Conservatism: Dream and Reality
- ISBN-10
- 0816615241
- ISBN-13
- 9780816615247
- Series
- Conservatism
- Category
- Conservatism
- Pages
- 118
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1986
- Publisher
- Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press ; Markham, [Ont.] : Fitzhenry & Whiteside
- Author
- Robert A. Nisbet
Description
Considered the dean of American conservatism, Nisbet (emeritus, Columbia U.; American Enterprise Institute) revises his view of classical liberalism vis a vis social pluralism set forth in the seminal The Quest for Community (1953) in discussing the sources, dogmatics, consequences, and prospects of the conservative movement. Originally published by the U. of Minnesota Press. c. Book News Inc.
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