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The Assault on Reason
Al Gore
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2008
Excellent and Informative Book
+ Passionate, Convincing and Long Overdue
+ Best since 1835
+ History
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Anti-Intellectualism in American Life
Richard Hofstadter
Vintage, 1966
Fear of Intellect
+ anti-intellectualism in american life
+ Timeless
+ What's an intellectual to do in "practical" America ?
+ If Only the author were still alive!
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The Age of Federalism: The Early American Republic, 1788-1800
Stanley Elkins, Eric McKitrick
Oxford University Press, USA, 1995
Leisurely and Learned Look at the Founding Years
+ Monumental
+ One of the best general works about the early Republic
+ The Age of Federalism
+ An excellent work
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Leaves of Grass
Walt Whitman
Book Jungle, 2007
What book will you get when you order this?
+ The original lean, bursting on the scene, Whitman
+ Excellent edition of Whitman's Masterwork
There seems to be some confusion, both in the editorial reviews and the customer reviews, about what edition is being referred to in this listing. the first editorial review correctly discusses the first edition as shorter and "less bloated" than the deathbed edition. however, the rest of the ...
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The Populist Vision
Charles Postel
Oxford University Press, USA, 2007
Engaging and educational
I gave this as a gift to my 19 year old son. He really enjoyed the read.
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Pursuits of Happiness: The Social Development of Early Modern British Colonies and the Formation of American ...
Jack P. Greene
The University of North Carolina Press, 1988
Pursuit of a New Paradigm
+ Virginia, not New England, is the appropriate Developmental Model
Greene is on a mission to show that the South (especially the Chesapeake) represents the "normative" model of American development-not the New England model. To do so, he decries the standard "declension" model, based on the history of Puritan New England, and produces a "developmental" model ...
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William James : Writings 1902-1910 : The Varieties of Religious Experience / Pragmatism / A Pluralistic ...
William James
Library of America, 1988
William James in the Library of America
+ James should be in everyone's library
+ Remember: This book is volume 2 of a 2 volume set
+ The cash value of the American mind
+ very good volume
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The Transformation of Virginia, 1740-1790 (Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History ...
Rhys Isaac
The University of North Carolina Press, 1999
Tremendous
+ A riveting account of a double revolution in early America
+ Excellent Book
As you would expect from a book that captured the Pulitzer Prize in History, this is an outstanding book. The writing is clear and cogent. As the other reviewers stated, it brings Colonial Virginia to life for the reader. It's going a bit far to suggest that it explains Colonial "America," ...
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I'll Take My Stand: The South And the Agrarian Tradition (Library of Southern Civilization)
Twelve Southerners
Louisiana State University Press, 2006
The Agrarian South Vs. The Industrial North
+ A must-read for several reasons
+ Great book, rotten intro...
+ Falling Just Short Isn't Good Enough
+ Interesting Reading
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Capitalism and Freedom: Fortieth Anniversary Edition
Milton Friedman
University Of Chicago Press, 2002
A fantastic book!
+ Great book, life changing reading!
+ Capitalism and Freedom
+ Great book on economic theory
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The Radicalism of the American Revolution
Gordon S. Wood
Vintage, 1993
A seminal work
+ The Best Book on the American Revolution - Ever
+ perfect book
+ An outstanding work!
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The Metaphysical Club: A Story of Ideas in America
Louis Menand
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2002
The Origins of Pragmatism
+ A grand peek into the intellectual community of the 19th century
+ Brilliant, ambitious, dense
The Metaphysical Club refers to a philosophical society that met in Cambridge in the 1870's. This short-lived group of intellectuals gathered regularly to discuss the issues of the day: the aftermath of the Civil War, evolution, science, religion, abolition, race, to name a few. Louis Menand, ...
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The Federalist Papers (Signet Classics)
Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, ...
Signet Classics, 2003
Another vote for must read
+ Why we are who we are.
+ Ancient Legalese
+ The Federalist Papers
+ Important outline of American government
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The Irony of American History
Reinhold Niebuhr
University Of Chicago Press, 2008
The Irony of American History
+ Just What I expected
In The Irony of American History, Reinhold Niebuhr reviews the competing ideologies of communism and liberal democracy and finds that they both express an overly optimistic view of human nature. In the liberal view, the defects in human nature are curable through education or changes to social and ...
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Maryland, A Middle Temperament: 1634-1980 (Maryland Paperback Bookshelf)
Robert J. Brugger
The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996
Maryland : A Middle Temperament, 1634-1980
+ Best Single Volume Maryland History out there
This is a great survey book for anyone interested in learning about Maryland's history. It touches on all the major themes in the great state's history and how they related to the national landscape.
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