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.