The Hidden History of American Democracy
Rediscovering Humanity's Ancient Way of Living (The Thom Hartmann Hidden History Series, Book 9)
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America’s most popular progressive radio host and New York Times best-selling author Thom Hartmann paves the way to saving our democracy.
In this powerful, sweeping history and analysis of American democracy, Thom Hartmann shows how democracy is the one form of governance most likely to produce peace and happiness among people.
With the violent exception of the Civil War, American democracy resisted the pressure to disintegrate into factionalism for nearly two centuries, and now our very system of democratic elections is at stake. So how do we save our democracy?
Hartmann’s newest book in the celebrated Hidden History Series offers a clear call to action and a set of solutions with road maps for individuals and communities to follow to create a safer, more just society and a more equitable and prosperous economy.
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The world is in turmoil. From India to Turkey and from Poland to the United States, authoritarian populists have seized power. As a result democracy itself may now be at risk. Two core components of liberal democracy - individual rights and the popular will - are at war with each other. As the role of money in politics soared and important issues were taken out of public contestation, a system of "rights without democracy" took hold. Populists who rail against this say they want to return power to the people. But in practice they create a system of "democracy without rights."
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Not worth it
- De DailyShopper en 06-07-18
De: Yascha Mounk
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The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History
- De: Thomas E. Woods Jr.
- Narrado por: Barrett Whitener
- Duración: 8 h y 4 m
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Everything, well, almost everything, you know about American history is wrong because most textbooks and popular history books are written by left-wing academic historians who treat their biases as fact. But fear not; Professor Thomas Woods refutes the popular myths in The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History.
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Highly recommended! Not for the faint of heart!
- De RAC en 12-12-05
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The Socialist Temptation
- De: Iain Murray
- Narrado por: James Langton
- Duración: 6 h y 13 m
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Just 30 years ago, socialism seemed utterly discredited. An economic, moral, and political failure, socialism had rightly been thrown on the ash heap of history after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Unfortunately, bad ideas never truly go away — and socialism has come back with a vengeance. A generation of young people who don’t remember the misery that socialism inflicted on Russia and Eastern Europe is embracing it all over again.
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Full Of Important Insights
- De Ralph Alderson en 12-17-20
De: Iain Murray
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James Madison
- America's First Politician
- De: Jay Cost
- Narrado por: Dan Woren
- Duración: 14 h y 43 m
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How do you solve a problem like James Madison? The fourth president is one of the most confounding figures in early American history; his political trajectory seems almost intentionally inconsistent. He was both for and against a strong federal government. He wrote about the dangers of political parties in the Federalist Papers and then helped to found the Republican Party just a few years later. This so-called Madison problem has occupied scholars for ages.
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Good listen
- De James Shannon en 06-27-22
De: Jay Cost
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American Secession
- The Looming Threat of a National Breakup
- De: F. H. Buckley
- Narrado por: John Pruden
- Duración: 4 h y 55 m
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Americans have never been more divided, and we're ripe for a breakup. The bitter partisan animosities, the legislative gridlock, the growing acceptance of violence in the name of political virtue - it all invites us to think that we'd be happier were we two different countries. There's another reason why secession beckons, says F. H. Buckley: we're too big. In population and area, the United States is one of the biggest countries in the world, and American Secession provides data showing that smaller countries are happier and less corrupt.
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GREAT TO MAKE YOU THINK
- De Brian en 03-01-23
De: F. H. Buckley
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How the South Won the Civil War
- Oligarchy, Democracy, and the Continuing Fight for the Soul of America
- De: Heather Cox Richardson
- Narrado por: Heather Cox Richardson
- Duración: 9 h y 9 m
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While the North prevailed in the Civil War, ending slavery and giving the country a "new birth of freedom," Heather Cox Richardson argues in this provocative work that democracy's blood-soaked victory was ephemeral. The system that had sustained the defeated South moved westward and there established a foothold. It was a natural fit. Settlers from the East had for decades been pushing into the West, where the seizure of Mexican lands at the end of the Mexican-American War and treatment of Native Americans cemented racial hierarchies....
