Origins of American political thought
Subtitle: selected readings
By: edited by John P. Roche.
Edition: [1st ed.]
Series: The Contemporary essays series; Harper torchbooks. The Academy library,; TB1301
Publisher: Harper & Row
Published: 1967
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 274
Subjects: Political science -- United States -- History.
Description: A collection of essays which highlight the connection between political theory and political practice.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction ; American liberty : an examination of the "tradition" of freedom / John P. Roche; title: The rise of the democratic idea / Louis Hartz; title: The Puritan state and Puritan society / Perry Miller; title: The political theory of the American Revolution / Clinton Rossiter; title: The regal republic of John Adams / Joseph Dorfman; title: The origns of the separation of powers in America / Benjamin F. Wright; title: The Federalist- a split personality / Alpheus T. Mason; title: Men of little faith : the Anti-federalists on the nature of representative government / Cecelia Kenyon; title: Liberty and the first amendment : 1790-1800 / Leonard W. Levy.