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American political thought
American political thought, This classic anthology features selections from a rich variety of authors and thinkers, examining the origins of our current political values and beliefs and the way in which we think about the future. This updated volume offers a new mix of material, inc, American political thought has a rating of 4.5 stars
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  • American political thought
  • Written by author Kenneth M. Dolbeare
  • Published by Chatham, N.J. : Chatham House, c1989., 1990/01/01
  • This classic anthology features selections from a rich variety of authors and thinkers, examining the origins of our current political values and beliefs and the way in which we think about the future. This updated volume offers a new mix of material, inc
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Thematic table of contents
Preface
Introduction : American political thought
Pt. I A revolutionary experiment : 1620-1800 1
The little speech (1639) 15
"Democracy is founded in scripture" (1717) 19
Observations concerning the increase of mankind, the peopling of countries, etc. (1751) 25
Excerpts from the Great law of peace of the Iroquois nations (n.d.) 30
Short hints towards a scheme for uniting the northern colonies (1754) 32
The Albany plan of union (1754) 33
"The rights of the colonists" (1772) 35
Common sense (1776) 40
The American crisis I (1777) 46
Rights of man - part one (1791) 47
The Declaration of Independence 49
The unanimous declaration of the thirteen United States of America (1776) 49
Articles of Confederation (ratified 1781) 52
"Thoughts on government" (1776) 59
"A defense of the Constitutions of the United States" (1787) 63
Correspondence with Abigail Adams (1776) 67
The Constitution of the United States of America (1787) 71
In favor of adoption of the Constitution
James Madison's Federalist essays (1787-88) 82
Alexander Hamilton's Federalist essays (1787-88) 99
Against adoption of the Constitution
Dissent of the Pennsylvania minority (1787) 115
Letter from Samuel Adams to Richard Henry Lee (1787) 120
Richard Henry Lee's Letters from a federal farmer (1787) 121
Report on credit (1790) 130
Opinion on the constitutionality of the bank (1791) 135
Report on manufacturers (1791) 138
"Madison's report to the Virginia general assembly" (1800) 142
Notes on Virginia (1785) 148
First inaugural address (1801) 150
Selected letters (1787-1823) 152
Pt. II Development and democracy : 1800-1865 166
Marbury v. Madison (1803) 175
McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) 178
"The laboring classes" (1840) 184
"Civil disobedience" (1848) 191
"Declaration of sentiments and resolutions" (1848) 201
Address to the New York State legislature (1860) 204
Speech at the anti-slavery association (1848) 206
"The various phases of anti-slavery" (1855) 209
A disquisition on government (1848) 213
Cannibals all! (1857) 225
Speech on the Dred Scott decision (1857) 233
Letter to Boston republicans (1859) 236
Cooper union address (1860) 237
First inaugural address (1861) 238
Second annual message to Congress (1862) 244
The Gettysburg Address (1863) 246
Second inaugural address (1865) 246
Pt. III Reconstruction and industrialization : 1865-1900 248
The Civil War Constitutional amendments and the failure of the "sixteenth" amendment 261
The thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth amendments (1865- 70) 263
Excerpts from The revolution (1869) 264
Debates at meetings of the Equal Rights Association (1869) 265
Susan B. Anthony's statement at the close of her trial (1873) 267
Susan B. Anthony's petition to Congress for remission of her fine (1874) 268
What social classes owe to each other (1884) 272
"The conquest of the United States by Spain" (1899) 286
Looking backward (1888) 288
The Ocala demands (December 1890) 296
The Populist Party platform (1892) 297
"Revolution : the evolution of socialism" (1894) 301
The devil's dictionary (1911) 307
The war prayer (1923 [1904-5]) 312
Black Elk speaks (1932) 314
Pt. IV The rise of the positive state : 1900-1945 320
The souls of black folk (1903) 329
"Anarchism : what it really stands for" (1907) 342
"The tragedy of woman's emancipation" (1910) 350
"Revolutionary unionism" (1905) 355
Speech to the jury (1918) 360
The promise of American life (1909) 370
The Progressive Party platform (1912) 380
Article V of the Colorado State Constitution, as amended (1910) 382
The progressive era constitutional amendments, sixteen through twenty-one (1913-33) 384
The nature of scientific management (1912) 386
"The meaning of democracy" (1912) 392
The public and its problems (1927) 398
The Commonwealth Club address (1932) 406
Campaign address (1936) 413
An economic bill of rights (1944) 418
Pt. V Liberalism, the new left, and the new right, 1945-90 421
Inaugural speech (1961) 431
Letter from the Birmingham city jail (1963) 433
The Port Huron Statement (1962) 441
Our revolution is unique (1968) 450
A Sand County almanac (1966 [1949]) 456
First inaugural address (1981) 467
State of the Union address (1984) 470
The culture of narcissism (1979) 477
Women and the common life (1997) 482
Economic justice for all : pastoral letter on Catholic social teaching and the U.S. economy (1986) 484
Articles of amendment ratified 492
Articles of amendment not ratified 493
California Proposition 209 (1989) 493
"Achieving the 'dream' : a challenge to liberals and conservatives in the spirit of Martin Luther King Jr." (1990) 495
Pt. VI Democracy and diversity, 1990-2004 505
"Ecofeminist visions" (written 1991, revised 1993 and 2004) 512
Second inaugural address (1997) 519
"On the politics of change" (1997) 523
The great betrayal (1998) 529
Free the children (1998) 535
All our relations : native struggles for land and life (1999) 539
The Green Party platform (2000) 543
The national security strategy of the United States of America (2002) 549
"Wealth, democracy, and campaign finance in the United States" (2004) 555
"Children's right to vote" (2004) 558
"Restoring popular sovereignty : toward a politics of issues" (2004) 563
"Identity, diversity, and education for democracy" (2004) 566
About the editors 575


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