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Ceaser, James W.

Nature and history in American political development a debate / [electronic resource] : James W. Ceaser ; with responses by Jack N. Rakove, Nancy L. Rosenblum, Rogers M. Smith. - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2006. - viii, 229 p. - The Alexis de Tocqueville lectures on American politics . - Alexis de Tocqueville lectures on American politics. .

First Harvard University Press paperback edition, 2008.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-221) and index.

Foundational concepts and American political development / James W. Ceaser -- Can we know a foundational idea when we see one? / Jack N. Rakove -- Replacing foundations with staging: "second-story" concepts and American political development / Nancy L. Rosenblum -- What if God was one of us? The challenges of studying foundational political concepts / Rogers M. Smith -- Foundational concepts reconsidered / James W. Ceaser.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

ISBN: 0674021584 (alk. paper) 9780674021587 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780674027237 (pbk.) 9780674029309 (electronic bk.)

LCCN: 2005043547

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Political science--History.--United States
Foundationalism (Theory of knowledge)
Ideology.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States--Politics and government.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: JA84.U5 / C432 2006

Dewey Class. No.: 320.97301