Rediscovering America
Subtitle: liberty, equality, and the crisis of democracy
By: John Agresto
Publisher: Asahina and Wallace; Asahina & Wallace
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Los Angeles
Language: eng
Number of pages: 234
ISBN-13: 9781940412160
Subjects: Civilization; American National characteristics; Individualism; Politics and government; Democracy; Civilisation
Description: In Rediscovering America, John Agresto urges a return to the founding principles of our republic in order to revive the great American experiment. Rejecting the simple slogans of both the left and the right, Agresto confronts the challenges that inequality and injustice pose to our ideals of democracy and freedom." -- Back of book.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: the crisis of American democracy; title: 'All men are created equal'; title: Economics and justice; title: Democracy; title: Liberty; title: Establishing America's constitutional democracy; title: Liberty, equality, and the character of America life; title: Appendices: the Declaration of Independence; title: the Constitution of the United States; title: Bill of Rights: Amendments XI-XXVII; title: The Federalist Papers: no.1, no.10, no. 51; title: Speech at Chicago, Illinois, July 10, 1858.