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Disappointing book that wasted such potential.
- De Amazon Customer en 08-07-21
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The Glorious Cause: The American Revolution: 1763-1789
- De: Robert Middlekauff
- Narrado por: Robert Fass
- Duración: 26 h y 56 m
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The first book to appear in the illustrious Oxford History of the United States, this critically-acclaimed volume - a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize - offers an unsurpassed history of the Revolutionary War and the birth of the American republic.
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Strong History Rich With Behind The Scenes Details
- De John en 10-06-11
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A New Textbook of Americanism
- De: Jonathan Hoenig - editor
- Narrado por: Jonathan Hoenig
- Duración: 8 h y 7 m
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Most people have no idea what the United States represents. Ayn Rand did grasp America's political essence down to its roots. Seventy-two years in the making, this book illuminates why the United States is "the only moral country in the history of the world" and features never-before-published discussions with Ayn Rand, plus work from Leonard Peikoff and the New Intellectuals.
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A Great Introduction to Objectionism
- De Lester C Liby en 06-27-19
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Our Divided Political Heart
- The Battle for the American Idea in an Age of Discontent
- De: E. J. Dionne
- Narrado por: Michael Kramer
- Duración: 11 h y 4 m
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Our Divided Political Heart will be the must-listen book of the 2012 election campaign. Offering an incisive analysis of how hyper-individualism is poisoning the nation's political atmosphere, E. J. Dionne Jr., argues that Americans can't agree on who we are because we can't agree on who we've been, or what it is, philosophically and spiritually, that makes us Americans.
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Good points and lots of good information
- De Jamie B en 08-15-12
De: E. J. Dionne
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The American Political Tradition
- And the Men Who Made it
- De: Richard Hofstadter, Christopher Lasch - foreword
- Narrado por: Kaleo Griffith
- Duración: 17 h y 23 m
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The American Political Tradition is one of the most influential and widely read historical volumes of our time. First published in 1948, its elegance, passion, and iconoclastic erudition laid the groundwork for a totally new understanding of the American past. By writing a "kind of intellectual history of the assumptions behind American politics", Richard Hofstadter changed the way Americans understand the relationship between power and ideas in their national experience. Hofstadter was able to articulate, in a single work, a historical vision that inspired and shaped an entire generation.
De: Richard Hofstadter, y otros
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Theodore and Woodrow
- How Two American Presidents Destroyed Constitutional Freedom
- De: Andrew Napolitano
- Narrado por: Scott Moore
- Duración: 10 h y 27 m
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A harsh and revealing political exposé of two beloved presidents. Judge Andrew P. Napolitano reveals how Teddy Roosevelt, a bully, and Woodrow Wilson, a constitutional scholar, each pushed aside the Constitution’s restrictions on the federal government and used it as an instrument to redistribute wealth, regulate personal behavior, and enrich the government. Theodore and Woodrow exposes two of our nation’s most beloved presidents and how they helped speed the Progressive cause on its merry way.
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The Case Against Theodore and Woodrow...
- De Joseph D. Klotz en 03-12-13
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The Hidden History of Neoliberalism
- How Reaganism Gutted America and How to Restore Its Greatness
- De: Thom Hartmann
- Narrado por: Sean Pratt
- Duración: 4 h y 28 m
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While America is at a crossroads regarding its economic future, many of us don’t fully understand how we got here. In this powerful and accessible book, Thom Hartmann demystifies neoliberalism and outlines the impact that it has had on America, looking at different sectors, including healthcare, unemployment, and education. Hartmann highlights how America can go one of two ways: continue going down the road to neoliberal oligarchy, as supported by the GOP, or return to FDR’s Keynesian economics, raise taxes on the rich, reverse free trade, and create a more pluralistic society.
