The creation of the American Republic, 1776-1787 /

This text describes the evolution of political thought from the Declaration of Independence to the ratification of the Constitution. The author discusses the debate over Republicanism.

Λεπτομέρειες βιβλιογραφικής εγγραφής
Κύριος συγγραφέας: Wood, Gordon S.
Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: Institute of Early American History and Culture (Williamsburg, Va.)
Μορφή: Licensed eBooks
Γλώσσα:Αγγλικά
Έκδοση: Chapel Hill, [1998]
Σειρά:Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia.
Διαθέσιμο Online:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5149/9780807899816_wood
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
  • Preface to the 1998 Edition
  • Preface
  • pt. I. The ideology of Revolution. The Whig science of politics ; Republicanism ; Moral reformation
  • pt. II. The constitution of the states. The restructuring of power ; The nature of representation ; Mixed government and bicameralism
  • pt. III. The people against the legislatures. Law and contracts ; Conventions of the people ; The sovereignty of the people
  • pt. IV. The Critical period. Vices of the system ; Republican remedies
  • pt. V. The Federal Constitution. The worthy against the licentious
  • The Federalist persuasion
  • pt. VI. The Revolutionary achievement. The relevance and irrelevance of John Adams ; The American science of politics.