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Congress and the American tradition / James Burnham ; with a new introduction by Michael Henry.
- Title
- Congress and the American tradition / James Burnham ; with a new introduction by Michael Henry.
- Author
- Burnham, James, 1905-1987.
- Publication
- New Brunswick, U.S.A. : Transaction Publishers, c2003.
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Details
- Description
- xxviii, 363 p.; 23 cm.
- Series Statement
- Library of conservative thought
- Uniform Title
- Library of conservative thought.
- Subjects
- Note
- Originally published: Chicago : H. Regnery Co., 1959.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- The miracle of government -- Ideology and tradition -- The paradox of sovereignty -- The diffusion of power -- Power and limits -- Public and private -- The place of Congress -- The traditional balance -- The fall of Congress -- The law-making power -- The rise of the fourth branch -- The purse -- And the sword -- The problem of treaties -- The escape of the treaty power -- The investigatory power -- The attack on investigations -- Theoretical gravediggers -- The case against Congress -- The reform of Congress -- Democracy and liberty -- The logic of democratism -- Conditions of liberty -- What is a majority? -- Leader of the masses, assembly of the people -- Can Congress survive?
- ISBN
- 0765809974 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- ^^2002029103
- OCLC
- 50292481
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library