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The fierce polarisation of contemporary politics has encouragedAmericans to read back into their nation’s past a perpetual ideologicalstruggle between liberals and conservatives. However, in this timely book,David S. Brown advances an original interpretation that stresses the criticalrole of moderate statesmen, ideas, and alliances in making our politicalsystem work. Beginning with John Adams and including such key figuresas Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., and BillClinton, Brown charts the vital if uneven progress of centrism through thecenturies. Moderate opposition to both New England and southern secessionistsduring the early republic and later resistance to industrial oligarchyand the modern Sunbelt right are part of this persuasion’s far-reaching legacy.Time and again moderates, operating under a broad canopy of coalitions,have come together to reshape the nation’s electoral landscape. Today’s bitter partisanship encourages us to deny that such a moderatetradition is part of our historical development—one dating back to theConstitutional Convention. Brown offers a less polemical and far more compellingassessment of our politics.

About the Author :
David S. Brown is the Raffensperger Professor of History at Elizabethtown College. His published works include Richard Hofstadter: An Intellectual Biography.

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"Moderates has opened a promising line of inquiry . . . [with its] closely narrated case studies."--Chronicle of Higher Education "Moderates is refreshing in that it reminds us that the center is not simply home to opportunists without principles or careerists who blow in the direction of the wind."--Journal of Southern History "Brown pulls together a strong base for America's entire political history, from the nation's founding fathers to modern politics."--American Historical Review "It's hard to imagine a better time for a few kind words on behalf of the moderate worldview--and we are fortunate to have them from [this] immoderately insightful new book"--Daniel Akst, Wall Street Journal "This provocative and obviously timely analysis is an important reminder of the role that reason and compromise have played in bridging the gap between political extremes."--Kirkus Reviews


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781469629230
  • Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
  • Publisher Imprint: The University of North Carolina Press
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 328
  • Sub Title: The Vital Centre of American Politics, from the Founding to Today
  • Width: 152 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1469629232
  • Publisher Date: 16 Jan 2017
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 657 gr


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