The Spirit of American Government / / J. Allen Smith; ed. by Cushing Strout.
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP e-dition: American History eBook Package |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2013] ©1965 |
| Year of Publication: | 2013 |
| Edition: | Reprint 2014 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | The John Harvard Library ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (419 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- A NOTE ON THE TEXT
- PREFACE
- CHAPTER I. THE ENGLISH GOVERNMENT OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
- CHAPTER II. THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT OF THE REVOLUTIONARY PERIOD
- CHAPTER III. THE CONSTITUTION A REACTIONARY DOCUMENT
- CHAPTER IV. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE AMENDMENT FEATURE OF THE CONSTITUTION
- CHAPTER V. THE FEDERAL JUDICIARY
- CHAPTER VI. THE CHECKS AND BALANCES OF THE CONSTITUTION
- CHAPTER VII. UNDEMOCRATIC DEVELOPMENT
- CHAPTER VIII. THE PARTY SYSTEM
- CHAPTER IX. CHANGES IN THE STATE CONSTITUTIONS AFTER 1787
- CHAPTER X. MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT
- CHAPTER XI. INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY AND THE CONSTITUTION
- CHAPTER XII. INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY AND THE ECONOMIC SYSTEM
- CHAPTER XIII. THE INFLUENCE OF DEMOCRACY UPON THE CONSTITUTION
- CHAPTER XIV. EFFECT OF THE TRANSITION FROM MINORITY TO MAJORITY RULE UPON MORALITY
- CHAPTER XV. DEMOCRACY OF THE FUTURE
- WORKS CITED BY J . ALLEN SMITH
- EDITOR’S NOTES
- INDEX
- Backmatter