First New Nation: The United States in Historical and Comparative Perspective - Softcover

Seymour, Lipset Martin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0393009114 ISBN 13: 9780393009118

Publisher: W. W. Norton and Company, Inc., 1979

Synopsis

The United States was the first major colony successfully to revolt against colonial rule. In this sense, it was the first "new nation." Two broad themes occupy Seymour Martin Lipset's attention here: the social conditions that make a stable democracy possible, and the extent to which the American experience was representative or exceptional. Mr. Lipset compares early America with today's emerging nations to discover problems common to them as new nations. He then concentrates on American history in later periods, selecting for discussion as critical cases religious institutions and trade unions. Finally he compares political development in several modern industrialized democracies, including the United States.

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Review:

Stimulating insights into historical problems viewed in the context of present-day analogues. - Oscar Handlin, American Historical Review ""One of the few most important books by an American sociologist to appear in a long time.... An impressive and very challenging book."" - Talcott Parsons, Journal of Sociology

About the Author:

Seymour Martin Lipset is the Hazel Professor of Public Policy at George Mason University and a fellow of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.

About this edition

• Publisher: W. W. Norton and Company, Inc.
• Publication date: 1979
• ISBN 10: 0393009114
• ISBN 13: 9780393009118
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 420