| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 405 pages) |
| Contents |
Introduction: The people's two bodies -- Republicanism : the people "is" -- Liberalism : the people "are" -- The Puritans : the bi-dimensional covenant -- Independence : the negative founding -- The positive founding (I) : one people or several peoples? -- The positive founding (II) : the people as and many -- The whole and the parties -- People that were left behind -- The United States "is." |
| Summary |
American political thought was shaped by a unique combination of theoretical influences: republicanism, liberalism, and covenant theology. This reader shows how these influences came together. Organized chronologically from the Puritans' arrival in the New World to the Civil War, each chapter includes carefully selected primary sources and substantial commentary to explain the historical context and significance of the excerpts. A coherent interpretative framework is offered by focusing the analysis on the different assumptions of the people - the republican understanding as a corporate whole and the liberal understanding as a multitude of individuals - that were intertwined during the founding. The book features, for the first time, two chapters on non-American authors, who capture the main tenets of republicanism and liberalism and were widely quoted in the era, as well as excerpts from lesser-known sources, including Puritan covenants, the first state constitutions, and Native American speeches |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 11, 2021) |
| Subject |
Political science -- United States -- History -- Sources
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Political science -- Philosophy -- Sources
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Political science
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Political science -- Philosophy
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Politics and government
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Politics and government -- Sources. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140481
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| Subject |
United States
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Sources
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Schön, Anna Marisa, author.
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| LC no. |
2021002312 |
| ISBN |
9781108774154 |
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1108774156 |
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