America's founding secret
Subtitle: what the Scottish enlightenment taught our founding fathers
By: Robert W. Galvin.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 101
Subjects: Political science -- United States -- History -- 18th century.; Enlightenment -- Scotland.; Enlightenment -- United States.; United States -- Intellectual life -- 18th century.; Scotland -- Intellectual life -- 18th century.; United States -- Civilization -- Scottish influences.
Description: "In the history of America's founding, the names of Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and other founding fathers loom large. But few Americans today would recognize the role played by such men as Francis Hutcheson, Adam Smith, Thomas Reid, Dugald Stewart, David Hume, and other philosophers of the Scottish Enlightenment." "In the Scottish Enlightenment, America's founders themselves found the philosophical underpinnings for a government conceived and defined with the intent to promote economic progress in commerce based on private capital means."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Map on lining papers.