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The Jefferson rule : how the Founding Fathers became infallible and our politics inflexible / David Sehat.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sehat, David, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political culture--United States.
- Political culture.
- Collective memory.
- United States.
- Founding Fathers of the United States.
- Collective memory--Political aspects--United States.
- Persuasion (Rhetoric).
- Physical Description:
- viii, 308 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Other Title:
- Pre-publication title: Jefferson rule : why we think the founding fathers have all the answers
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2015.
- Summary:
- Discusses how people completely polarized in their views on government all cite the Founding Fathers in defense of their policies and explains why their arguments are out of context and do not make sense within contemporary concerns.
- Contents:
- The quest for unanimity
- Specters of fracture
- Conservative intentions
- The interregnum
- A moral and emotional purpose
- The montage effect
- Crackpot theories
- This is America!
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-294) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Herman V. Ames Fund.
- ISBN:
- 1476779775
- OCLC:
- 883147971
- Publisher Number:
- 99963433900
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