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Nature and History in American Political Development: A Debate (The Alexis de Tocqueville Lectures on American Politics) by James W. Ceaser; Jack N. Rakove; Nancy L. Rosenblum; Rogers M. Smith; Theda Skocpol is a business book available to read on EtoBox.
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In this inaugural volume of the Alexis de Tocqueville Lectures, political scientist James Ceaser traces the way certain ideas, including nature, history, and religion--which he calls foundational ideas--have been understood and used by statesmen and public intellectuals over the course of American history, from the Puritans to the current day. Ceaser treats these ideas not as pure concepts of philosophy or theology, but rather as elements of political discourse that provide the ground or ultimat
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- Author
- James W. Ceaser; Jack N. Rakove; Nancy L. Rosenblum; Rogers M. Smith; Theda Skocpol
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press; Brand: Harvard University Press
- Published
- 2006
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780674021587
- Category
- business
- Subjects
- Science, Political Science, History
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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