A new republic : a history of the United States in the twentieth century / John Lukacs.

By: Lukacs, John, 1924- [author.]Contributor(s): Lukacs, John, 1924-. Outgrowing democracyMaterial type: TextTextLanguage: English New Haven : Yale University Press, 2004 ©2004Description: x, 457 pages ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0300104294 (paperback)Subject(s): United States -- Civilization -- 20th century | United States -- Civilization -- 1865-1918 | United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century | United States -- Politics and government -- 1865-1900LOC classification: E169.1 .L85 2004
Contents:
pt. 1. A history of American democracy. -- The second century -- Tocqueville reversed -- pt. 2. A historical interpretation. -- The automobile century: the material development of American life -- The leap across the sea: the development of an American nation -- The bourgeois interlude: the half-century when American civilization was urban and urbane -- The two empires: the passing of the Anglo-American age in the history of the world -- The elective monarchy: the degeneration of popular democracy to a publicity contest -- Mutations of minds and morals: the transformations of American thinking -- Inheritances and prospects: the passage from a democratic order to a bureaucratic state -- pt. 3. Dictatress of the world? -- The third century: dictatress of the world
Review: "In A New Republic, one of America's most respected historians offers a major statement on the nature of our political system and a critical look at the underpinnings of our society. American democracy, says John Lukacs, has been transformed from an exercise in individual freedom and opportunity to a bureaucratic system created by and for the dominance of special groups. His book, first published in 1984 as Outgrowing Democracy, is now reissued with a new introduction, in which Lukacs explains his methodology, and a new final chapter, which sums up Lukacs's thoughts on American democracy today."--Page 4 of cover
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Originally published under the title: Outgrowing democracy. Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, 1984. Now with a new introduction.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 437-440) and index.

pt. 1. A history of American democracy. -- The second century -- Tocqueville reversed -- pt. 2. A historical interpretation. -- The automobile century: the material development of American life -- The leap across the sea: the development of an American nation -- The bourgeois interlude: the half-century when American civilization was urban and urbane -- The two empires: the passing of the Anglo-American age in the history of the world -- The elective monarchy: the degeneration of popular democracy to a publicity contest -- Mutations of minds and morals: the transformations of American thinking -- Inheritances and prospects: the passage from a democratic order to a bureaucratic state -- pt. 3. Dictatress of the world? -- The third century: dictatress of the world

"In A New Republic, one of America's most respected historians offers a major statement on the nature of our political system and a critical look at the underpinnings of our society. American democracy, says John Lukacs, has been transformed from an exercise in individual freedom and opportunity to a bureaucratic system created by and for the dominance of special groups. His book, first published in 1984 as Outgrowing Democracy, is now reissued with a new introduction, in which Lukacs explains his methodology, and a new final chapter, which sums up Lukacs's thoughts on American democracy today."--Page 4 of cover