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Toward democracy : the struggle for self-rule in European and American thought / James T. Kloppenberg.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kloppenberg, James T., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Democracy--History.
- Democracy.
- History.
- Democracy--Europe.
- Democracy--United States.
- United States.
- Autonomy.
- Europe.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 892 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2016]
- Contents:
- Born in bloodshed: the origins of democracy
- Voices in the wilderness: democracies in North America
- Democracy deferred: the English Civil War
- Coup d-Etat: 1688 in England and America
- Sympathy, will, and democracy in the enlightenments of Europe
- Faith, enlightenment, and resistance in America
- Democracy and American independence
- Constituting American democracy
- Ratification and reciprocity
- Delusions of unity and collisions with tradition in the French revolution
- Virtue and violence in the French revolution
- Democracy in the wake of terror
- Diagnosing democratic cultures in America and Europe
- The tragic irony of democracy.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780195054613
- 019505461X
- OCLC:
- 921864707
- Publisher Number:
- 99967842167
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