Challenges to the American founding : slavery, historicism, and progressivism in the nineteenth century /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Pestritto, Ronald J., West, Thomas G., 1945-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, [2005]
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.

Table of Contents:

Republicanism and constitutional government in the political thought of Andrew Jackson / Richard J. Dougherty
John C. Calhoun and the new science of race and politics / Thomas L. Krannawitter
Lincoln, secession, and revolution : the Civil War challenge to the founding / Herman Belz
Jefferson Davis and self-government / Will Morrisey
Protecting the privileges of citizenship : founding, civil war, and reconstruction / David Upham
Theology, metaphysics, and positivism : the origins of the social sciences and the transformation of the American university / John Marini
Shoreless ocean, sunless sea : Henry Adams' democracy / Charles T. Rubin
Walt Whitman's civic religion for America / John E. Alvis
Jane Addams, Benjamin Franklin, and the problem of welfare dependency / Joel Schwartz
Woodrow Wilson, American history, and the advent of progressivism / Ronald J. Pestritto.