The Puritan tradition in revolutionary, Federalist, and Whig political theory
Subtitle: a rhetoric of origins
By: Dean Hammer.
Series: Major concepts in politics and political theory ;; v. 13
Publisher: P. Lang
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 218
Subjects: Political science -- United States -- History.; Puritans -- New England -- History.; Puritans -- United States -- History.
Description: The Puritan Tradition examines how a Puritan past, historically reconstructed as a founding legend, gave meaning to early American political culture. In tracing the rhetorical invocations of this Puritan legacy, this study lends important insight into how this constructed past helped shape the political thought that underlies revolutionary, Federalist, and Whig political discourse.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.