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:His ''The American Political Tradition and Men Who Made It'' was one of the books I used for the Calhoun research paper. :-) [[User:Yi Zhe Wu|Yi Zhe Wu]] 18:54, 8 June 2007 (CDT)
:His ''The American Political Tradition and Men Who Made It'' was one of the books I used for the Calhoun research paper. :-) [[User:Yi Zhe Wu|Yi Zhe Wu]] 18:54, 8 June 2007 (CDT)
::I used to assign that book in political history courses. it isso insightful and well-written that it works very well. I met Hofstadter just before he died in 1970. On the other hand I don't much like his other books.  [[User:Richard Jensen|Richard Jensen]] 20:26, 8 June 2007 (CDT)
::I used to assign that book in political history courses. it isso insightful and well-written that it works very well. I met Hofstadter just before he died in 1970. On the other hand I don't much like his other books.  [[User:Richard Jensen|Richard Jensen]] 20:26, 8 June 2007 (CDT)
:::Thanks, that's cool. But I saw American Heritage said "Age of Reform" was his best book that won him the prize. Is that a good book? [[User:Yi Zhe Wu|Yi Zhe Wu]] 20:32, 8 June 2007 (CDT)

Revision as of 20:32, 8 June 2007

Much of the text and all of the bibliography is by RJensen/Richard Jensen. Richard Jensen 18:34, 8 June 2007 (CDT)

His The American Political Tradition and Men Who Made It was one of the books I used for the Calhoun research paper. :-) Yi Zhe Wu 18:54, 8 June 2007 (CDT)
I used to assign that book in political history courses. it isso insightful and well-written that it works very well. I met Hofstadter just before he died in 1970. On the other hand I don't much like his other books. Richard Jensen 20:26, 8 June 2007 (CDT)
Thanks, that's cool. But I saw American Heritage said "Age of Reform" was his best book that won him the prize. Is that a good book? Yi Zhe Wu 20:32, 8 June 2007 (CDT)