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Author:

Lukacs, John, 1924-

Title:

A new republic : a history of the United States in the twentieth century / John Lukacs.

Publisher:

Yale University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2004

Description:

x, 457 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

United States--History--20th century.
United States--Politics and government--20th century.
États-Unis--Civilisation--20e siècle.
États-Unis--Politique et gouvernement--20e siècle.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [437]-440) and index.

Contents:

pt. 1. A history of American democracy. -- The second century -- Tocqueville reversed -- pt. 2. A historical interpretation. -- The automobile century: the material development of American life -- The leap across the sea: the development of an American nation -- The bourgeois interlude: the half-century when American civilization was urban and urbane -- The two empires: the passing of the Anglo-American age in the history of the world -- The elective monarchy: the degeneration of popular democracy to a publicity contest -- Mutations of minds and morals: the transformations of American thinking -- Inheritances and prospects: the passage from a democratic order to a bureaucratic state -- pt. 3. Dictatress of the world? -- The third century: dictatress of the world.

ISBN:

9780300104295 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0300104294 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2004109677

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

OSAX771 -- Grand View University Library (Des Moines)

OUAX845 -- Dordt University (Sioux Center)