American Founding

Essays on the Formation of the Constitution

Inbunden, Engelska, 1988

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Beskrivning

Published to commemorate the Bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution, this volume represents a unique combination of scholarship in the areas of political thought and political history. The papers collected herein examine the founding of the Republic from both perspectives, analyzing its intellectual sources within Western thought, its political context, and the complex relationships between the two. Written by a distinguished group of political scientists and historians that includes two Pulitzer Prize winners, the essays vividly portray the statesmanship of the Founding Fathers and the continuing impact of their legacy, the Constitution.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1988-06-22
Mått:224 x 148 x 28 mm
Vikt:576 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:363
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9780313256103

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Amerikas historia inom Historia och arkeologi

Mer om författaren

J. JACKSON BARLOW is Director of Higher Education Programs, Commission on the Bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution.LEONARD W. LEVY is Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Humanities and Chairman of the History Department, Claremont Graduate School.KEN MASUGI is Special Assistant to the Chairman of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction by J. Jackson Barlow and Ken Masugi The Classical Spirit of the Founding by Thomas G. West The Founders and the Classics by Charles R. Kesler Locke and the Problem of Civil Religion by Michael Zuckert Equality and the Founding by Henry V. Jaffa Revolutionary Thoughts in the Founding by Marvin Meyers Fundamental Laws and Individual Rights in the 18th Century Constitution by Gerald Stourzh Natural Right in the American Founding by Edward J. Erler The Collapse of the Articles of Confederation by Jack N. Rakove America and the Enlightenment by Henry Steele Commager Thomas Jefferson, The Founders, and Constitutional Change by Merrill D. Peterson The Bill of Rights by Leonard W. Levy Bibliography Index About the Editors & Contributors