The City and Sex: Private Vice and Public Scandal in the American Republic

The City and Sex: Private Vice and Public Scandal in the American Republic
ISBN-10
149851829X
ISBN-13
9781498518291
Category
Political Science
Pages
188
Language
English
Published
2015-10-08
Publisher
Lexington Books
Author
Mary Beth McConahey

Description

This book examines American political sex scandals at the national level. Studying these events over time reveals the republic’s deteriorating moral health. The book shows how having freedom from virtue has produced an American citizenry increasingly prone to the kind of dependence and enslavement once described by Alexis de Tocqueville.

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