Richard Hofstadter: An Intellectual Biography

by David S. Brown

Book Overview

Richard Hofstadter (1916-70) was America's most distinguished historian of the twentieth century. The author of several groundbreaking books, including The American Political Tradition, he was a vigorous champion of the liberal politics that emerged from the New Deal. During his nearly thirty-year career, Hofstadter fought public campaigns against liberalism's most dynamic opponents, from McCarthy in the 1950s to Barry Goldwater and the Sun...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226076415
• ISBN13: 9780226076416
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 8.9"