Rage and the republic : the unfinished story of the American revolution / Jonathan Turley.
| Author/creator | Turley, Jonathan, 1961- author. |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. |
| Publication | New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2026. |
| Copyright Date | ©2026 |
| Description | xxxii, 415 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | The true pain: from ruin to revolution -- The true Paine: the "happy something" of America -- The birth of a new age: the Enlightenment and the cause of "independency" -- Of democracy and demagogues: ancient Athens and the rise of the demos -- Philadelphia: the American Revolution and "the inclemencies of the season" -- Paris: the French Revolution and the razor of the republic -- Paine's bridge: revolution and governance in an age of rage -- The American Jacobin: the return of the bourgeois revolutionary -- Why big, fierce rights are rare: the importance of "rights talk" in confusing times -- Adam Smith and the liberty-enhancing economy -- Living freely in the Twenty-first century. |
| Abstract | "This is a book about revolutions. Most countries are the progeny of revolution. At the birth of this nation, the Founding Fathers faced the quintessential question of self-governance: how do you keep democracy from devolving into violent anarchy or brutal despotism? Drawing on little-known facts from the founding, Jonathan Turley reveals how the United States escaped the cycles of violence and instability that plagued other democratic movements, from ancient Athens to 19th-century France" -- Amazon.com |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Genre/form | History |
| Genre/form | Informational works |
| Genre/form | Informational works. |
| Genre/form | History. |
| Genre/form | Documents d'information. |
| ISBN | 9781668205020 hardback |
| ISBN | 1668205025 hardback |
| ISBN | ebook |
| Standard identifier# | CIPO000321743 |