Political moderation in America's first two centuries
By: Robert M. Calhoon.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 291
ISBN-13: 9780521515542; 9780521734165
Subjects: Moderation -- Political aspects -- United States -- History; Political culture -- United States -- History; Political leadership -- United States -- History; Religion and politics -- United States -- History; Moderation -- Political aspects -- History; United States -- Politics and government -- To 1775; United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1865; United States -- Politics and government -- 1865-1900; United States -- Politics and government -- Philosophy
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue: Sparta, 432 BC; title: Political moderation : an introduction; title: Augustan moderates : "The precariousness of genuine civilization"; title: Revolutionary moderates and the development of political character; title: Ordered liberty in the Southern backcountry and the Middle West; title: Moderating moderation : denominational and primitive Christianity; title: Epilogue: Liberal moderation in post-Civil War America.