Richard Hofstadter : an intellectual biography /
Richard Hofstadter (1916-70) was America?s most distinguished historian of the twentieth century. The author of several groundbreaking books, including The American Political Tradition, he was a vigorous champion of the liberal politics that emerged from the New Deal. During his nearly thirty-year c...
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Interior, exterior.
- pt. I. Education, 1916-1950. Radical roots ; The twilight of waspdom ; The new American political tradition ; The historian as social scientist.
- pt. II. Engagement, 1950-1965. The Age of reform and its critics ; The crisis of intellect ; The paranoid mind.
- pt. III. Eclipse, 1965-1970. Rebellion from within ; Conflict and consensus
- redux ; The trials of liberalism ; A world full.
- Bibliographic essay: In search of Richard Hofstadter.
- Sources: Archives, interviews, and correspondence.
- Students of Richard Hofstadter.
