Elegantly written and deeply learned America_s British Culture is aninsightful inquiry into history and a plea for cultural renewal and continuity.Kirk discerns... » 

Elegantly written and deeply learned America_s British Culture is aninsightful inquiry into history and a plea for cultural renewal and continuity.Kirk discerns four essential areas of the influence of Great Britain. Thelanguage and literature of England carried with it a tradition of liberty andorder as well as certain assumptions about the human condition and ethicalconduct. American common and positive law being derived from English lawgives fuller protection to the individual than does the legal system of anyother country. The American form of representative government is patterned onthe English parliamentary system. Finally there is the body of mores moralhabits beliefs conventions customs that compose an ethical heritage. «