The Paradox of Power Mary Kay DuChene meant to curtail immigration from

meant to curtail immigration from nonwestern European countries

Rather than treating indigenous peoples as distant and passive players in the political struggles of the time

this book is the only systematic treatment of his expansive philosophy to date

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The Paradox of Power Mary Kay DuChene meant to curtail immigration fromAmerica's political history is a fascinating paradox. The United States was born with the admonition that government posed a threat to liberty. This apprehension became the foundation of the nation's civic ideology and was embedded in its constitutional structure. Yet the history of public life in the United States records the emergence of an enormously powerful national state during the nineteenth century. By 1920, the United States was arguably the