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Cultus Americanus: Varieties of the Liberal Tradition in American Political Culture, 1600-1865

(Paperback)


Publishing Details

Full Title:

Cultus Americanus: Varieties of the Liberal Tradition in American Political Culture, 1600-1865

Contributors:

By (Author) Brent Gilchrist

ISBN:

9780739121801

Publisher:

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Imprint:

Lexington Books

Publication Date:

5th March 2007

Country:

United States

Classifications

Readership:

General

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Non Fiction

Other Subjects:

History of the Americas

Dewey:

320.5109730903

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Paperback

Number of Pages:

314

Dimensions:

Width 154mm, Height 233mm, Spine 24mm

Weight:

476g

Description

Cultus Americanus applies a philosophical model of political culture as ideology, religion, and myth to a re-consideration of America's liberal consensus to explain cultural diversity in America. Applying this model to the formative years of American political culture from 1600-1865 demonstrates that American diversity exists within a single, coherent cultural universe, dominated by a liberal ideology that is informed and supported by both a unique American religiosity and a vibrant American mythology. Author Brent Gilchrist engagingly depicts a political culture that is more complex and more cohesive than has been previously maintained that will be of great interest to scholars and students of American politics and history.

Reviews

Is there an American political culture Brent Gilchrist finds an answer yes! in the confluence of ideology, religion and myth. Cultus Americanus is a bold, wise, ambitious, elegant reinterpretation of America itself. -- James A. Morone, author of Hellfire Nation and The Heart of Power
A deft marriage of history and political science, Cultus Americanus is arguably one of the most important post-Hartzian explorations of the American liberal tradition since the late J. David Greenstone's The Lincoln Persuasion (1993). -- Klaus Hansen, Queen's University

Author Bio

Brent Gilchrist is assistant professor at Brigham Young University.

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