A panoramic history of American individualism from its nineteenth-century origins to today’s divided public square Individualism is a defining feature of American public life. Its influence is pervasive today, with liberals and conservatives alike promising to expand personal freedom and defend individual rights against unwanted intrusion, be it from big government, big corpora...(展开全部)

小阿瑟·M.施莱辛格（Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.，1917—2007） 小阿瑟·M.施莱辛格是美国最具声望和富有争议的重量级历史学家、政治评论家，同时也是专栏作家、影评人、《财富》杂志和《生活》杂志的自由撰稿人，曾任哈佛大学历史系教授和肯尼迪总统的特别助理。一生中获得过两次普利策奖、两次美国国家图书奖和一次美国历史学最高奖项班克罗夫特奖。他于1965年被选为《时代》周刊封面人物，1998年被授予美国国家人文奖章。

What holds America together? In this classic work, Russell Kirk describes the beliefs and institutions that have nurtured the American soul and commonwealth. Beginning with the Hebrew prophets, Kirk examines in dramatic fashion the sources of American order. His analytical narrative might be called "a tale of five cities": Jerusalem, Athens, Rome, London, and Philadelphia. For ...(展开全部)

What holds America together? In this classic work, Russell Kirk describes the beliefs and institutions that have nurtured the American soul and commonwealth. Beginning with the Hebrew prophets, Kirk examines in dramatic fashion the sources of American order. His analytical narrative might be called "a tale of five cities": Jerusalem, Athens, Rome, London, and Philadelphia. For ...(展开全部)

拉塞尔·柯克（1918-1994），美国著名政治理论家、道德家、历史学家、社会评论家和文学评论家。 二战期间，曾在美军服役，并与自由主义作家伊莎贝尔·帕特森（Isabel Paterson）建立了联系，后者在他早期政治思想的形成中发挥了重要作用。战后，进入苏格兰圣安德鲁斯大学学习，并于1953年成为当年一位获得文学博士学位的美国人。 柯克以其保守主义思想而闻名美国，其思想甚至影响了尼克松、里根等美国总统的施政方向。1989年，柯克被里根总统授予“总统公民奖章”（仅次于“总统自由勋章”的平民奖）。

作者简介： 苏珊•雅各比，独立学者、著名演说家、拥有12本著作的畅销书作家，《纽约时报》《洛杉矶时报》《美国瞭望》《琼斯母亲》等专栏作者。以《华盛顿邮报》记者开始职业生涯。她年轻时还在苏联待过两年。2010年，获宗教基金名誉理事会杰出成就奖、理查德•道金斯奖。 著有《反智时代：谎言中的美国文化》《自由思想者：一部美国世俗主义史》《陌生的神》《永不言死》《伟大的不可知论者：罗伯特•英格索尔与美国自由思想》《阿尔杰•希斯与历史之战》等。

This "bold...extraordinary...blockbuster..." (Newsweek magazine) begins with a birth in an African village in 1750, and ends two centuries later at a funeral in Arkansas. And in that time span, an unforgettable cast of men, women, and children come to life, many of them based on the people from Alex Haley's own family tree. When Alex Haley was a boy growing up in Tennessee, his...(展开全部)

First published in 1985, "Habits of the Heart" continues to be one of the most discussed interpretations of modern American society, a quest for a democratic community that draws on our diverse civic and religious traditions. In a new preface the authors relate the arguments of the book both to the current realities of American society and to the growing debate about the countr...(展开全部)

Meanwhile, the authors' antidote to the American sickness--a quest for democratic community that draws on our diverse civic and religious traditions--has contributed to a vigorous scholarly and popular debate. Attention has been focused on forms of social organization, be it civil society, democratic communitarianism, or associative democracy, that can humanize the market and t...(展开全部)

Meanwhile, the authors' antidote to the American sickness--a quest for democratic community that draws on our diverse civic and religious traditions--has contributed to a vigorous scholarly and popular debate. Attention has been focused on forms of social organization, be it civil society, democratic communitarianism, or associative democracy, that can humanize the market and t...(展开全部)