Review
The present expansiveness and flexibility of political history are well represented in this collection of essays. The [book] should be quite useful in graduate seminars both general and topical. -- Ronald P. Formisano, Journal of American History
Review
On rare occasions, an anthology comes along that reshapes scholarship in an entire field.
The Democratic Experiment shows how to join culture and class, elections and the growth of the state, taxes and political theory into a fresh, unromantic understanding of power in the public sphere. With this splendid volume, a new political history has finally come of age.
(
Michael Kazin, author of "The Populist Persuasion: An American History" )
--This text refers to the
Hardcover
edition.