TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lukacs,John
AU  - Lukacs,John
TI  - A new republic: a history of the United States in the twentieth century 
SN  - 0300104294
AV  - E169.1 .L85 2004
PY  - 2004///
CY  - New Haven
PB  - Yale University Press, 
KW  - United States
KW  - Civilization
KW  - 20th century
KW  - 1865-1918
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 1865-1900
N1  - 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
N2  -  "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
ER  -