▁that ▁little ▁could ▁reverse ▁that ▁short ▁of ▁an ▁out right ▁rem aking ▁of ▁the ▁economic ▁system . ▁ ▁Cons ensus ▁histor i ography : ▁Americans ▁in ▁political ▁agreement ▁ ▁To ▁replace ▁Be ard ian ism ▁" cons ensus " ▁histor i ography ▁emer ged ▁in ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 4 0 s ▁and ▁ 1 9 5 0 s , ▁with ▁such ▁leaders , both ▁liberal ▁and ▁conserv ative , ▁as ▁▁ ▁Prom inent ▁leaders ▁included ▁Richard ▁Hof stad ter , ▁Louis ▁Hart z , ▁Daniel ▁J . ▁Bo or st in ▁and ▁David ▁M . ▁Pot ter . ▁ ▁Other ▁prominent ▁exempl ars ▁included ▁Perry ▁Miller , ▁Cl inton ▁Ross iter , ▁Henry ▁Ste ele ▁Comm ager , ▁All an ▁Nev ins ▁and ▁Edmund ▁Morgan . ▁ ▁Eric ▁Fon er , ▁a ▁liberal , ▁says ▁that ▁Hof stad ter ' s ▁book ▁The ▁American ▁Political ▁Trad ition ▁( 1 9 4 8 ) ▁" prop elled ▁him ▁to ▁the ▁very ▁fore front ▁of ▁his ▁profession ." ▁Mill ions ▁of ▁Americans , ▁on ▁and ▁off ▁campus , ▁read ▁it . ▁ ▁Its ▁format ▁is ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁port ra its ▁of ▁leading ▁men ▁from ▁the ▁Found ing ▁F athers ▁through ▁Jefferson , ▁Jackson , ▁Lincoln ▁and ▁F DR . ▁Fon er ▁arg ues : ▁ ▁Hof stad ter ' s ▁insight ▁was ▁that ▁virt ually ▁all ▁his ▁subjects ▁held ▁essentially ▁the ▁same ▁underlying ▁belief s . ▁ ▁Instead ▁of ▁persistent ▁conflict ▁( wh ether ▁between ▁agr ari ans ▁and ▁industrial ists ,