Item details: The problem of democracy : the Presidents Adams confront the cult of personality - 48231835

The problem of democracy : the Presidents Adams confront the cult of personality

text The problem of democracy : the Presidents Adams confront the cult of personality

Isenberg, Nancy

Summary: "John and John Quincy Adams: rogue intellectuals, unsparing truth tellers, too uncensored for their own political good. They held that political participation demanded moral courage. They did not seek popularity (and it showed). They lamented the ... Read more

Contents: Part I: Progenitor. Exemplars ; Wanderers ; Envoys ; Exiles ; Instigators ; Extorters ; Intellects -- Part II: Inheritor. Second president ; Party irregulars ; Shape-shifters ; Distant companions ; Sixth president ; Surviving son ; Standard-bearer.

Format: text

Description: xxix, 543 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Publisher: Viking 2019

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Woodmere (Main Branch)	920 ISE in Adult Non-fiction	Available

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bibliography biography Biography. History.

Adams, John 1735-1826 Political and social views Adams, John Quincy 1767-1848 Political and social views Adams, John 1735-1826 Adams, John Quincy 1767-1848 Presidents United States Biography United States Politics and government 1783-1865 United States Politics and government Philosophy Democracy United States History Democracy Political and social views Politics and government Presidents United States

Isenberg, Nancy Burstein, Andrew Adams, John Adams, John Quincy Adams, John Adams, John Quincy

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