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" Classical antiquity and the politics of America : "
edited by Michael Meckler
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BL
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593941
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b423160
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| Title & Author
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Classical antiquity and the politics of America : : from George Washington to George W. Bush /\ edited by Michael Meckler
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| Publication Statement
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Waco, Tex. :: Baylor University Press,, c2006
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x, 231 p. ;; 23 cm
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1932792325
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: 9781932792324
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-218) and index
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| Contents
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Classical education in colonial America / William J. Ziobro -- Classical antiquity and early conceptions of the United States Senate / Carl J. Richard -- Classical oratory and fears of demagoguery in the Antebellum Era / Caroline Winterer -- William Sanders Scarborough and the politics of classical education for African Americans / Michele Valerie Ronnick -- The rise of populism, the decline of classical education, and the Seventeenth Amendment / Michael Meckler -- William Linn Westermann at the Paris Peace Conference of 1919 / John Milton Cooper, Jr. -- The world of Moses Finkelstein : the year 1939 in M.I. Finley's development as a historian / Daniel P. Tompkins -- Thucydides and the Cold War / Lawrence A. Tritle -- Senator Robert C. Byrd and the wisdom of the ancients / Robert F. Maddox -- Platonism in high places : Leo Strauss, George W. Bush, and the response to 9/11 / Neil G. Robertson
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Civilization, Classical-- Influence
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United States, Politics and government
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United States, Civilization, Classical influences
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| Dewey Classification
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320.973
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JK31.C53 2006
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Meckler, Michael
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