{"title":"John Patrick Diggins","description":"John Patrick Diggins is Distinguished Professor of History at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. His previous books include Mussolini and Fascism: The View from America, The American Left in the Twentieth Century, Up from Communism: Conservative Odysseys in American Intellectual History,  and The Liberal Persuasion: Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., and the Challenge of the American Past (Princeton).","products":[{"product_id":"thorstein-veblen-theorist-of-the-leisure-class-paperback","title":"Thorstein Veblen: Theorist of the Leisure Class - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFired by Stanford and the University of Chicago but recommended by his peers to the presidency of the American Economic Association, Thorstein Veblen remains a baffling figure in American intellectual history. In part because he was an eccentric who shunned publicity, he has also been one of our most neglected. Veblen is known to the general public only as coiner of the term \"conspicuous consumption,\" and to scholars primarily as one of many social critics of the reform-minded Progressive Era. This important critical biography--originally published as \u003ci\u003eThe Bard of Savagery\u003c\/i\u003e and now appearing in paperback for the first time--attempts both to unravel the riddles that surround his reputation and to assess his varied and important contributions to modern social theory.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A most important, incisive, and readable study of Thorstein Veblen.\"\u003cb\u003e--John Kenneth Galbraith\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67927005692127,"sku":"9780691006543","price":112.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/VPihBDcFla9780691006543.webp?v=1791247916"},{"product_id":"john-adams-the-american-presidents-series-the-2nd-president-1797-1801-hardcover","title":"John Adams: The American Presidents Series: The 2nd President, 1797-1801 - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA revealing look at the true beginning of American politics\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUntil recently rescued by David McCullough, John Adams has always been overshadowed by Washington and Jefferson. Volatile, impulsive, irritable, and self-pitying, Adams seemed temperamentally unsuited for the presidency. Yet in many ways he was the perfect successor to Washington in terms of ability, experience, and popularity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePossessed of a far-ranging intelligence, Adams took office amid the birth of the government and multiple crises. As well as maintaining neutrality and regaining peace, his administration created the Department of the Navy, put the army on a surer footing, and left a solvent treasury. One of his shrewdest acts was surely the appointment of moderate Federalist John Marshall as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThough he was a Federalist, Adams sought to work outside the still-forming party system. In the end, this would be his greatest failing and most useful lesson to later leaders. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Diggins's slim volume offers a reconsideration of Adams, a thoughtful study of American politics of the period and Adams's legacy for today. \" - \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67928856658143,"sku":"9780805069372","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/Nql0Ki56Ki9780805069372.webp?v=1791269462"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/john-patrick-diggins.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}