James T. Kloppenberg presents the history of democracy from the perspective of those who established its principles, offering a fresh look at how ideas about representative government, suffrage, and the principles of self-rule and ideals have shifted over time and place.
James T. Kloppenberg presents the history of democracy from the perspective of those who established its principles, offering a fresh look at how ideas about representative government, suffrage, and the principles of self-rule and ideals have shifted over time and place.
James T. Kloppenberg is Charles Warren Professor of American History at Harvard, where he teaches European and American intellectual history. He has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Executive Board of the Organization of American Historians, has served as Pitt Professor at the University of Cambridge and as a visiting professor at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris, and has held fellowships from the ACLS, NEH, and the Guggenheim, Whiting, and Danforth foundations.
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Preface Introduction: The Paradoxes of Democracy in History Part One: Roots and Branches 1. Born in Bloodshed: The Origins Democracy 2. Voices in the Wilderness: Democracies in North America 3. Democracy Deferred: The English Civil War 4. Coup d'Etat: 1688 in England and America Part Two: Trial and Error 5. Sympathy, Will, and Democracy in the Enlightenments of Europe 6. Enlightenment, Faith, and Resistance in America 7. Democracy and American Independence 8. Constituting American Democracy 9. Ratification and Reciprocity Part Three: Failure in Success 10. Delusions of Unity and Collisions with Tradition in France 11. Virtue and Violence in the French Revolution 12. Democracy in the Wake of Terror 13. Diagnosing Cultures of Democracy in America and Europe 14. The Tragic Irony of Democracy Notes
Preface Introduction: The Paradoxes of Democracy in History Part One: Roots and Branches 1. Born in Bloodshed: The Origins Democracy 2. Voices in the Wilderness: Democracies in North America 3. Democracy Deferred: The English Civil War 4. Coup d'Etat: 1688 in England and America Part Two: Trial and Error 5. Sympathy, Will, and Democracy in the Enlightenments of Europe 6. Enlightenment, Faith, and Resistance in America 7. Democracy and American Independence 8. Constituting American Democracy 9. Ratification and Reciprocity Part Three: Failure in Success 10. Delusions of Unity and Collisions with Tradition in France 11. Virtue and Violence in the French Revolution 12. Democracy in the Wake of Terror 13. Diagnosing Cultures of Democracy in America and Europe 14. The Tragic Irony of Democracy Notes
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