Extremism in America: A Reader is a book edited by Lyman Tower Sargent (a professor of political science

Political science

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). It is a reader

Anthology

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 presenting various political, economic and social ideas, creed

Creed

A creed is a statement of belief—usually a statement of faith that describes the beliefs shared by a religious community—and is often recited as part of a religious service. When the statement of faith is longer and polemical, as well as didactic, it is not called a creed but a Confession of faith...

s and platform

Party platform

A party platform, or platform sometimes also referred to as a manifesto, is a list of the actions which a political party, individual candidate, or other organization supports in order to appeal to the general public for the purpose of having said peoples' candidates voted into political office or...

s of people and groups which Sargent labels left-wing or right-wing America

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

n extremists as displayed in his selection of their documents.

It was published by New York University

New York University

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 Press in 1995 as a 385-page hardcover (ISBN 0-8147-7978-6) and paperback (ISBN 0-8147-8011-3). It is not to be confused with the Anti-Defamation League

Anti-Defamation League

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's list of American extremists, also referred to as Extremism in America.

External links

• Extremism in America at Google Print.
• Extremism in America at the publisher's page