Arthur Meier Schlesinger Livres

An explanation of how the nation's past shapes its present and fortells its future.

Focusing on the transformation of America from a rural to an urban society, the book chronicles the pivotal shift towards urban industrialization, emphasizing the role of cities in shaping the nation's narrative. Schlesinger's influential work, first published in 1933, challenges traditional historical perspectives, particularly those of Frederick Jackson Turner. This edition features a new introduction by Andrea Tuttle Kornbluh, contextualizing Schlesinger's contributions within the evolution of American urban studies.

Portraying the United States from the Great War to the Great Depression, The Crisis of the Old Order covers the Jazz Age and the rise and fall of the cult of business. For a season, prosperity seemed permanent, but the illusion came to an end when Wall Street crashed in October 1929. Public trust in the wisdom of business leadership crashed too. With a dramatist's eye for vivid detail and a scholar's respect for accuracy, Schlesinger brings to life the era that gave rise to FDR and his New Deal and changed the public face of the United States forever.

Focusing on the political landscape of 1960s America, this collection features two significant works by historian Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. In "The Politics of Hope," Schlesinger articulates the liberal ideals of the Kennedy administration through engaging essays that explore the contrasts between liberalism and conservatism, the nature of historical writing, and insights into Communist regimes. He underscores the importance of prioritizing goals over rigid doctrines, advocating for a forward-looking approach rooted in historical lessons.

These accounts of the daily lives of Kansas pioneer women are selected from 800 memoirs collected by the author's great-grandmother

"The outgrowth of a series of lectures entitled 'A reinterpretation of Jacksonian democracy' delivered at the Lowell Institute in Boston in the fall of 1941."--Acknowledgements.

"Historical reflections that deftly challenge the political and ideological foundations of President Bush's foreign policy."--Charles A. Kupchan, New York Times In a book that brings a magisterial command of history to the most urgent of contemporary questions, two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., explores the war in Iraq, the presidency, and the future of democracy. Describing unilateralism as "the oldest doctrine in American history," Schlesinger nevertheless warns of the dangers posed by the fatal turn in U.S. policy from deterrence and containment to preventive war. He writes powerfully about George W. Bush's expansion of presidential power, reminding us nevertheless of our country's distinguished legacy of patriotism through dissent in wartime. And in a new chapter written especially for the paperback edition, he examines the historical role of religion in American politics as a background for an assessment of Bush's faith-based presidency.

Published in 1880, "Democracy" is a classic American political novel centered on Madeleine Lee, a young widow in Washington, D.C., seeking to grasp the nature of power. As she encounters Silas Ratcliffe, a powerful senator, she witnesses the corrupting effects of power firsthand.

Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., chronicles the short life of the Kennedy family's second presidential hopeful in "a story that leaves the reader aching for what cannot be recaptured" (Miami Herald). Schlesinger's account vividly recalls the forces that shaped Robert Kennedy, from his position as the third son of a powerful Irish Catholic political clan to his concern for issues of social justice in the turbulent 1960s. ROBERT KENNEDY AND HIS TIMES is "a picture of a deeply compassionate man hiding his vulnerability, drawn to the underdogs and the unfortunates in society by his life experiences and sufferings" (Los Angeles Times).