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The ultimate guide to the thinkers and ideas that have shaped the United States, featuring essential primary sources introduced by leading scholarsThe Princeton History of American Political Thought showcases the defining voices and debates in U.S. political history, spanning from the 1600s to the present. Each set of primary sources is accompanied by a short, accessible essay by a leading scholar, situating the writings in a broader American conversation about what the nation is, has been, and could be. Without shying away from the disagreements that have shaped the nation, the book shows how these controversies have played out within a broadly consistent set of questions, commitments, and concerns. The result captures the diversity, depth, and power of the American political tradition.An essential reference, The Princeton History of American Political Thought is not just for scholars and students but for anyone who seeks to understand the United States: its past, its present, and its future possibilities.Features short primary sources that range from the 1600s to the presentIncludes accessible introductions and essays about each set of sources, written by leading expertsShowcases the wide variety of perspectives that characterize the American political tradition
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Americans love road trips. They love to go on road trips. They love to read about road trips. They love to watch road trip stories unfold on television and film. Road trip stories are a consistent feature of the American landscape, a central part of American mythology, and an important piece of the American dream.In The American Road Trip and American Political Thought, Susan McWilliams argues that the American fascination with road trip stories is about more than mere escapism or wanderlust. She shows, in walking through stories like On the Road and The Grapes of Wrath, that American road trip stories are a key expression of American political thought. They are not just stories of personal journeys. They are stories of the American nation.McWilliams Barndt shows how Americans have long used road trip stories to raise and explore central questions about American politics in theory and practice. They talk about freedom and equality and diversity and take those vaunted American ideals for a test drive. American road trip stories are where the rubber meets the road in American political thought.The American Road Trip and American Political Thought includes explorations of a wide variety of American authors, from Walt Whitman and Henry David Thoreau to Erika Lopez and Cheryl Strayed, from Mark Twain and John Steinbeck to Solomon Northup and Hunter S. Thompson. It covers topics including gender, labor, place, race, and technology in American political life.This is a book that will change the way you think about the great American road trip and the great American story.