Conservatives: Ideas and Personalities Throughout American History

by Patrick N. Allitt

Book Overview

An even-handed, comprehensive assessment of conservative thought in America, from the Constitutional Convention to the present

This lively book traces the development of American conservatism from Alexander Hamilton, John Adams, and Daniel Webster, through Abraham Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, and Herbert Hoover, to William F. Buckley, Jr., Ronald Reagan, and William Kristol. Conservatism has assumed a variety of forms, historian Patrick...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300164181
• ISBN13: 9780300164183
• Release Date: February 2010
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.2"