| Reading Obama: Dreams, Hope, and the American Political Tradition Subjects: Obama Barack -- Philosophy; Obama Barack -- Knowledge and learning; Obama Barack -- Knowledge -- History; United States -- Politics and government; Political culture -- United States; No detailed description available for "Reading Obama". James T. Kloppenberg is the Charles Warren Professor of American History and chair of the history department at Harvard University. His books include Uncertain Victory: Social Democracy and Progressivism in European and American Thought, 1870-1920 ; The Virtues of Liberalism ; and A Companion to American Thought . |