Reviews for Allegories of America

The average rating for Allegories of America based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2008-02-21 00:00:00 Joe Snowaen 2021-03-17 This was one of the main texts for an upper level political theory class I took in college. I remember little about it, except it was very dry and not that helpful. Sad for me and for the author.

Review # 2 was written on 2016-09-20 00:00:00 Justin Silverstein Once upon a time, I taught a course on American political thought. And this is a text that I used. While there is nothing especially unique in this book, it is a nice and literate chronological examination of the evolution fo American thinking about politics. The first two parts provide a general background--including the English context. Part three looks at the development of revolutionary thought, culminating with the Declaration of Independence. Part 4 focuses on the movement toweard an American Constitution. And on it goes. . . . The book ends with a discussion of "Postwar Conservatism and the New Left." Published in 1972, this does a decent job of covering the subject up to that point in time.