Challenges to the American Founding

Slavery, Historicism, and Progressivism in the Nineteenth Century
Herausgeber: Pestritto, Ronald J.; West, Thomas G.

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Produktbeschreibung

American politics in the twentieth century and beyond represents a sharp departure from the political vision of the American founders. This volume looks to the roots of this departure in the political ideas of nineteenth-century America, where the first substantial challenges to the founders' thought arose.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 316
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Dezember 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 666g
• ISBN-13: 9780739108710
• ISBN-10: 0739108719
• Artikelnr.: 22463953

Autorenporträt

Edited by Ronald J. Pestritto and Thomas G. West - Contributions by John Alvis; Herman Belz; Richard J. Dougherty; Thomas L. Krannawitter; John Marini; Will Morrisey; Charles T. Rubin; Joel Schwartz and David Upham

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 Prologue Chapter 2 Republicanism and Constitutional Government in the Political Thought of Andrew Jackson Part 3 The Challenge of Pro-Slavery Thought Chapter 4 John C. Calhoun and the New Science of Race and Politics Chapter 5 Lincoln
Secession
and Revolution: The Civil War Challenge to the Founding Chapter 6 Jefferson Davis and Self-Government Chapter 7 Protecting the Privileges of Citizenship: Founding
Civil War
and Reconstruction Part 8 The Challenges of Positivism
Relativism
and Progressivism Chapter 9 Theology
Metaphysics
and Positivism: The Origins of the Social Sciences and the Transformation of the American University Chapter 10 Shoreless Ocean
Sunless Sea: Henry Adams's Democracy Chapter 11 Walt Whitman's Civic Religion for America Chapter 12 Jane Addams
Benjamin Franklin
and the Problem of Welfare Dependency Chapter 13 Woodrow Wilson
American History
and the Advent of Progressivism