History of American Political Thought

Political scientists examine what 55 thinkers have thought about the US since its founding. After an introductory chapter on the French thinker Alexi de Tocquevelle, the Americans range from the Puritans to contemporary feminists, and were selected as contributing to thought about the country as a whole—rather than some aspect or contemporary issue—and as representative of their time. Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR