| Description |
xiv, 300 pages ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
1. World politics: Ideology or balance of power? -- New nationalism -- What our world federalists neglect -- An Atlantic curtain? -- Leninism and the legacy of Western imperialism -- Our post-crisis world -- 2. American politics: Centralization and the open society -- Growth of the presidency -- Ungenerous approach to Woodrow Wilson -- Revolution in the presidential nominating convention -- Kennedy in history: an early appraisal -- Conservative myth -- 3. Changing cultural ethos and the technocratic society: Hawthorne discovers the English -- Passing of Bughouse Square -- Letter to a new PhD -- American intellectuals and American democracy -- Century of technocracy -- Surrealism, revolution, reform -or what? |
| Subject |
World politics -- 1945-1989.
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World politics. |
| Chronological Term |
1945-1989 |
| Subject |
United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
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United States. |
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Politics and government. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
United States -- Intellectual life.
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Intellectual life. |
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Technology and civilization.
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Technology and civilization. |
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Humanism.
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Humanism. |
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Technologie. |
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Politieke aspecten. |
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Sociale aspecten. |
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Culturele aspecten. |
| ISBN |
0826511546 |
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9780826511546 |
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