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OUR DIVIDED POLITICAL HEART BY EJ DIONNE, 2012

CONTENTS

    • INTRODUCTION
      Who We Are
      Liberty, Community, and the American Character

  1. PART ONE
    Why Are We Yelling at Each Other?

    • CHAPTER I
      Two Cups of Tea
      The Tea Party in History and on History 29

    • CHAPTER II
      The Politics of History
      Why the Past Can Never Escape the Present 53

    • CHAPTER III
      Lessons from the Humble Penny
      The Striver, the Seeker, the Puritan, and the Patriot 69

    • CHAPTER IV
      Reinventing American Liberalism
      Why the Left Embraced Community 83

    • CHAPTER V
      From Tradition to Revolt
      How Conservatives Left Community Behind 101

  2. PART TWO
    What History Teaches Us

    • CHAPTER VI
      One Nation, Conceived in Argument
      The Revolution, the Constitution, and the Origins of the American Debate 127

    • CHAPTER VII
      The American System
      How Strong Government, Strong Individuals, and Strong Communities Have Supported Each Other 155

    • CHAPTER VIII
      What's the Matter with Populism?
      Why Everybody Loves It, Except When They Don't 189

    • CHAPTER IX
      The Long Consensus and Its Achievements
      The Quest for Balance from the Progressive Era to the Reagan Era 213

  3. PART THREE
    Recovering Our Balance, Restoring Our Greatness

    • CHAPTER X
      The New American System
      Building a Community of Freedom 245

    • A Personal Note 269

    • Notes 279

    • Index 315