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Everyone needs to read this book
- De P. Cohen en 12-31-23
De: Thom Hartmann
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The Hidden History of American Oligarchy
- Reclaiming Our Democracy from the Ruling Class
- De: Thom Hartmann
- Narrado por: Sean Pratt
- Duración: 4 h y 30 m
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Billionaire oligarchs want to own our republic, and they’re nearly there, thanks to legislation and Supreme Court decisions that they have essentially bought. They put Trump and his political allies into office and support a vast network of think tanks, publications, and social media that every day push our nation closer and closer to police-state tyranny.
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Contains much needed for this country
- De Roy Roebuck en 03-14-21
De: Thom Hartmann
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The Hidden History of the Supreme Court and the Betrayal of America
- The Thom Hartmann Hidden History Series
- De: Thom Hartmann
- Narrado por: Sean Pratt
- Duración: 4 h y 15 m
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Taking his typically in-depth, historically informed view, Thom Hartmann asks: What if the Supreme Court didn't have the power to strike down laws? According to the Constitution, it doesn't. From the founding of the republic until 1803, the Supreme Court was the final court of appeals, as it was always meant to be. So where did the concept of judicial review start? As so much of modern American history, it began with the battle between the Federalists and Anti-Federalists, and with Marbury v. Madison.
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A must read to understand why voting is essential.
- De Brandon WIlliams en 10-05-19
De: Thom Hartmann
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ADHD: A Hunter in a Farmer’s World, 3rd Edition
- A Hunter in a Farmer's World
- De: Thom Hartmann, Michael Popkin - foreword
- Narrado por: Robin Douglas
- Duración: 7 h y 51 m
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With 10 percent of the Western world’s children suspected of having Attention Deficit Disorder, or ADHD, and a growing number of adults self-diagnosing after decades of struggle, the question must be raised: How could Nature make such a “mistake”? In this updated edition of his groundbreaking classic, Thom Hartmann explains that people with ADHD are not abnormal, disordered, or dysfunctional, but simply “hunters in a farmer’s world.”
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it was decent
- De Drew en 11-19-20
De: Thom Hartmann, y otros
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Democracy Awakening
- Notes on the State of America
- De: Heather Cox Richardson
- Narrado por: Heather Cox Richardson
- Duración: 8 h y 51 m
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At a time when the very foundations of American democracy seem under threat, the lessons of the past offer a road map for navigating a moment of political crisis. In Democracy Awakening, acclaimed historian Heather Cox Richardson delves into the tumultuous journey of American democracy, tracing the roots of Donald Trump’s “authoritarian experiment” to the earliest days of the republic.
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We’d be in a much better position if everyone read this
- De Jeffrey Schwartz en 10-01-23
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On Tyranny
- Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
- De: Timothy Snyder
- Narrado por: Timothy Snyder
- Duración: 1 h y 47 m
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The Founding Fathers tried to protect us from the threat they knew, the tyranny that overcame ancient democracy. Today, our political order faces new threats, not unlike the totalitarianism of the twentieth century. We are no wiser than the Europeans who saw democracy yield to fascism, Nazism, or communism. Our one advantage is that we might learn from their experience.
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History does not repeat, but it does instruct.
- De Darwin8u en 11-19-18
De: Timothy Snyder
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The Hidden History of Neoliberalism
- How Reaganism Gutted America and How to Restore Its Greatness
- De: Thom Hartmann
- Narrado por: Sean Pratt
- Duración: 4 h y 28 m
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While America is at a crossroads regarding its economic future, many of us don’t fully understand how we got here. In this powerful and accessible book, Thom Hartmann demystifies neoliberalism and outlines the impact that it has had on America, looking at different sectors, including healthcare, unemployment, and education. Hartmann highlights how America can go one of two ways: continue going down the road to neoliberal oligarchy, as supported by the GOP, or return to FDR’s Keynesian economics, raise taxes on the rich, reverse free trade, and create a more pluralistic society.
