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The American Founding
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Author : Daniel N. Robinson
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2012-06-28
The American Founding written by Daniel N. Robinson and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-06-28 with Political Science categories.
America's Founding Fathers shared similar beliefs on the nature of civic life and the character of those supposed to be able to self-govern. Although they studied the failed republics of the ancient world, they believed that classical ideals were still applicable to politics. This unique contribution to the literature on American Founding gathers leading thinkers who set out not to relate its history, but its intellectual underpinnings. They explore the Founding Fathers' assumptions about civic life, human nature, political institutions, private morality, aesthetics, education, and history. Chapters on natural law, the Judeo-Christian conception of human nature, the influence of Aristotle and Cicero, the symbolic role of architecture, and the importance of education help understand the foundations that led to the Declaration of Independence and a constitutional charter that aimed to be universal in its human aspirations. This authoritative work provides a conservative response to more liberal interpretations of America. It will enrich the debate on civic life and be a key resource to anyone interested in America's "experiment in ordered liberty."
The American Founding
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Author : Gordon Lloyd
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017
The American Founding written by Gordon Lloyd and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with United States categories.
This volume presents the documents necessary to understand the essential ideas and debates that shaped the founding of the American civic order. It beings with documents that display both the problems that led to the calling of the Constitutional Convention and the ideas that shaped the debates in Philadelphia. It concludes with two documents - Washington's Inaugural Address and Madison's speech on the amendments to the Constitution (the Bill of Rights) - that show the new government beginning to function. The heart of the book is the documents presenting the debates at the Constitutional Convention and the debates over ratification. With its document introductions, annotations, and helpful appendices, this collection is an indispensable resources for understanding the American Founding.
The Political Theory Of The American Founding
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Author : Thomas G. West
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2017-04-03
The Political Theory Of The American Founding written by Thomas G. West and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-04-03 with History categories.
This book provides a complete overview of the Founders' natural rights theory and its policy implications.
The American Founding
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Author : Daniel N. Robinson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012
The American Founding written by Daniel N. Robinson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Founding Fathers of the United States categories.
The American Founding And The Social Compact
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Author : Ronald J. Pestritto
language : en
Publisher: Lexington Books
Release Date : 2003
The American Founding And The Social Compact written by Ronald J. Pestritto and has been published by Lexington Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Political Science categories.
Unlike many other books about the American founding, this new work by two of the most prominent scholars of American political history emphasizes the coherence and intelligibility of the social compact theory. Social compact theory, the idea that government must be based on an agreement between those who govern and those who consent to be governed, was one of the Founders' few unifying philosophical positions, and it transcended the partisan politics of that era. Contributors to this volume present a comprehensive overview of the social compact theory, discussing its European philosophical origins, the development of the theory into the basis of the fledgling government, and the attitudes of some of the founders toward the theory and its traditional proponents. The authors argue forcefully and convincingly that the political ideas of the American Founders cannot be properly understood without understanding social compact theory and the exalted place it held in the construction of the American system of government.
American Founding Son
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Author : Gerard N. Magliocca
language : en
Publisher: NYU Press
Release Date : 2013-09-06
American Founding Son written by Gerard N. Magliocca and has been published by NYU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09-06 with History categories.
John Bingham was the architect of the rebirth of the United States following the Civil War. A leading antislavery lawyer and congressman from Ohio, Bingham wrote the most important part of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution, which guarantees fundamental rights and equality to all Americans. He was also at the center of two of the greatest trials in history, giving the closing argument in the military prosecution of John Wilkes Booth’s co-conspirators for the assassination of Abraham Lincoln and in the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson. And more than any other man, Bingham played the key role in shaping the Union’s policy towards the occupied ex-Confederate States, with consequences that still haunt our politics. American Founding Son provides the most complete portrait yet of this remarkable statesman. Drawing on his personal letters and speeches, the book traces Bingham’s life from his humble roots in Pennsylvania through his career as a leader of the Republican Party. Gerard N. Magliocca argues that Bingham and his congressional colleagues transformed the Constitution that the Founding Fathers created, and did so with the same ingenuity that their forbears used to create a more perfect union in the 1780s. In this book, Magliocca restores Bingham to his rightful place as one of our great leaders. Gerard N. Magliocca is the Samuel R. Rosen Professor at Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law. He is the author of three books on constitutional law, and his work on Andrew Jackson was the subject of an hour-long program on C-Span’s Book TV.
The American Founding
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Author : Frank W. Fox
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004
The American Founding written by Frank W. Fox and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Constitutional history categories.
Liberty And Coercion
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Author : Gary Gerstle
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2017-10-24
Liberty And Coercion written by Gary Gerstle and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10-24 with History categories.
How the conflict between federal and state power has shaped American history American governance is burdened by a paradox. On the one hand, Americans don't want "big government" meddling in their lives; on the other hand, they have repeatedly enlisted governmental help to impose their views regarding marriage, abortion, religion, and schooling on their neighbors. These contradictory stances on the role of public power have paralyzed policymaking and generated rancorous disputes about government’s legitimate scope. How did we reach this political impasse? Historian Gary Gerstle, looking at two hundred years of U.S. history, argues that the roots of the current crisis lie in two contrasting theories of power that the Framers inscribed in the Constitution. One theory shaped the federal government, setting limits on its power in order to protect personal liberty. Another theory molded the states, authorizing them to go to extraordinary lengths, even to the point of violating individual rights, to advance the "good and welfare of the commonwealth." The Framers believed these theories could coexist comfortably, but conflict between the two has largely defined American history. Gerstle shows how national political leaders improvised brilliantly to stretch the power of the federal government beyond where it was meant to go—but at the cost of giving private interests and state governments too much sway over public policy. The states could be innovative, too. More impressive was their staying power. Only in the 1960s did the federal government, impelled by the Cold War and civil rights movement, definitively assert its primacy. But as the power of the central state expanded, its constitutional authority did not keep pace. Conservatives rebelled, making the battle over government’s proper dominion the defining issue of our time. From the Revolution to the Tea Party, and the Bill of Rights to the national security state, Liberty and Coercion is a revelatory account of the making and unmaking of government in America.
The Founding Fathers
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Author : Richard B. Bernstein
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2015
The Founding Fathers written by Richard B. Bernstein and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with Founding Fathers of the United States categories.
This is a concise contribution to the 'Very Short Introductions' series which reintroduces the history that shaped the founding fathers, the history that they made, and what history has made of them.
The American Founding
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Author : J. Jackson Barlow
language : en
Publisher: Praeger
Release Date : 1988-06-22
The American Founding written by J. Jackson Barlow and has been published by Praeger this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988-06-22 with History categories.
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.