![]() In an era clouded by the Taft-Hartley Act, loyalty oaths, blacklists, and McCarthyism, The American Political Tradition ran against the conservative counterrevolution to the New Deal. The book offered critical and provocative essays about notable public figures, but its underlying themes were responsive to more contemporary concerns. On the strength of the book's stunning popular success, Hofstadter succeeded Charles Beard as the most influential and intellectually significant American historian of his time. ![]() Richard Hofstadter's return to New York in the autumn of 1946 prefaced his greatest achievement as a historian. ![]() ![]() This chapter looks at Richard Hofstadter's book The American Political Tradition: And the Men Who Made It. ![]()
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