History of Conservative Thought in America?
I could use some help.
I would like to do a long unit on American political development in the 20th Century. As a model for what I am looking for, think Richard Rorty's "Achieving our Country." He offers a narrative, analysis, and prognosis of liberal/left thought from roughly the New Deal to the late 1990's. Does anyone know of a similar sort of work -- or, say, an essay or chapter of a book - that would do something similar but from a conservative perspective? I have looked at D'Souza's "Letters to a Young Conservative," but it isn't the quality of Rorty's work (and it offers an inordinate amount of time to various "stunts" he and his friends pulled at Dartmouth). -- Any suggestions are welcome.
I would like to do a long unit on American political development in the 20th Century. As a model for what I am looking for, think Richard Rorty's "Achieving our Country." He offers a narrative, analysis, and prognosis of liberal/left thought from roughly the New Deal to the late 1990's. Does anyone know of a similar sort of work -- or, say, an essay or chapter of a book - that would do something similar but from a conservative perspective? I have looked at D'Souza's "Letters to a Young Conservative," but it isn't the quality of Rorty's work (and it offers an inordinate amount of time to various "stunts" he and his friends pulled at Dartmouth). -- Any suggestions are welcome.