Views American democracy, revolution, and capitalism in the light of Western history.

This “brilliantly written” look at the original meaning of the liberal philosophy has become a classic of political science (American Historical Review). Wi

First Published in 1999. This volume explores the full range and depth of the liberal tradition in America and how it has been perceived by political theorists

Rossinow revisits the period between the 1880s and the 1940s, when reformers and radicals worked together along a middle path between the revolutionary left and