{"product_id":"the-american-democrat-9780913966921","title":"The American Democrat","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): James Fenimore Cooper\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Liberty Fund\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Liberty Fund\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Political Process - Political Parties\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe American Democrat\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e was first published in 1838, Cooper's position as America's first major novelist obscured his serious contribution to the discussion of American principles and politics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Yet Cooper,\" says H. L. Mencken, \"was probably the first American to write about Americans in the really frank spirit . . . a simple, sound and sensible tract, moderate in tone and extraordinarily astute in its conclusions.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCooper provides a concise statement of the principles of American democracy and of its social ramifications. He was concerned that these principles and our institutions would be perverted-especially by the confusion of an equality of rights with equality of condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46312286224535,"sku":"9780913966921","price":1169.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780913966921.webp?v=1767704754","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-american-democrat-9780913966921","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}