American Political Thought: A Norton Anthology

by Isaac Kramnick, Theodore J. Lowi

Revised and updated based on instructor feedback, this Second Edition presents key works from the colonial period to the present era. New selections--including readings from the Obama and Trump eras--help students understand how political thought in the 21st century builds on and sometimes departs from earlier traditions.

Genres: Politics, Political Science, Philosophy, School, Anthologies, American History, Grad School

1600 pages, Paperback

First published January 19, 2006

About the author

Isaac Kramnick was an American political theorist, historian of political thought, political scientist, and the Richard J. Schwartz Professor of Government at Cornell University. He was a subject-matter expert on English and American political thought and history.

Reviews

[Kelsie · Rating 3 out of 5]

okay this was a book for my class but i read the entire thing so it counts. honestly, a very solid collection of political thinkers and their works. provided a lot of different perspectives on topics so you can get a real view for how politics works today.

[Olivia Davis]

solid textbook for an american political thought class

[Boy Dyl · Rating 5 out of 5]

American Political Thought, final semester of college. I remember writing essays on this from Sarah's Madison apartment. Lots of good socialism and feminism stuff in the later-half.

[Lauren Jones · Rating 4 out of 5]

Was this my class text book, yes. Did I read everything in it. No. But I spent 4 month in this book so it counts.

It’s just a collection of work by historians with summaries. Nothing crazy!

[Cecilia Pang]

Read for a class I was TAing on American political thought

[Sam Hockenbury · Rating 5 out of 5]

I admittedly Have not read every piece in here, but I have read a majority and have found it to be an excellent collection of some of the best works of American Political thought. It covers not just the great white men of our history (shich are often the focus of the study of American History) but tremendous black leaders, women, anarchists, etc.

[Stephen McGrath · Rating 4 out of 5]

Get to know American through the letters which guided it... The only disappointing thing about this collection is how vacant it gets towards the end - are we really becoming that much less interesting?

[Kersten · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a nice, diverse collection of pieces spanning from 1620 to the present. The only downside is that a lot of these are long excerpts since they come from all kinds of sources.

[Ash · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very comprehensive anthology. This book aided the class wonderfully.

[Zohaib]

it is very book i read it