Challenges to the American founding
Subtitle: slavery, historicism, and progressivism in the nineteenth century
By: edited by Ronald J. Pestritto and Thomas G. West.
Contributors: Pestritto, Ronald J.; West, Thomas G., 1945-
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
Subjects: Political science -- United States -- History -- 19th century.; Social sciences -- United States -- History -- 19th century.; United States -- Politics and government -- 19th century.; United States -- Intellectual life -- 19th century.
Description: "Challenges to the American Founding chronicles the ideological path that led to the departure in twentieth-century American politics from the political vision of the American founders."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Republicanism and constitutional government in the political thought of Andrew Jackson / Richard J. Dougherty; title: John C. Calhoun and the new science of race and politics / Thomas L. Krannawitter; title: Lincoln, secession, and revolution : the Civil War challenge to the founding / Herman Belz; title: Jefferson Davis and self-government / Will Morrisey; title: Protecting the privileges of citizenship : founding, civil war, and reconstruction / David Upham; title: Theology, metaphysics, and positivism : the origins of the social sciences and the transformation of the American university / John Marini; title: Shoreless ocean, sunless sea : Henry Adams' democracy / Charles T. Rubin; title: Walt Whitman's civic religion for America / John E. Alvis; title: Jane Addams, Benjamin Franklin, and the problem of welfare dependency / Joel Schwartz; title: Woodrow Wilson, American history, and the advent of progressivism / Ronald J. Pestritto.