The Attack on Leviathan Regionalism and Nationalism in the United States by Davidson, Donald - 1938

Transaction Publishers, 1991-01-01. Paperback. Good.

Gloucester, Massachussetts: Peter Smith, 1962. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The 1962 reprint in hardcover of the 1938 edition. A nice copy with some shelfwear..

Paperback / softback. New. A quarter of a century before Lyndon B. Johnson popularized the slogan "The Great Society," Donald Davidson wrote his critique of Leviathan, the omnipotent nation-state, in terms that only recently have come to be appreciated. "Leviathan is the idea of the Great Society, organized under a single, complex, but strong and highly centralized national government, motivated ultimately by men's desire for economic welfare of a specific kind rather than their desire for personal liberty. " Originally published as The Attack on Leviathan, this eloquent volume is an attack on state centralism and an affirmation of regional identity. Davidson's work is a special sort of intellectual as well as social history. It reveals an extraordinary mastery of the literature on regionalism in the United States, with special emphasis on the work on Rupert Vance and Howard Odum in the social sciences. Davidson looks at regionalism in arts,… Read More

Transaction Pub, 1991. Paperback. New. reprint edition. 394 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.75 inches.

Transaction Pub, 1991. Paperback. New. reprint edition. 394 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.75 inches.

Routledge, 1990-12-31. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Taylor & Francis, 2017. Hardcover. New. 388 pages. 9.01x5.98x0.34 inches.