The American Compromise: Theme and Method in the Histories of Bancroft, Parkman, and Adams

ix, 236 pp. 8vo. From jacket: 'This first full-scale comparative analysis of the historical and political philosophies of [George Bancroft, Francis Parkman, and Henry Adams] demonstrates that they, though following divergent themes and employing different methods, were part of a common tradition. All three recognized that the tension between centralism and separatism was a crucial issue in this country, and each of them believed that the basis of American democracy was compromise.'