Comparative Social Science
Biography
Donald K. Routh
