History of American Political Thought (Applications of Political Theory) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0739106244 ISBN 13: 9780739106242

Publisher: Lexington Books, 2003

Synopsis

Revised and updated, this long-awaited second edition provides a comprehensive introduction to what the most thoughtful Americans have said about the American experience from the colonial period to the present. The book examines the political thought of the most important American statesmen, activists, and writers across era and ideologies, helping another generation of students, scholars, and citizens to understand more fully the meaning of America.

This new second edition of the book includes new essays on Walt Whitman, Lyndon Baines Johnson, Ronald Reagan, and Barack Obama. Significant revisions and additions have also been made to many of the original essays, increasing the breadth and depth of the collection.

About this title

About the Author:

Bryan-Paul Frost is endowed professor of political science at the University of Louisiana, Lafayette.

Jeffrey Sikkenga is professor of political science at Ashland University.

Review:

This collection of forty-five separately authored essays of fifty-five American political thinkers is at once diverse and unified. While this collection establishes a consensual Lockean philosophical founding, this founding, despite its internal tensions, is a philosophically articulate and coherent set of principles that underwrite the American regime of liberty. (Hisory of Political Thought)

History of American Political Thought is a feast for the mind, a first-rate collection of essays by first-rate scholars. Reaching wide and deep, it brims with insights about the philosophers, poets, novelists. activists, jurists, and political leaders who contributed to the intellectual life of this nation. Rigorous yet readable, this book is bound to become a standard reference about the ideas that undergird American politics. It will be a valuable resource for students and scholars, indeed for anyone with a serious interest in serious political questions. (John J. Pitney Jr., Roy P. Crocker Professor of American Politics, Claremont McKenna College)

Frost and Sikkenga have done a great service for students and teachers of American political thought in editing this massive volume. Highly recommended. (CHOICE)

Featuring erudite essays of the highest order, this superb collection highlights the richness of the American political tradition, with leading scholars engaging America’s greatest and most important thinkers, jurists, and statesmen. Frost and Sikkenga’s History of American Political Thought is by far the best and most comprehensive volume of its kind, and its updated 2nd edition will no doubt continue to an essential resource for students and researchers. (Patrick Cain, Lakehead University)

About this edition

• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0739106244
• ISBN 13: 9780739106242
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 848
• Editor: Frost Bryan-Paul, Sikkenga Jeffrey