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What they saw in America : Alexis de Tocqueville, Max Weber, G.K. Chesterton, and Sayyid Qutb / James L. Nolan, Jr.

Van Pelt Library E169.1 .N725 2016
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Nolan, James L., Jr., author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Tocqueville, Alexis de, 1805-1859--Political and social views.
Tocqueville, Alexis de.
Weber, Max, 1864-1920--Political and social views.
Weber, Max.
Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith), 1874-1936--Political and social views.
Chesterton, G. K.
Quṭb, Sayyid, 1906-1966--Political and social views.
Quṭb, Sayyid.
Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith), 1874-1936.
Quṭb, Sayyid, 1906-1966.
Tocqueville, Alexis de, 1805-1859.
Weber, Max, 1864-1920.
National characteristics, American--History.
National characteristics, American.
History.
Political and social views.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:
x, 299 pages ; 23 cm
Place of Publication:
New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2016.
Contents:
Pride, patriotism, and the mercantilist spirit: Tocqueville and Beaumont discover America
Tocqueville and the quandary of American democracy
Agrarianism, race, and the end of romanticism: Weber in early twentieth-century America
Weber on sects, schools, and the spirit of capitalism
A new Martin Chuzzlewit: Chesterton on Main Street
Chestertonian distributism and the democratic ideal
From musha to New York: Qutb encounters American jahiliyya
Qutb's "inquiring eyes" in Colorado and California.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781107146617
1107146615
9781316601594
1316601595
OCLC:
939909397

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