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Everyone needs to read this book
- De P. Cohen en 12-31-23
De: Thom Hartmann
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The Hidden History of American Oligarchy
- Reclaiming Our Democracy from the Ruling Class
- De: Thom Hartmann
- Narrado por: Sean Pratt
- Duración: 4 h y 30 m
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Billionaire oligarchs want to own our republic, and they’re nearly there, thanks to legislation and Supreme Court decisions that they have essentially bought. They put Trump and his political allies into office and support a vast network of think tanks, publications, and social media that every day push our nation closer and closer to police-state tyranny.
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Contains much needed for this country
- De Roy Roebuck en 03-14-21
De: Thom Hartmann
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The Hidden History of the Supreme Court and the Betrayal of America
- The Thom Hartmann Hidden History Series
- De: Thom Hartmann
- Narrado por: Sean Pratt
- Duración: 4 h y 15 m
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Taking his typically in-depth, historically informed view, Thom Hartmann asks: What if the Supreme Court didn't have the power to strike down laws? According to the Constitution, it doesn't. From the founding of the republic until 1803, the Supreme Court was the final court of appeals, as it was always meant to be. So where did the concept of judicial review start? As so much of modern American history, it began with the battle between the Federalists and Anti-Federalists, and with Marbury v. Madison.
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A must read to understand why voting is essential.
- De Brandon WIlliams en 10-05-19
De: Thom Hartmann
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ADHD: A Hunter in a Farmer’s World, 3rd Edition
- A Hunter in a Farmer's World
- De: Thom Hartmann, Michael Popkin - foreword
- Narrado por: Robin Douglas
- Duración: 7 h y 51 m
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With 10 percent of the Western world’s children suspected of having Attention Deficit Disorder, or ADHD, and a growing number of adults self-diagnosing after decades of struggle, the question must be raised: How could Nature make such a “mistake”? In this updated edition of his groundbreaking classic, Thom Hartmann explains that people with ADHD are not abnormal, disordered, or dysfunctional, but simply “hunters in a farmer’s world.”
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it was decent
- De Drew en 11-19-20
De: Thom Hartmann, y otros
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Democracy Awakening
- Notes on the State of America
- De: Heather Cox Richardson
- Narrado por: Heather Cox Richardson
- Duración: 8 h y 51 m
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At a time when the very foundations of American democracy seem under threat, the lessons of the past offer a road map for navigating a moment of political crisis. In Democracy Awakening, acclaimed historian Heather Cox Richardson delves into the tumultuous journey of American democracy, tracing the roots of Donald Trump’s “authoritarian experiment” to the earliest days of the republic.
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We’d be in a much better position if everyone read this
- De Jeffrey Schwartz en 10-01-23
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On Tyranny
- Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
- De: Timothy Snyder
- Narrado por: Timothy Snyder
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The Founding Fathers tried to protect us from the threat they knew, the tyranny that overcame ancient democracy. Today, our political order faces new threats, not unlike the totalitarianism of the twentieth century. We are no wiser than the Europeans who saw democracy yield to fascism, Nazism, or communism. Our one advantage is that we might learn from their experience.
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History does not repeat, but it does instruct.
- De Darwin8u en 11-19-18
De: Timothy Snyder
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- Steven Lewis Robertson
- 07-05-23
This book should be in the Library of Congress
Straightforward read. It makes history more of a storytelling reading experience. If history books were written this way when I was young I might have learned more.
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- Audree Hall
- 01-24-24
understanding democracy
a well-researched history on democracies ours, and others. further, an explanation of our history that is often not told.
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I liked the concentration on one aspect of our political culture and the history of our democratic evolution.
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- John
- 08-26-24
Civics 101
Harttman has written the civics class on US democracy that we should have gotten in high school but didn't perhaps due in part to the vested interests of the oligarchy.
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