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George Thomas - The Founders and the Idea of a National University, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 2017

The Founders and the Idea of a National University

Constituting the American Mind

Av George Thomas

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This book examines the ideas of the Founders with regard to establishing a national university and what those ideas say about their understanding of America. It offers the first study on the idea of a national university and how the Founders understood it as an important feature in an educational system that would sustain the American experiment in democracy. Their ideas about education suggest that shaping the American mind is essential to the success of the Constitution and that this is something that future generations would need to continue to do.
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2017-08-10
  • Mått: 152 x 230 x 15 mm
  • Vikt: 390 g
  • Format: Häftad
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 252
  • Förlag: Cambridge University Press
  • ISBN: 9781107443884
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George Thomas is Associate Professor of Government at Claremont McKenna College, California. He previously taught at Williams College, Massachusetts. Thomas is the author of The Madisonian Constitution (2008), as well as numerous articles and essays on American constitutionalism in journals such as American Political Thought, Constitutional Commentary, Perspectives on Politics, the Review of Politics, and the American Interest. He has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Huntington Library, and he is the recipient of the Alexander George Award from the American Political Science Association.

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'George Thomas exposes the error of two widely held views about the American founding fathers: that they were committed chiefly to a set of decisional procedures, not to a specific way of life, and that they thought 'checks and balances' would secure good government without the need to cultivate a competent and public-spirited leadership community. This well-written book is a major contribution to American constitutional thought.' Sotirios A. Barber, University of Notre Dame, Indiana

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