Edmund Burke in America : The Contested Career of the Father of Modern Conservatism.

Edmund Burke in America -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: In Search of Icons -- 1. Burke in Brief: A "Philosophical" Primer -- Part I: Early America -- 2. Old Seeds, New Soil: The Land of Paine -- 3. Federalist Persuasions: John and J.Q. Adams -- 4. Democratic America: The Ethos of Liberalism -- 5. American Whigs: A Conservative Response -- Part II: Transition to Modern America -- 6. The Gilded Age: Eclectic Interpretations -- 7. Theodore Roosevelt: Blazing Forward, Looking Backward -- 8. Woodrow Wilson: Confronting American Maturity -- Part III: Postwar America -- 9. Modern Times: Conjunctions and Consensus -- 10. Natural Law: A Neo-traditionalist Revival -- 11. The Cold War: Existential Threat Redux -- 12. Contemporary Conservatives: Victories and Illusions -- Conclusion: A World without Fathers -- Abbreviations Used in the Notes -- Notes -- Index.

Drew Maciag traces Burke's reception and reputation in the United States, from the contest of ideas between Burke and Thomas Paine in the Revolutionary period, to the Progressive Era to his apotheosis within the modern conservative movement.

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