Classical antiquity and the politics of America : from George Washington to George W. Bush / edited by Michael Meckler.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Meckler, Michael.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civilization, Classical--Influence.

Civilization, Classical.

United States--Politics and government.

United States.

Politics and government.

United States--Civilization--Classical influences.

Civilization.

Physical Description:

x, 231 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Waco, Tex. : Baylor University Press, [2006]

Contents:

Classical education in colonial America / William J. Ziobro

Classical antiquity and early conceptions of the United States Senate / Carl J. Richard

Classical oratory and fears of demagoguery in the Antebellum Era / Caroline Winterer

William Sanders Scarborough and the politics of classical education for African Americans / Michele Valerie Ronnick

The rise of populism, the decline of classical education, and the Seventeenth Amendment / Michael Meckler

William Linn Westermann at the Paris Peace Conference of 1919 / John Milton Cooper, Jr.

The world of Moses Finkelstein : the year 1939 in M.I. Finley's development as a historian / Daniel P. Tompkins

Thucydides and the Cold War / Lawrence A. Tritle

Senator Robert C. Byrd and the wisdom of the ancients / Robert F. Maddox

Platonism in high places : Leo Strauss, George W. Bush, and the response to 9/11 / Neil G. Robertson.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-218) and index.

ISBN:

1932792325

OCLC:

69241421

Publisher Number:

9781932792324