Self-rule : a cultural history of American democracy /
by Wiebe, Robert H.
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BookPublisher: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1995Description: x, 321 p. : 23 cm.ISBN: 0226895629.Subject(s): Political culture -- United States -- History | United States -- Politics and government | Politics History | United StatesOnline resources: Publisher description | Table of contents | Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Dhaka University Library American Studies Corner | Reference | 320.973 WIS (Browse shelf) | 2 | Not For Loan | 348570 | |
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Dhaka University Library American Studies Corner | Non Fiction | 320.973 WIS (Browse shelf) | 2 | Not For Loan | 348569 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine derived contents note: Table of contents for Self-rule : a cultural history of American democracy / Robert H. Wiebe. -- Bibliographic record and links to related information available from the Library of Congress catalog -- Information from electronic data provided by the publisher. May be incomplete or contain other coding. -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part One: The American Exception 1820s-1890s -- 1. Democracy -- 2. The Barbarians -- 3. The People -- 4. In or Out -- Part Two: Metamorphosis 1890s-1920s -- 5. Sinking the Lower Class -- 6. Raising Hierarchies -- 7. Dissolving the People -- Part Three: Modern Democracy 1920s-1990s -- 8. The Individual -- 9. The State -- 10. Internal Wars -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Special Debts and Further Readings -- Index -- Library of Congress subject headings for this publication: United States Politics and government, Political culture United States History.
Self-Rule is a cultural history of democracy in the land of its origin. It is not a history of ideas on the one side or a detailed history of political behavior on the other. Rather, Wiebe examines the webbing of values and relations that gave democracy its meaning.
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