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John Adams and the Fear of American Oligarchy
Luke Mayville
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Description for John Adams and the Fear of American Oligarchy
Hardback. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 149 x 224 x 24. Weight in Grams: 426.
Long before the one percent became a protest slogan, American founding father John Adams feared the power of a class he called simply the few --the wellborn, the beautiful, and especially the rich. In John Adams and the Fear of American Oligarchy, Luke Mayville presents the first extended exploration of Adams's preoccupation with a problem that has a renewed urgency today: the way in which inequality threatens to corrode democracy and empower a small elite. By revisiting Adams's political writings, Mayville draws out the statesman's fears about the danger of oligarchy in America and his unique understanding ... Read more
Long before the one percent became a protest slogan, American founding father John Adams feared the power of a class he called simply the few --the wellborn, the beautiful, and especially the rich. In John Adams and the Fear of American Oligarchy, Luke Mayville presents the first extended exploration of Adams's preoccupation with a problem that has a renewed urgency today: the way in which inequality threatens to corrode democracy and empower a small elite. By revisiting Adams's political writings, Mayville draws out the statesman's fears about the danger of oligarchy in America and his unique understanding ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
426g
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691171531
SKU
V9780691171531
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About Luke Mayville
Luke Mayville is a postdoctoral fellow at the Center for American Studies at Columbia University. He is a contributor to Commonweal.
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A needed examination of Adams's political thought on wealth-based aristocracy or oligarchy.
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