Gebundenes Buch

Challenges to the American Founding

Slavery, Historicism, and Progressivism in the Nineteenth Century

Herausgeber: Pestritto, Ronald J.; West, Thomas G.

Beschreibung

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.

Autor

Ronald J. Pestritto is Charles and Lucia Shipley Chair in the American Constitution at Hillsdale College and a Research Fellow of the Claremont Institute. He is the author ofFounding the Criminal Law: Punishment and Political Thought in the Origins of America as well as a forthcoming book on the political thought of Woodrow Wilson.Thomas G. West is Professor of Politics at the University of Dallas and a Senior Fellow of the Claremont Institute. He is the author ofVindicating the Founders: Race, Sex, Class, and Justice in the Origins of America.

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