Format:
1 online resource (687 pages)
Edition:
12th ed.
ISBN:
9781000772685
Content:
Cover -- Half Title -- Endorsements -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Epigraph -- Brief Contents -- Table of Contents -- Special Features -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- The Author -- Chapter 1 The Origins of American Political Principles -- American Exceptionalism? -- A Tradition To Draw From -- The Ancients: Who Rules and for What Purposes? -- The Greeks: Monarchy, Aristocracy, Democracy -- The Romans: Republicanism and Mixed Government -- The Middle Ages: The Secular Serves the Sacred -- Secularism, Individualism, and the Idea of Progress -- Secularism as a Focus On Humans in the World -- Individualism and the Protestant Reformation -- Science and the Idea of Human Progress -- The European Roots of American Politics -- Oppression in Europe and the Settlement of America -- Religious Persecution -- Denial of Social and Economic Opportunity -- Political Participation in the Early Colonies -- Space, Diversity, and Dissent in Colonial America -- "Space" for Dissent -- Economic Opportunity and Social Fluidity -- Heterogeneity -- Equality and Tolerance -- Chapter Summary -- Key Terms -- Suggested Readings -- Notes -- Chapter 2 The Revolution and the Constitution -- The Founders and the People -- Background to the Revolution -- The Colonial Political Environment -- Political Control in Colonial America -- Adding Economic Muscle -- Removal of the French Threat -- The Assertion of British Imperial Authority -- First Steps Toward Independence -- The First Continental Congress -- Revolutionary Action. -- The Second Continental Congress -- The Declaration of Independence -- Governance During the Revolutionary Period -- Independence Sparks Constitutional Change -- The State Constitutions -- The Articles of Confederation -- Political Instability During "The Critical Period" -- The Annapolis Convention -- Shays's Rebellion.
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Additional Edition:
9781032302201
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe 9781032302201
Language:
English
