The Cultural Pattern in American Politics: The First Century {FIRST EDITION}

Kelley, Robert Lloyd

ISBN 10: 0394502795 / ISBN 13: 9780394502793

Published by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1979

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"This brilliant, penetrating, and fresh examination of American political history reveals the many cultural forces that have helped shape our political traditions. Moving beyond recent economic and ideological approaches, Robert Kelley has employed concepts current to the social sciences to find, in the nexus of Old World heritages brought over by different religious and ethnic groups." This book has 368 pages. Several pages have neat ink underlining/notations, in NO way effecting the readability of the text. Seller Inventory # 038756

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Title: The Cultural Pattern in American Politics: ...

Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc, New York, New York, U.S.A.

Publication Date: 1979

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Edition: First Edition {First Printing}

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Originally published in 1979 by Alfred A. Knopf.

Review:

...a major interpretive statement that all scholars and teachers will have to consider carefully. -- Keith Ian Polakoff, THE HISTORY TEACHER With this book, ethnocultural history has come of age. -- Murray Friedman, COMMENTARY ...enriches our understanding of American political life. -- Linda Kerber, THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION Robert Kelley has audaciously undertaken to synthesize recent scholarship emphasizing ethnocultural determinants of voting behavior with the older scholarship emphasizing economic issues. It is an impressive effort, enriched by the transatlantic comparative perspective...He has digested practically everything useful in the enormous literature. -- Charles Sellers, THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL REVIEW Robert Kelley has audaciously undertaken to synthesize recent scholarship emphasizing ethnocultural determinants of voting behavior with the older scholarship emphasizing economic issues. It is an impressive effort, enriched by the transatlantic comparative perspective...He has digested practically everything useful in the enormous literature. -- Charles Sellers, THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL REVIEW ...a major interpretive statement that all scholars and teachers will have to consider carefully. -- Keith Ian Polakoff, THE HISTORY TEACHER With this book, ethnocultural history has come of age. -- Murray Friedman, COMMENTARY ...enriches our understanding of American political life. -- Linda Kerber, THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION