American Democrat (Barnes & Noble Library of Essential Reading) (e-bog) af Cooper, James Fenimore

American Democrat (Barnes & Noble Library of Essential Reading) e-bog

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A provocative expos on American politics, The American Democrat will amuse, shock, and offend contemporary readers - just as it did when originally published in 1835. It depicts a country teetering on the edge of sacrificing the principles of the American Revolution on the altar of parochial interests. In a startling twist on this all-too-familiar theme, however, Cooper traces this problem to t...
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Forfattere Cooper, James Fenimore (forfatter), Spiezio, K. Edward (introduktion)
Udgivet 1 september 2009
Længde 216 sider
Genrer 1KBB
Sprog English
Format epub
Beskyttelse LCP
ISBN 9781411431355
A provocative expos on American politics, The American Democrat will amuse, shock, and offend contemporary readers - just as it did when originally published in 1835. It depicts a country teetering on the edge of sacrificing the principles of the American Revolution on the altar of parochial interests. In a startling twist on this all-too-familiar theme, however, Cooper traces this problem to the growing power of the people and the tendency of elected officials to pander to public opinion. The American Democrat was intended to sound the tocsin in regard to this emerging threat to individual liberty and the nations vitality.Written in the midst of the Jacksonian revolution in American politics, Coopers fundamental purpose is to stress the importance of remaining faithful to the foundational principles of the republic as reflected in the U.S. Constitution - that carefully crafted checks and balances system which was explicitly designed to distance the people from the process of governance. Seen from this perspective, The American Democrat lays bare one of the most fundamental - if rarely spoken - issues underlying the design of the American political system.