عنوان
پدید آورنده
موضوع
رده
JC574.2.U6 M355 2007eb
JC574
.
2
.
U6
M355
2007eb
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
(Number (ISBN
0807831719
(Number (ISBN
080788507X
(Number (ISBN
0807885088
(Number (ISBN
9780807831717
(Number (ISBN
9780807885079
(Number (ISBN
9780807885086
Erroneous ISBN
9780807831717
NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
Number
b797582
TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
American liberalism :
General Material Designation
[Book]
Other Title Information
an interpretation for our time /
First Statement of Responsibility
John McGowan.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Chapel Hill :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
University of North Carolina Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
©2007.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (viii, 269 pages).
SERIES
Series Title
H. Eugene and Lillian Youngs Lehman series
GENERAL NOTES
Text of Note
"A Caravan book"--Title page verso.
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-254) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
INTRODUCTION: America at the Crossroads; BOOK ONE: LIBERALISM: PRINCIPLES AND VALUES; BOOK TWO: LIBERALISM'S CRITICS; BOOK THREE: HISTORICAL INTERLUDE; BOOK FOUR: DEMOCRACY; CONCLUSION: Liberal versus Illiberal Democracy; APPENDIX: Relevant Facts and Figures; Notes; Acknowledgments; Index.
0
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
Americans live in a liberal democracy. Yet, although democracy is widely touted today, liberalism is scorned by both the right and the left. The United States stands poised between its liberal democratic tradition and the illiberal alternatives of liberalism's critics. In an engaging and informative discussion, McGowan offers a ringing endorsement of American liberalism's basic principles, values, and commitments. He explains that the liberalism of the founders distributed power widely in order to limit the power any one entity could exercise over others. Their aim was to provide for all an ef.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS NOTE (ELECTRONIC RESOURCES)
Text of Note
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
American liberalism.
International Standard Book Number
0807831719
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Liberalism-- United States.
Liberalism.
Liberalismus
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Political Ideologies-- Conservatism & Liberalism.
Politics and government
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
United States, Politics and government, 2001-2009.
United States.
USA.
0
7
7
(SUBJECT CATEGORY (Provisional
POL-- 042020
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
Number
320
.
510973
Edition
22
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
JC574
.
2
.
U6
Book number
M355
2007eb
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
McGowan, John,1953-
ORIGINATING SOURCE
Date of Transaction
20201207101609.0
Cataloguing Rules (Descriptive Conventions))
pn
ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Electronic name
مطالعه متن کتاب [Book]
Y
